Arthur Spatt
| Arthur Spatt | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Station: | Brooklyn, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 11/27/1989 - 11/30/2004 |
| Senior: | 12/01/2004 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Henry Bramwell |
| Succeeded by: | Eric Vitaliano |
| Past post: | 2nd Judicial Department of New York, Associate justice, Appellate Division |
| Past term: | 1986 - 1989 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1925 |
| Home State: | Brooklyn, NY |
| Law School: | Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1949 |
| Military service: | U.S. Navy 1944 - 1946 |
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Early life and education
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Spatt received his Bachelor's of Laws degree from the Brooklyn Law School in 1949.[1]
Military service
Spatt was a Navigation Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. [1]
Professional career
Spatt was a private practice attorney in New York City, New York from 1949 to 1978 before serving as Justice of the Supreme Court for the State of New York's Tenth Judicial District Court until 1982. Spatt was an Administrative Judge for Nassau County, New York from 1982 to 1986 and Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Second Judicial Department for the State of New York until 1989.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of New York
Spatt was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President George H.W. Bush on October 25, 1989, to a seat vacated by Henry Bramwell. Spatt was confirmed by the Senate on November 21, 1989, and received commission on November 27, 1989. He was succeeded in this position by Eric Vitaliano. Spatt assumed senior status on December 1, 2004.[2]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Henry Bramwell |
Eastern District of New York 1989–2004 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Eric Vitaliano |
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
