Emerich B. Freed
c. 1921
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office October 7, 1941 – December 4, 1955
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Seat established by 55 Stat. 148
Succeeded by	Paul Charles Weick
Personal details
Born	Emerich Burt Freed (1897-11-22)November 22, 1897 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	December 4, 1955(1955-12-04) (aged 58)
Education	Case Western Reserve University ( A.B.) Case Western Reserve University School of Law ( LL.B.)

Emerich Burt Freed (November 22, 1897 – December 4, 1955) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) in 1897, ^[1] Freed attended grammar school there, and graduated from Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio. ^[1] Freed received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1918 and a Bachelor of Laws from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1920. He was in private practice in Ohio from 1918 to 1929, and was thereafter a first assistant in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office of Cuyahoga County, Ohio from 1929 to 1932, and prosecuting attorney in that office from 1932 to 1933. He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 1933 to 1941. ^[2]

Federal judicial service

On September 11, 1941, Freed was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio created by 55  Stat.  148. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 2, 1941, and received his commission on October 7, 1941, serving in that capacity until his death on December 4, 1955. ^[2]

See also

• List of Jewish American jurists

References

Sources

• Emerich B. Freed at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.