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Lumbard, Joseph Edward

Born August 18, 1901, in New York, NY
Died June 3, 1999, in Fairfield, CT

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 13, 1955, to a seat vacated by John Marshall Harlan. Confirmed by the Senate on July 11, 1955, and received commission on July 12, 1955. Served as chief judge, 1959-1971. Assumed senior status on July 20, 1971. Service terminated on June 3, 1999, due to death.

Education:
Fordham University School of Law
Harvard University, A.B., 1922
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1925

Professional Career:

Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1925-1927, 1931-1933; chief, Criminal Division, 1931-1933
Special assistant attorney general, State of New York, 1928-1929, 1930, 1936, 1942
Private practice, New York City, 1929-1931, 1934-1953
Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1947
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-1955
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1960-1971

Manuscript Collections

Fairfield Museum and History Center
Fairfield, Conn.
J. Edward Lumbard and Polly Poindexter papers, 1926-1967.
0.5 linear ft.; finding aid; includes letters, comments, and photographs from the 1967 ceremony in which the University of Bridgeport awarded Lumbard an honorary degree.

Harvard University Law School
Cambridge, Mass.
J. Edward Lumbard papers.
115 boxes; restricted; collection contains Lumbard's chambers papers; collection has not been processed and is closed to researchers.

Oral History

Lumbard, J. Edward. "A Conversation with J. Edward Lumbard: An Oral History Project." Interview conducted in 1977 by Ed Edwin. New York Bar Collection, Oral History Research Office, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, 1980. Transcript, 99 pages.

Lumbard, J. Edward. "Reminiscences of J. Edward Lumbard: oral history." Interview conducted in 1979 by Ed Edwin. Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine project, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, 1979. Transcript, 39 pages; tape, 1 reel. Restricted.

Portraits

Edward J. Lumbard; artist unknown; Photograph; n.d.; U.S. Courts Library for the Second Circuit, Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, N.Y. Reference image courtesy of the Office of the Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Further reproduction prohibited without permission of the circuit executive's office.

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