Abe Fortas

Judge Abe Fortas

Personal

Birthday:

6/19/1910

Birthplace:

Memphis, TN

Date of Death:

4/5/1982

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Assistant chief, Legal Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1934
Assistant professor of law, Yale Law School, 1934-1939
Assistant director, Corporate Reorganization Study, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1937
Assistant director, Public Utilities Division, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939
General counsel, Public Works Administration, Bituminous Coal Division, 1939-1941
Director, Division of Power, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1941-1942
U.S. Undersecretary of the Interior, 1942-1946
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1965
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1969-1982

Education

Name of School:

Southwestern College in Memphis, Tennessee

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1930

Name of School - Second:

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1933

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/11/1965

Termination Date:

5/14/1969

Termination Reason:

Resignation