David G. Trager

David Gershon Trager (December 23, 1937 - January 5, 2011) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Trager received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1959 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1962. He was in private practice of law in New York City from 1963 to 1967, acting as assistant corporation counsel to New York City in 1967. He was a law clerk to Kenneth B. Keating of the New York State Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1969, and to Stanley H. Fuld, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1969.

Trager became an assistant U.S. Attorney of Eastern District of New York from 1970 to 1972. He was an associate professor of law at Brooklyn Law School from 1972 to 1974. He was United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1974 to 1978. He returned to Brooklyn Law School as a professor of law from 1978 to 1993, serving as Dean of that institution from 1983 to 1993. He chaired a Temporary State Commission on Investigations, New York State from 1983 to 1990, and was a member of the New York City Mayor's Committee on the Judiciary from 1981 to 1989.

On August 6, 1993, Trager was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York created by 104 Stat. 5089; He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received commission on November 24, 1993. Trager assumed senior status on March 1, 2006.

Death

Trager died of pancreatic cancer on January 5, 2011, aged 73.^[1]

References

1. ^ "David G. Trager, Federal Judge, Dies at 73". The New York Times. January 6, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/nyregion/07trager.html. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 

Source

• David G. Trager at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Persondata
Name	Trager, David G.
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	December 23, 1937
Place of birth	Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Date of death	January 5, 2011
Place of death	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.