Dudley Baldwin Bonsal

Dudley Baldwin Bonsal (October 6, 1906 – July 22, 1995) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Bedford, New York, Bonsal received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1927 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1930. He was in private practice in New York City from 1930 to 1942. He was a Chief counsel, U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs from 1942 to 1945. He was in private practice in New York City from 1945 to 1961, and from 1958 to 1960 served as president of the New York City Bar Association. He was a judge on the U.S. Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals from 1977 to 1987. He was a judge on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 1981 to 1984.

Bonsal was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Bonsal received a recess appointment from John F. Kennedy on October 5, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; nominated on January 15, 1962. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received his commission on March 17, 1962. He assumed senior status on December 6, 1976. Bonsal served in that capacity until July 22, 1995, due to his death.

He died in Bedford, New York.

Sources

• Dudley Baldwin Bonsal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Bonsal, Dudley Baldwin
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	October 6, 1906
Place of birth	Bedford, New York
Date of death	July 22, 1995
Place of death	Bedford, New York