Gerhard Alden Gesell (June 16, 1910 – February 19, 1993) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Gerhard Alden Gesell
District of Columbia District Court
Born 1910 in Los Angeles, CA
Died 1993 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 838
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 11/year
District of Columbia District Court · 1967–1993
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
Board member · 1970–1972- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1941–1967
- President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed ForcesChairman · 1962–1964
U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionTechnical advisor to the chairman · 1940–1941- U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionTrial attorney · 1935–1940
Appointments
1967–1993 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1935- Yale UniversityA.B. · 1932