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Anthony Julian

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Anthony Julian
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
August 1, 1972 – January 18, 1984
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1971–1972
Preceded byCharles Edward Wyzanski Jr.
Succeeded byAndrew A. Caffrey
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
September 10, 1959 – August 1, 1972
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byBailey Aldrich
Succeeded byWalter Jay Skinner
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1953–1959
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byGeorge F. Garrity
Succeeded byElliot Richardson
Personal details
Born
Anthony Julian

(1902-03-25)March 25, 1902
Italy
DiedJanuary 18, 1984(1984-01-18) (aged 81)
Boston, Massachusetts
EducationBoston College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Anthony Julian (March 25, 1902 – January 18, 1984) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Education and career

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Julian was born in Italy and emigrated to the United States while a child. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Boston College in 1925 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1929. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1929 to 1953. He was town counsel of Watertown, Massachusetts from 1930 to 1932 and from 1941 to 1942. He was a faculty member at Boston College from 1934 to 1937, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1937 to 1938. He was in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, achieving the rank of Major. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1959.[1]

Federal judicial service

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On September 9, 1959, Julian was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by Judge Bailey Aldrich. Julian was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. He served as Chief Judge from 1971 to 1972, assuming senior status on August 1, 1972. Julian served in that capacity until his death on January 18, 1984, in Boston.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
1959–1972
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
1971–1972
Succeeded by