James T. Hallinan (June 1, 1889 – July 4, 1969) was an American lawyer and judge from New York.

Life

Hallinan was born on June 1, 1889 in

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, the son of James Hallinan, a builder, and Mary Burns, an Irish immigrant from Waterford, Ireland. Hallinan graduated from the New York Evening High School for Young Men in 1909. He then went to

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, graduating from there with an LL.B. in 1911. He was admitted to the bar later that year and immediately began practicing general law as part of the firm Hallinan and Groh. He was also vice-president of the Airsota Realty Company in Astoria. In 1930, he became

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. In 1931, he was elected to the

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. He was re-elected to the Court in 1945. In 1955, he was appointed to the Appellate Division, Second Department. He retired from the bench in 1960, although he served as an official referee until 1966. Hallinan was Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks in 1935 and chairman of its National Service Commission, president of the Emerald Society of Brooklyn, and state chairman of the Knights of Columbus. An active

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layman and supporter of the

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, he received the Bene Merente Medal from

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in 1926 and was made a Knight of St. Gregory by

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. He was a trustee of the New York Law School, the Flushing Savings Bank, St. Andrew Avelino Church in Flushing, St. John's Hospital in Elmhurst, the Roman Catholic Child Care Society of Brooklyn, St. Mary's of the Springs College in

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, Albert Magnus College in

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, the Dominican Academy High School in

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, and the Public Library of Queensborough. He was also a director of the American Irish Historical Society and a member of the Queens

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the New York County Bar Association, the

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, and the Queens County Bar Association. He attended the St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church in Flushing. He was a member of the

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. In 1916, he married Elizabeth Weeks. Their children were Joan, Richard, and Patricia. Hallinan died at his home in Glen Cove on July 4, 1969. He was buried in Mount Saint Mary Cemetery in Flushing.

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