Lawrence S. Margolis (March 13, 1935 – January 18, 2017) was a judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 to 1997.
Born in
Philadelphia, to Reuben and Mollie Margolis, Margolis received a
Bachelor of Arts from
Central High School in Philadelphia,
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Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the
Drexel Institute of Technology (now
Drexel University
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) in 1957; and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
George Washington University Law School
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in 1961.
After being admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, he was a
patent examiner for the
United States Patent Office from 1957 to 1962, and was then patent counsel to the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory in
White Oak, Maryland until 1963, and then assistant corporation counsel for the
District of Columbia from 1963 to 1966.
While serving in the latter position, he also maintained a private legal practice in
Silver Spring, Maryland.
He joined the
United States Department of Justice as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division and special
assistant United States attorney
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for District of Columbia from 1966 to 1968,
also serving as a consultant to the President's National Crime Commission from 1966 to 1967.
He was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia from 1968 to 1971, at which time he was appointed to an eight-year term as a
United States magistrate judge for the District of Columbia in 1971. He was reappointed for a second 8-year term in 1979 and served until December 1982.
On September 27, 1982, Margolis was nominated by President
Ronald Reagan
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to a new seat on the
United States Claims Court authorized by 96 Stat. 27. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on December 10, 1982, he received his commission the same day,
and took his oath of office on December 15, 1982.
He assumed senior status on December 14, 1997.
Margolis married Doris May Rosenberg on January 30, 1960, with whom he had two children, Mary Aleta and Paul Oliver. Margolis died on January 18, 2017 at the age of 81.
References
External links
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Judge Lawrence S. Margolis Inducted Into Philadelphia's Central High Hall of Fame Court of Federal Claims Bar Association (December 3, 2009)
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1935 births
2017 deaths
20th-century American judges
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
Assistant United States Attorneys
Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni
Drexel University alumni
George Washington University Law School alumni
Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Lawyers from Philadelphia
United States Article I federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
United States magistrate judges