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Eugene Hoffman Nickerson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · 1977

Eugene Hoffman Nickerson , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (August 2, 1918 – January 1, 2002) was an American lawyer. Nickerson was the only Democrat to be elected county executive in Nassau County until 2001.

Education

  • Harvard UniversityB.A., 1941
  • Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1943

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Augustus N. Hand, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1943-1944; Law clerk, Hon. Harlan F. Stone, Supreme Court of the United States, 1944-1946; Private practice, New York City, 1946-1961, 1971-1977; County executive, Nassau County, New York, 1962-1970

Biography

Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (August 2, 1918 – January 1, 2002) was an American lawyer. Nickerson was the only Democrat to be elected county executive in Nassau County until 2001.

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