George C. Pratt
| George Pratt | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
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In office June 21, 1982 – May 22, 1993 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | William Timbers |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Leval |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
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In office May 7, 1976 – June 21, 1982 | |
| Appointed by | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Anthony Travia |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Wexler |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
George Cheney Pratt May 22, 1928 Corning, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
George Cheney Pratt (born May 22, 1928) is a former federal appellate judge in the United States, and in 2013 was listed as a NAFTA adjudicator.
Life and career
Pratt was born in Corning, New York. He attended Yale University as an undergraduate as well as Yale Law School. After a two-year term clerking for a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, Pratt spent two decades, from 1955 to 1976, as a lawyer in private practice in Nassau County, New York.
In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford selected Pratt to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan elevated Pratt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Pratt took senior status on the Court of Appeals in 1993. He fully retired from judicial service in 1995.
Judge Pratt began teaching at The Touro Law Center Jacob D. Fuchsberg School of Law in Central Islip, New York where he currently is a full-time faculty member.
External links
- George C. Pratt at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by William Timbers |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1982–1993 |
Succeeded by Pierre Leval |
| Preceded by Anthony Travia |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 1976–1982 |
Succeeded by Leonard Wexler |