Louis Rosenberg (judge)

Louis Rosenberg (July 5, 1898 – July 2, 1999) was a United States federal judge.

Biography

He was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on July 5, 1898. He received an LL.B. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1923. He was a special counsel, Allegheny County Emergency Relief in 1935. He was a Special deputy attorney general of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1939. He was a special counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1941. He was a special assistant city solicitor, for the City of Pittsburgh from 1941 to 1956. He was a director of public safety for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1956 to 1961.

Rosenberg was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Rosenberg received a recess appointment from President John F. Kennedy on November 20, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was nominated on January 15, 1962 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1962, and received his commission on July 12, 1962. He assumed senior status on January 5, 1976.

He died on July 2, 1999 in Highland Park, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Louis Rosenberg at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.