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George Pratt

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George Pratt
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
Second Circuit Seat 6
United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Years in office: 1993 - 1995
Years in office: 1982 - 1993
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Years in office: 1976 - 1982
Education
Bachelor's
Yale, 1950
Law
Yale Law, 1953
Personal
Birthplace
Corning, NY

George Cheney Pratt (b. 1928) was a judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. He joined the court in 1982 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan. Prior to that, Pratt served on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He joined that court in 1976 after an appointment fromGerald Ford. At the time of his appointment, he was a private practice attorney. Pratt assumedsenior status onMay 22, 1993, and retiredJanuary 31, 1995 to teach law.[1]

Early life and education

  • Yale University, B.A., 1950
  • Yale Law School,J.D., 1953[1]

Professional career

  • Law clerk, Hon. Charles W. Froessel, New York State Court of Appeals, 1953-1955
  • Private practice, Nassau County, New York, 1955-1976
  • Adjunct professor, St. John's University School of Law, 1978-1992
  • Distinguished visiting professor of law, Hofstra University, 1979-1993
  • Adjunct professor, Touro College School of Law, 1985-1993
  • Professor of law, Touro College School of Law, 1993-present[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Second Circuit

Pratt was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by PresidentRonald Reagan on April 26, 1982, to a seat vacated byWilliam Timbers. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 18, 1982, and received his commission onJune 21, 1982. Pratt assumedsenior status onMay 22, 1993, and retiredJanuary 31, 1995.[1] He was succeeded to this post byPierre Leval.

Eastern District of New York

Pratt was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York byGerald Ford on April 13, 1976, to a seat vacated byAnthony Travia. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1976, and received commission onMay 7, 1976. Service terminated on June 29, 1982, due to appointment to the Second Circuit.[1] Pratt was succeeded in this position fromLeonard Wexler.

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Anthony Travia		Eastern District of New York
1976–1982
Seat #6		Succeeded by:
Leonard Wexler
Preceded by:
William Timbers		Second Circuit
1982–1993
Seat #6		Succeeded by:
Pierre Leval



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Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: Debra Livingston  •  Joseph Bianco  •  Richard Sullivan (New York)  •  Maria Araujo Kahn  •  Raymond Lohier  •  Alison J. Nathan  •  Beth Robinson  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •  Michael Park  •  Steven Menashi  •  William Nardini  •  Eunice Lee  •  Myrna Pérez

Senior judges

Denny Chin  •  Gerard Lynch  •  Pierre Leval  •  Dennis Jacobs  •  Jon Newman  •  Amalya Kearse  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Chester Straub  •  Guido Calabresi  •  Jose Cabranes  •  Robert Sack  •  Barrington Parker  •  Reena Raggi  •  Richard Wesley  •  Susan L. Carney (Second Circuit)  •  

Former judgesChristopher Droney  •  Julian William Mack  •  Frank Altimari  •  Samuel Blatchford  •  Alexander Smith Johnson  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  William James Wallace  •  Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff  •  Sonia Sotomayor  •  Wilfred Feinberg  •  Ralph Winter  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Peter Hall (Federal judge)  •  John Mahoney (Second Circuit)  •  George Pratt  •  Richard Cardamone  •  Lawrence Pierce  •  Thomas Meskill  •  William Mulligan  •  James Oakes  •  William Timbers  •  Fred Parker  •  Alfred Conkling Coxe  •  Emile Henry Lacombe  •  William Kneeland Townsend  •  Charles Merrill Hough  •  Walter Chadwick Noyes  •  Henry Galbraith Ward  •  John Harlan II  •  Learned Hand  •  Martin Augustine Knapp  •  Julius Marshuetz Mayer  •  Augustus Noble Hand  •  Martin Thomas Manton  •  Henry Wade Rogers  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Carroll Hincks  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  John Joseph Smith (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge)  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  Robert Porter Patterson, Sr.  •  Murray Gurfein  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Walter Mansfield  •  Harold Medina  •  Thurgood Marshall  •  Jerome Frank  •  Henry Friendly  •  Paul Hays  •  Joseph Lumbard  •  Leonard Moore  •  Ellsworth Van Graafeiland  •  Sterry Waterman  •  
Former Chief judges

