Frank Xavier Altimari (September 4, 1928 – July 19, 1998) was a

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of the

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and previously was a United States District Judge of the

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Education and career

Born in

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, New York, Altimari attended St. Francis College in

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. He received a

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from

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in 1951. He served as an attorney in private practice in

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, New York from 1951 to 1965. During this period, he also was a law professor at St. Francis College from 1954 to 1963, and served on the school board in Westbury, New York from 1963 to 1965.

State judicial service

Altimari's judicial career began when he was elected to the Nassau County District Court in 1965. After serving on that court for four years, he was elected to the Nassau County Court for a term beginning in 1970 and then as a justice of the

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(the trial court of New York), on which he served from 1974 to 1982. He also again taught at St. Francis College from 1972 to 1973.

Federal judicial service

Altimari was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 23, 1982, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Edward Raymond Neaher. He was confirmed by the

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on December 10, 1982, and received his commission on December 10, 1982. His service terminated on December 23, 1985, due to his elevation to the Second Circuit. Altimari was nominated by President Reagan on October 23, 1985, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He assumed

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on January 1, 1996. His service terminated on July 19, 1998, due to his death of brain cancer in

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, New York.

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NYT obituary
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