Charles Fahy

Personal

Birthday: 
8/27/1892
Birthplace: 
Rome, GA
Date of Death: 
9/17/1979
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1914-1924, 1947-1949
U.S. Naval Reserve, 1917-1919
Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1924-1933
City attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1932
First assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933
Member, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1933-1935; chairman, 1934-1935
General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940
Assistant solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940
Member, President`s Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941
Solicitor general of the United States, 1941-1945
Legal adviser, Office of Military Government, United States, in Germany, 1945-1946
Adviser to American delegation, San Francisco Conference, 1945
Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1946
Member, Legal Commission, United Nations General Assembly, 1947-1949
Chairman, President`s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in the Armed Forces, 1948-1950
Chairman, Personnel Security Review Board, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, October 15, 1949; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 

Georgetown University Law Center

The Law Center provides a world of opportunities. We offer more courses and more seminars on domestic and international topics than any other law school in the country. Our program in clinical education, ranked among the best in the nation, offers a wide range of legal assistance to needy members of our community - including domestic abuse and child cases, political asylum cases, and environmental justice. Our location puts us within walking distance of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Department of Justice.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1914

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Court Name: 

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Harry S Truman
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
4/7/1950
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/17/1967
Termination Date: 
9/17/1979
Termination Reason: 
Death