Edward Louis Filippine | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
Term Start: | June 11, 1995 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
Term Start1: | 1990 |
Term End1: | 1995 |
Predecessor1: | John Francis Nangle |
Successor1: | Jean Constance Hamilton |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
Term Start2: | July 22, 1977 |
Term End2: | June 11, 1995 |
Appointer2: | Jimmy Carter |
Predecessor2: | John Keating Regan |
Successor2: | E. Richard Webber |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1930[1] |
Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri |
Education: | Saint Louis University (AB, JD) |
Edward Louis Filippine (born June 11, 1930) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Born in St. Louis, Filippine received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Saint Louis University in 1951. He was a lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953 and was stationed at Hondo Air Base, Texas.[2] After serving in the Air Force, he received a Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1957. He was in private practice in Clayton, Missouri and St. Louis for various periods from 1957 to 1977, in addition to serving as a special assistant state attorney general of Missouri from 1963 to 1964. He was also a staff assistant to United States Senator Thomas Eagleton in St. Louis, from 1969 to 1974, and was Senator Eagleton's campaign director in 1974.
On June 22, 1977, Filippine was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri vacated by Judge John Keating Regan. Filippine was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 21, 1977, and received his commission the following day. He served as chief judge from 1990 to 1995, assuming senior status on June 11, 1995. He is currently in inactive senior status, meaning that while he remains a federal judge, he does not hear cases or participate in the business of the court.