Newell Edenfield

Judge Newell Edenfield

Personal

Birthday:

8/10/1911

Birthplace:

Emanuel County, GA

Date of Death:

12/26/1981

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Legal editor, Edward Thomson & Co., Brooklyn, New York, 1938-1941
Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1941-1942, 1945-1967
U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1942-1945

Education

Name of School:

University of Georgia School of Law

Impressive Faculty - Includes authors of some of our country's leading legal scholarship, recipients of UGA's highest award for teaching excellence, Fulbright scholars, former law clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts, and former editors in chief of law reviews as well as former trial and corporate attorneys. Talented Student Body - Among the most selective public law schools in the nation, with LSATs of entering students near the top 10 percent of test takers nationwide and outstanding undergraduate GPAs.

Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1938

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Court Name:

Georgia Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/12/1967

Retirement from Active Service:

9/1/1981

Termination Date:

12/26/1981

Termination Reason:

Death