James Levin Latchum

Judge James Levin Latchum

Personal

Birthday:

12/23/1918

Birthplace:

Milford, DE

Date of Death:

1/31/2004

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army captain, 1940-1946
U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, 1946-1961
Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 1946-1968
Attorney, Delaware State Highway Department, 1949-1951
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Delaware, 1951-1953
Attorney, Delaware Interstate Highway Division, 1955-1963
Attorney, Delaware River and Bay Authority, 1963-1968

Education

Name of School:

Princeton University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1940

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1946

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Delaware

Court Name:

Delaware District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/3/1968

Retirement from Active Service:

12/23/1983

Termination Date:

1/31/2004

Termination Reason:

Death