Edward Joseph Schwartz (March 26, 1912 – March 22, 2000) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Seattle
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,
Washington
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, Schwartz received an
Artium Baccalaureus degree from the
University of California, Berkeley
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in 1934 and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
University of San Francisco School of Law
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in 1939. He was a Lieutenant Commander in the
United States Navy
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during
World War II
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, from 1942 to 1945, and thereafter served as a
United States Naval Reserve
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Lieutenant Commander. After law school he was in private practice in
San Diego
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,
California
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, from 1940 to 1941. He resumed his legal practice after servicing in World War II in San Diego, becoming one of two original founders of
Procopio Law
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in 1946. During this time he specialized on business, probate and corporate law.
Governor
Pat Brown
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appointed him to the Municipal Court of San Diego in 1959.
He was a judge of the Municipal Court of San Diego from 1959 to 1964, and on the
Superior Court of San Diego County from 1964 to 1968.
Federal judicial service
On January 29, 1968, Schwartz was nominated by President
Lyndon B. Johnson
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to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
James Marshall Carter
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. Schwartz was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on March 28, 1968, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1969 to 1982, assuming
senior status on March 26, 1982, and serving in that capacity until his death on March 22, 2000, in San Diego.
Honor
The
Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse is named in Schwartz's honor.
See also
*
List of Jewish American jurists
This is a list of notable Jewish American jurists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
Supreme Court of the United States
United States courts of appeals
United States district courts
* Ronnie Abrams, J ...
References
Sources
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1912 births
2000 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
United States district court judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
United States Navy officers
20th-century American lawyers
American Jews
American lawyers
Superior court judges in the United States