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Metzner, Charles Miller
Born March 13, 1912, in New York, NY
Died November 30, 2009, in Sarasota, FL
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 15, 1959, to a seat vacated by John W. Clancy. Confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 10, 1959. Assumed senior status on September 30, 1977. Service terminated on November 30, 2009, due to death.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, 1979-1993
Education:
Columbia University, A.B., 1931
Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1933
Professional Career:
Died November 30, 2009, in Sarasota, FL
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 15, 1959, to a seat vacated by John W. Clancy. Confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 10, 1959. Assumed senior status on September 30, 1977. Service terminated on November 30, 2009, due to death.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, 1979-1993
Education:
Columbia University, A.B., 1931
Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1933
Professional Career:
Private practice, New York City, 1933-1934, 1955-1959
Research assistant, Judicial Council of the State of New York, 1934-1941
Counsel, General Jewish Council, 1941
Law secretary, Hon. William C. Hecht, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1942-1953
Executive assistant, Attorney General of the United States Herbert Brownell, 1953-1954
Member, State Law Revision Commission of New York, 1959