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| Thomas Platt | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Station: | Brooklyn, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Richard Nixon |
| Active: | 03/08/1974 - 01/31/2001 |
| Chief: | 1988 - 1995 |
| Senior: | 02/01/2001 - Present |
| Preceded by: | George Rosling |
| Succeeded by: | Sandra Feuerstein |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1925 |
| Home State: | New York City, NY |
| Bachelors: | Yale, B.A., 1947 |
| Law School: | Yale Law School, LL.B., 1950 |
| Military service: | U.S. Naval Reserves 1943 - 1946 |
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Thomas Collier Platt, Jr. (1925-present) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Platt was nominated by President Richard Nixon on January 31, 1974, to a seat vacated by George Rosling; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1974, and received commission on March 8, 1974. From 1988-1995, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on February 1, 2001. Platt was succeeded in this position by Sandra Feuerstein. [1]
Early life and education
- Yale University, B.A., 1947
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1950 [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Naval Reserve, 1943-1946
- Private practice, New York City, 1950-1953
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1953-1956
- Private practice, New York City, 1956-1974
- Attorney for Village of Laurel Hollow, New York, 1958-1974
- Acting police justice, Village of Lloyd Harbor, New York, 1958-1963 [1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of New York
Platt was nominated by President Richard Nixon on January 31, 1974, to a seat vacated by George Rosling; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1974, and received commission on March 8, 1974. From 1988-1995, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on February 1, 2001. Platt was succeeded in this position by Sandra Feuerstein. [1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Rosling |
Eastern District of New York 1974–2001 |
Succeeded by: Sandra Feuerstein |
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| 1969 |
Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright | ||
| 1970 |
Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood | ||
| 1971 |
Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams • Young | ||
| 1972 |
Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener | ||
| 1973 |
Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood | ||
| 1974 |
Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker | ||
