Massimo Pilotti
Italian jurist (1879–1962)
Massimo Pilotti (1 August 1879 – 29 April 1962) was an Italian jurist and judge. Pilotti was the first President of the European Court of Justice at Luxembourg.
Early life
Massimo Pilotti became a judge in 1901. In 1913, he was appointed a Judge of the District Court in Rome. Judge of the Court of Appeal, Rome in 1923. Judge of the Court of Cassation in 1926. First President of the Court of Appeal in Trieste in 1930. Principal State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in 1944. President of the Public Waters Appeal Court in 1948. First Honorary President of the Italian Court of Cassation in 1949.
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