David G. Larimer

David G. Larimer
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
In office 1987–2009
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Frank Paul Geraci, Jr.
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 72–73) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Notre Dame Law School

David G. Larimer (born 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.

Born in Rochester, New York, Larimer received a B.A. from St. John Fisher College in 1966 and a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1969. He served as a law clerk for Hon. Joseph C. McGarraghy, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia from 1969 to 1970. After this, he was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1973. In the following years, Larimer worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Rochester, New York from 1973 to 1975. He was in private practice in Rochester, New York from 1975 to 1979. An Adjunct instructor of law, David G. Larimer taught at St. John Fisher College from 1978 to 1981. He was a Chief appellant law assistant, Supreme Court, Appellate Division Fourth Department, Rochester, New York from 1979 to 1981. He was in private practice in Rochester from 1982 to 1987.

Larimer was United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, 1983–1987. On May 5, 1987, he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333, confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1987, and received his commission on November 6, 1987. He served as chief judge from 1996–2002. He assumed senior status on March 3, 2009. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., of New York, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday, May 14, 2012 to the U.S. Senate and confirmed by voice vote on Thursday, December 13, 2012, as his replacement.

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