Matthew T. Abruzzo

Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo

Personal

Birthday:

4/30/1889

Birthplace:

Brooklyn, NY

Date of Death:

5/28/1971

Place of Death:

Potomac, MD

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Brooklyn, New York, 1910-1936

Education

Name of School:

Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a law school founded in 1901. It is located in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, in the United States, and has approximately 1,100 students.

The Dean of the law school is Nicholas W. Allard, who assumed the role in 2012, as well as the role of president in 2014. Brooklyn Law School’s faculty includes 64 full-time professors, 6 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty, many of whom are preeminent legal scholars.

In 2013, 94% of the law school's first-time test takers passed the bar exam, placing the law school third-best among New York's 15 law schools. Of 382 graduates in 2014, nine months after graduation 38 were unemployed, and 7 were of unknown employment status. Alumni have relocated to 49 states and over 25 countries after graduation.

Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1910

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Court Name:

New York Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

2/15/1936

Retirement from Active Service:

2/15/1966

Termination Date:

5/28/1971

Termination Reason:

Death