Harold Leventhal (judge)

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| office = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

| term_start = April 7, 1965

| term_end = November 20, 1979

| nominator = Lyndon B. Johnson

| predecessor = Wilbur Kingsbury Miller

| successor = Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Harold Leventhal (January 5, 1915 – November 20, 1979) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Education and career

Leventhal was born in New York City, New York. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Columbia University in 1934.{{Cite book |last=Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development |url=http://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_001 |title=Columbia College today |last2=Columbia College (Columbia University) |date=1954 |publisher=New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development |others=Columbia University Libraries}} He received a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1936, where he was editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review. He was a law clerk for United States Supreme Court justices Harlan Fiske Stone (1937-1938) and Stanley Forman Reed (1938). He was an Attorney for the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States from 1937 to 1938 and from 1938 to 1939. He was a Chief of Litigation for the Bituminous Coal Division of the United States Department of the Interior from 1939 to 1940. He was assistant general counsel for the Office of Price Administration from 1940 to 1943. He was a United States Coast Guard Reserve Lieutenant Commander from 1943 to 1946. He served on the staff of Justice Robert H. Jackson during the Nuremberg Trials from 1945 to 1946. He then returned to his position as assistant general counsel for the Office of Price Administration in 1946. He was in private practice of law in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1951, before returning to the Office of Price Administration as chief counsel from 1951 to 1952. He was in private practice of law in Washington, D.C. from 1952 to 1965.{{FJC Bio|1385|nid=1383846|name=Harold Leventhal}}

Federal judicial service

Leventhal was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on March 1, 1965, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated by Judge Wilbur Kingsbury Miller. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1965, and received his commission on April 7, 1965. His service terminated on November 20, 1979, due to his death. He was succeeded by Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Law clerks

David M. Becker, SEC General Counsel{{cite web |url=http://www.cgsh.com/dbecker/ |title=Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | Lawyers | David M. Becker |publisher=Cgsh.com |date= |access-date=March 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217090105/http://www.cgsh.com/dbecker/ |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Samuel Estreicher, NYU Law Professor
Judith A. Miller, Department of Defense General Counsel