Frederic Block
United States District Judge
Frederic Block (born June 6, 1934) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1994, and took senior status in 2005.
Background
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 6, 1934, Block spent his first years there before his family moved to the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He an Artium Baccalaureus from Indiana University in 1956 and a Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1959.
After law school, he was a clerk to the New York Supreme Court, appellate division, from 1959 to 1961. He was in private practice of law in Patchogue from 1961 to 1962, then in Port Jefferson, Centereach, and Smithtown, moving back and forth between these locations from 1962 to 1994. During this time, he became an adjunct professor at Touro Law School, beginning in 1992.
In private practice, Block handled both civil and criminal cases, and trial and appellate work—even arguing a case before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Personal life
Block married Estelle Kaufman in 1960. Previously a resident of Port Jefferson, New York, on Long Island, Block moved to Manhattan's West Village upon his confirmation as a judge.
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