Elijah Barrett Prettyman (August 23, 1891 – August 4, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His son was American attorney E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.
Elijah Barrett Prettyman
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Born 1891 in Lexington, VA
Died 1971
FJC ID: 1937
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 20/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 144/year
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1945–1971District of Columbia District Court · 1945–1971
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1959–1960
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., and Hartford, Connecticut1936–1945
- Washington, D.C.Corporation counsel · 1934–1936
Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the TreasuryGeneral counsel · 1933–1934- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and New York City1920–1933
- Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., and New York CitySpecial attorney · 1919–1920
U.S. Army captain1917–1919- Private practice, Hopewell, Virginia1915–1917
Appointments
1945–1971 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B. · 1915
- Randolph-Macon CollegeA.M. · 1911
- Randolph-Macon CollegeB.A. · 1910