Wilfred Feinberg  •  Jon Newman  •  Ralph Winter  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Thomas Meskill  •  James Oakes  •  Learned Hand  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Henry Friendly  •  Joseph Lumbard  •  


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Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Active judges

Chief Judge: Margo Brodie  •  Roslynn Mauskopf  •  Ramon Reyes, Jr.  •  Ann M. Donnelly  •  Pamela Ki Mai Chen  •  Gary R. Brown (Federal judge)  •  LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall  •  Diane Gujarati  •  Eric Komitee  •  Rachel Kovner  •  Sanket Bulsara  •  Hector Gonzalez (New York)  •  Nina Morrison  •  Nusrat Choudhury  •  Natasha Merle  •  Orelia Merchant

Senior judges

Raymond Dearie  •  Leo Glasser  •  Denis Hurley  •  Edward Korman  •  Carol Amon  •  Brian Cogan  •  Nicholas Garaufis  •  Nina Gershon  •  Dora Irizarry  •  Kiyo Matsumoto  •  Allyne Ross  •  Joanna Seybert  •  Eric Vitaliano  •  Joan Azrack  •  Frederic Block  •  William Kuntz  •  

Magistrate judgesArlene Lindsay  •  Roanne Mann  •  Cheryl Pollak  •  Ramon Reyes, Jr.  •  Vera Scanlon  •  Steven Locke  •  Peggy Kuo  •  Steven Tiscione  •  Anne Shields  •  James Wicks  •  James R. Cho  •  Taryn A. Merkl  •  Marcia Henry  •  
Former Article III judges

Sterling Johnson  •  Thomas Platt  •  Charles Sifton  •  Arthur Spatt  •  David Trager  •  Jack Weinstein  •  Leonard Wexler  •  Joseph Bianco  •  Sandra Feuerstein  •  John Gleeson  •  Sandra Townes  •  Frank Altimari  •  Charles Linnaeus Benedict  •  Joseph McLaughlin (Second Circuit)  •  Reena Raggi  •  George Pratt  •  Asa Wentworth Tenney  •  Edward Beers Thomas  •  Thomas Chatfield  •  Van Vechten Veeder  •  Edwin Louis Garvin  •  Marcus Beach Campbell  •  Robert Alexander Inch  •  Grover Moscowitz  •  Mortimer Byers  •  Clarence Galston  •  Matthew Abruzzo  •  John Bartels  •  Frederic Block  •  Henry Bramwell  •  Walter Bruchhausen  •  Mark Costantino  •  John Dooling  •  Orrin Judd  •  Jacob Mishler  •  Edward Neaher  •  Eugene Nickerson  •  Leo Rayfiel  •  George Rosling  •  Anthony Travia  •  Joseph Zavatt  •  Harold Kennedy (New York)  •  

Former Chief judges

Raymond Dearie  •  Edward Korman  •  Thomas Platt  •  Charles Sifton  •  Jack Weinstein  •  Carol Amon  •  Dora Irizarry  •  Roslynn Mauskopf  •  Robert Alexander Inch  •  Walter Bruchhausen  •  Jacob Mishler  •  Joseph Zavatt  •  


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1974

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1975

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1976

Ackerman •Anderson •Aronovitz •Broderick •Callister •Cohill •Copenhaver •Crowley •Davis •Fay •Goettel •Guy •Haight •Hall •Hill •Ingram •Manos •Munson •Poole •Pratt •Richey •Schwartz •Schwarzer •Sear •Sterling •Takasugi •Waters •Williams •

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1981

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1982

Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford

1983

Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler •

Woods
1984

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1985

Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch

1986

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1987

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1988

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