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Lloyd Francis MacMahon

American judge (1912–1989)


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American judge (1912–1989)

FieldValue
nameLloyd Francis MacMahon
officeJudge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
term_startJuly 5, 1985
term_endApril 8, 1989
appointerWarren Burger
predecessorFrederick Bernard Lacey
successorSidney Aronovitz
office1Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
term_start1May 31, 1982
term_end1April 8, 1989
office2Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
term_start21980
term_end21982
predecessor2David Norton Edelstein
successor2Constance Baker Motley
office3Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
term_start3September 10, 1959
term_end3May 31, 1982
appointer3Dwight D. Eisenhower
predecessor3Lawrence Walsh
successor3John F. Keenan
office4United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Interim
president4Dwight Eisenhower
term_start4July 11, 1955
term_end4September 1, 1955
predecessor4J. Edward Lumbard
successor4Paul W. Williams
birth_nameLloyd Francis MacMahon
birth_date
birth_placeElmira, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_placeWhite Plains, New York, U.S.
educationCornell University (AB, LLB)
website

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Lloyd Francis MacMahon (August 12, 1912 – April 8, 1989) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1959 to 1989 and its Chief Judge from 1980 to 1982.

Education and career

Born on August 12, 1912, in Elmira, New York, MacMahon received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1936 from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1938 from Cornell Law School. He was a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II from 1944 to 1945. He was in private practice in New York City from 1942 to 1953 and again from 1955 to 1959. He was the Chief Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1953 to 1955. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1955.

Federal judicial service

MacMahon was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 10, 1959, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Lawrence Walsh. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1980 to 1982. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1982. He served as a Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 1985 to 1989. His served on the bench until his death on April 8, 1989, due to a cerebral hemorrhage in White Plains, New York. Rudy Giuliani was one of his law clerks.

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References

  1. {{FJC Bio. 1457
  2. (9 April 1989). "Lloyd F. MacMahon, a Federal Judge, Dies at 76".
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