David Schwartz (July 7, 1916 – December 21, 1989) was a judge of the
United States Court of Claims
The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims (), and abolished in 1982. Then, its jurisdiction was assumed by the n ...
from 1968 to 1982.
Biography
Born in
New York City, Schwartz received a
Bachelor of Arts from
New York University in 1936,
[Federal Judicial Center page for David Schwartz](_blank)
and an
LL.B. from
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
in 1939.
[David Schwartz, 73, Ex-U.S. Claims Judge]
, '' The New York Times'' (December 22, 1989). He then entered private practice in New York City until 1941, when he began a series of government positions. He was an attorney in the
U.S. Department of Justice, first for the
Board of Immigration Appeals in 1941, and then for the Alien Enemy Control Unit in 1942. From 1942 to 1943, he was a
law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person, generally someone who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Judicial clerks often play significant ...
to Justice
Stanley F. Reed.
He was the principal attorney of the
Foreign Economic Administration In the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Foreign Economic Administration (FEA) was formed to relieve friction between US agencies operating abroad on September 25, 1943.
As described by the biographer of the FEA's chief, Leo Crowley ...
from 1943 to 1944, and was then legal advisor to the Balkan and Greece missions of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration from 1944 to 1945. He returned to the Department of Justice as a trial attorney in the Office of Alien Property from 1945 to 1957,
and in the Antitrust Division from 1957 to 1958. He then served as general counsel of the
Development and Resources Corporation from 1958 to 1959, and as a partner in the
Manhattan law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1960 to 1968.
In 1968, Schwartz became a trial judge of the
U.S. Court of Claims
The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, Fed. Cl. or C.F.C.) is a United States federal courts, United States federal court that hears monetary claims against the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government. It ...
.
On October 1, 1982, he was appointed by operation of the
Federal Courts Improvement Act, 96 Stat. 27, to a new seat on the
United States Court of Claims
The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims (), and abolished in 1982. Then, its jurisdiction was assumed by the n ...
.
Schwartz assumed senior status on October 8, 1982, serving in that capacity until his death in Washington, D.C.
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1916 births
1989 deaths
Harvard Law School alumni
Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims
New York University alumni
United States Article I federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
20th-century American judges
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States