Louis H. Pollak

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name = Louis H. Pollak


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office = Judge of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

termstart = 1978
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nominator = Jimmy Carter
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predecessor = A. Leon Higginbotham
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birthdate = December 7, 1922
birthplace = New York, NY
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Louis Heilprin Pollak (born December 7, 1922, in New York, New York) is a senior district judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Biography

Pollak was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Jimmy Carter on June 7, 1978. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 10, and began serving on July 12, 1978, occupying the seat vacated by Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr..

Judge Pollak assumed senior status in 1991, and remains an active member of the court.

Judge Pollak received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1943, magna cum laude, and his LL.B. from the Yale Law School in 1948, where he was editor of the Law Review.

After completing his undergraduate studies at Harvard, Pollak entered the United States Army in 1943, during World War II. The war ended before he would be deployed outside of the Untied States.

Pollak served as a law clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge of the United States Supreme Court following graduation from law school. After completing his clerkship, from 1949 to 1951, Pollak worked at the law firm now known as Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He then served in the United States Department of State as special assistant to Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup until 1953. Thereafter, Pollak worked as assistant counsel for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.

In 1955, Pollak joined the faculty of the Yale Law School, where he would remain until 1974. He served as dean from 1965 to 1970. In 1974, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania Law School, becoming dean the following year. In 1978, he left the University when he was appointed to the bench.

Beginning in 1950, Pollak provided assistance to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He worked actively on Brown v. Board of Education. Because he was then working for the State Department, he was not listed on the briefs in the Supreme Court. [ [http://www.uscourts.gov/ttb/feb04ttb/federaljudge/index.html Federal Judges Share Memories of Historic Civil Rights Victory - The Third Branch] ] .

Pollak’s father, Walter Pollak, was also a well-known lawyer. He is now remembered especially for his work in major civil rights cases, including Gitlow v. New York and representation of the Scottsboro Boys.

Since 1952, Pollak has been married to Katherine Weiss, the daughter of Louis Weiss, a founding partner of the Paul, Weiss law firm. They have five daughters and eight grandchildren.

References

External links

* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1904 Federal Judicial Center profile]

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