Thomas Edward Fairchild

Judge Thomas Edward Fairchild

Personal

Birthday:

12/25/1912

Birthplace:

Milwaukee, WI

Date of Death:

2/12/2007

Place of Death:

Madison, WI

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Portage, Wisconsin, 1938-1941
Hearing commissioner, U.S. Office of Price Administration, Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1941-1945
Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1945-1948, 1953-1957
Attorney general, State of Wisconsin, 1948-1951
Consultant, U.S. Office of Price Stabilization, 1951
U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1951-1952
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1957-1966

Education

Name of School:

Cornell University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1934

Name of School - Second:

University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is a top national law school, attracting students from across the country and around the world. Top students are drawn to the UW Law School because of the diversity of our student body, our tradition of excellence, and our law-in-action approach to teaching and learning the law --- an approach that differentiates us from other law schools.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1938

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/11/1966

Retirement from Active Service:

8/31/1981

Termination Date:

2/12/2007

Termination Reason:

Death