Thomas P. Griesa

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birth_date =Birth date and age|1930|0|0
birth_place =Kansas City, Missouri USA
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profession =Judge
religion =Christian Sciencecitation
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D61030F935A3575BC0A966958260
title = In Child Deaths, a Test for Christian Science; Faith vs. the Law; A special report.
newspaper = The New York Times
year = 1990
date = August 6 1990
page = A2
last1 = Margolick
first1 = David
issn = 1649296]


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Thomas Poole Griesa (b. 1930 in Kansas City, MO) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judge Griesa received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1952 and an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1958.

He was nominated to the court by Richard M. Nixon on June 15, 1972, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294, confirmed by the Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on June 30, 1972. He served as chief judge from 1993 to 2000 and assumed senior status on March 13, 2000.

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External links

* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=917 Profile at the Federal Judicial Center]