Clarence G. Galston Explained

Clarence G. Galston
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Term Start:January 1, 1957
Term End:January 22, 1964
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Term Start1:April 29, 1929
Term End1:January 1, 1957
Appointer1:Herbert Hoover
Predecessor1:Seat established by 45 Stat. 1409
Successor1:Joseph Carmine Zavatt
Birth Name:Clarence G. Galston
Birth Date:18 April 1876
Birth Place:New York City, US
Death Place:Woodmere, New York, US
Education:City College of New York (B.S.)
New York University School of Law (LL.B.)
New York University (A.M.)

Clarence G. Galston (April 18, 1876 – January 22, 1964) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Education and career

Born in New York City, New York, Galston received a Bachelor of Science degree from the City College of New York in 1895, a Bachelor of Laws from the New York University School of Law in 1899 and an Artium Magister degree from New York University in 1900. He was in private practice in New York City from 1899 to 1929, and was special counsel on patent matters for the City of New York from 1912 to 1929. He was President of Woodmere Academy in Woodmere, New York from 1914 to 1929.

Federal judicial service

Galston was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on April 18, 1929, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to a new seat authorized by 45 Stat. 1409. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1957. His service terminated on January 22, 1964, due to his death in Woodmere.

Memoirs

Galston wrote a memoir of his judicial service, Behind the Judicial Curtain, published in 1959.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Clarence G. Galston, 87 Dies; Federal Judge from 1929–56; A Specialist in Patent Law, He Assisted in Revision of U.S. Judicial Code. The New York Times. 24 January 1964.