David G. Larimer Explained

David G. Larimer
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
Term Start:March 3, 2009
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
Term Start1:1996
Term End1:2002
Predecessor1:Michael Anthony Telesca
Successor1:Richard Arcara
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
Term Start2:November 6, 1987
Term End2:March 3, 2009
Appointer2:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2:Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
Successor2:Frank P. Geraci Jr.
Office3:Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
Term Start3:1983
Term End3:1987
Birth Name:David George Larimer
Birth Date:3 March 1944[1]
Birth Place:Rochester, New York, U.S.
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David George Larimer (born March 3, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.

Education and career

Larimer was born in Rochester, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John Fisher College in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in 1969. He served as a law clerk for Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1969 to 1970. After this, he was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1973. In the following years, Larimer worked as an assistant United States attorney of the Western District of New York in Rochester from 1973 to 1975. He was in private practice in Rochester from 1975 to 1979. An adjunct instructor of law, Larimer taught at St. John Fisher College from 1978 to 1981. He was a chief appellate law assistant for the Supreme Court, Appellate Division Fourth Department in Rochester from 1979 to 1981. He was in private practice in Rochester from 1982 to 1987.

Federal judicial service

Larimer was United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of New York from 1983 to 1987.

On May 5, 1987, Larimer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333, confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1987, and received his commission on November 6, 1987. He served as Chief Judge from 1996 to 2002. He assumed senior status on March 3, 2009. Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr., of New York, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday, May 14, 2012 to the Senate and confirmed by voice vote on Thursday, December 13, 2012, as his replacement.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Who's Who in American Law (1991). Seventh edition, 1992-1993. Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who.
  2. Web site: Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. 14 May 2012.
  3. Web site: President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the US District Court. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. 14 May 2012.