Gerard D. Reilly

Gerard D. Reilly

Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office 1976–1995
Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office July 24, 1972 – 1976
Preceded by	Andrew M. Hood
Succeeded by	Theodore R. Newman, Jr.
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office 1970 – 1976
Nominated by	Richard Nixon
Succeeded by	Theodore R. Newman, Jr.

Personal details
Born	1906 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	May 18, 1995 (aged 88) Washington, D.C.
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Reilly
Children	Margaret Ann Reilly Hefern, John F. Reilly
Alma mater	Harvard College (B.A.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Gerard D. Reilly (1906 – May 18, 1995) was an official at the United States Department of Labor and the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Reilly received his bachelor's and law degrees at Harvard University, where he was a cross country runner. He moved to Washington, D.C. in 1933 to work at the Labor Department under the new administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as Solicitor of the Department of Labor from 1937 to 1941 and as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, an independent agency from 1941 to 1946. During his time as solicitor, a resolution of impeachment was filed against him and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins by Republican Representative J. Parnell Thomas, who accused them of refusing to deport labor leader Harry Bridges. The impeachment resolution was rejected by the House Judiciary Committee, but the Republican members of the committee all signed on to a minority report severely censuring the officials.