Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Judge Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Personal

Birthday:

11/13/1856

Birthplace:

Louisville, KY

Date of Death:

10/5/1941

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1878-1879
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879-1916
Law clerk, Hon. Horace Gray, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1879-1880
Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1882-1883

Education

Name of School:

Harvard Law School

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Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1877

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Woodrow Wilson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/1/1916

Retirement from Active Service:

2/13/1939

Termination Date:

10/5/1941

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, June 12, 1916-March 15, 1925
Third Circuit, March 16, 1925-June 1, 1930
Fifth Circuit, June 2, 1930-March 27, 1932
First Circuit, March 28, 1932-February 13, 1939