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Learned Hand

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909–1924

Learned Hand , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Billings Learned Hand ( LURN-id; January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) was an American jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher. He served as a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1909 to 1924 and as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1961.

Education

  • Harvard CollegeA.B., 1893
  • Harvard CollegeA.M., 1893
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1896

Career

Private practice, Albany, New York, 1897-1902; Private practice, New York City, 1902-1909; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1939-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States, 1948-1951

Biography

Billings Learned Hand ( LURN-id; January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) was an American jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher. He served as a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1909 to 1924 and as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1961.

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