Frederic Block
| Frederic Block | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
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Assumed office September 1, 2005 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
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In office September 29, 1994 – September 1, 2005 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Eugene H. Nickerson |
| Succeeded by | Brian Cogan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Frederic Block June 6, 1934 Brooklyn, New York |
| Education |
Indiana University A.B. Cornell Law School LL.B. |
Frederic Block (born June 6, 1934) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Block received an Artium Baccalaureus from Indiana University in 1956 and a Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1959. After law school, he was a clerk to the New York Supreme Court, appellate division, from 1959 to 1961. He was in private practice of law in Patchogue from 1961 to 1962, then in Port Jefferson, Centereach, and Smithtown, moving back and forth between these locations from 1962 to 1994. During this time, he became an adjunct professor at Touro Law School, beginning in 1992. During his time in private practice, Judge Block handled both civil and criminal cases, and trial and appellate work--even arguing a case before the Supreme Court of the United States.
On July 22, 1994, Block was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Eugene H. Nickerson. Block was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received his commission the next day. He assumed senior status on September 1, 2005, and was succeeded by Judge Brian Cogan.
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