David Pine

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David Pine

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Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

Graduate

Georgetown University Law Center, 1913

Personal
Birthplace
District of Columbia


David Andrew Pine (1891-1970) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Pine was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 15, 1940, to a seat vacated by Joseph Winston Cox; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 20, 1940, and received commission on March 29. He served as chief judge from 1959-1961. He assumed senior status on April 2, 1965, and served in that capacity until his death on June 11, 1970.[1]

Education

  • Georgetown University Law School, LL.B., 1913[1]

Professional career

  • Confidential clerk to U.S. Attorney General James McReynolds, 1914-1916
  • Law clerk and assistant attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1916-1917
  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919
  • Assistant attorney, U.S. Department of Justice 1919
  • Special assistant to U.S. attorney general in western states, 1919-1921
  • Private practice, Washington, DC, 1921-1934
  • Chief assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1934-1937
  • U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1938-1940[1]

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