Charles Fahy

American judge (1892–1979)

Charles Fahy (August 27, 1892 – September 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1949 until his death in 1979.

Education and early career

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Born on August 27, 1892, in Rome , Georgia , Fahy was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Jonas) Fahy. Fahy received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1911 from the University of Notre Dame and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1914 from Georgetown Law .

He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar the same year.

He entered private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1914 to 1924, which included criminal defense in capital cases.

He served in the United States Naval Reserve during World War I from August 1917 to January 1919 as a naval aviator attached to the British and American forces. Fahy was awarded the Navy Cross .

He served in the United States, England and France and attained the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) . He resumed private practice in Washington, D.C. after the war.

He moved his private practice to Santa Fe , New Mexico from 1924 to 1933. He was city attorney for Santa Fe in 1932.

Executive branch service

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J. Warren Madden (left), Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is shown going over testimony with Fahy (right), General Counsel of the NLRB, and Nathan Witt , NLRB Executive Secretary, prior to testifying before Congress on December 13, 1937

Fahy was first assistant solicitor for the United States Department of the Interior in 1933. He was a member of the Petroleum Advisory Board from 1933 to 1935, serving as chairman from 1934 to 1935. He was general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board from 1935 to 1940. He was an Assistant Solicitor General with the United States Department of Justice in 1940. He was a member of the President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London in 1941. He was the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945. He was Legal Adviser of the Office of Military Government, United States in Germany from 1945 to 1946. He was adviser to the American delegation to the San Francisco Conference in 1945. He was Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State in 1946. He resumed private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1947 to 1949. He was a member of the Legal Commission of the United Nations General Assembly from 1947 to 1949. He was Chairman of the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services from 1948 to 1950. He was Chairman of the Personnel Security Review Board of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949.

Federal judicial service

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Fahy received a recess appointment from President Harry S. Truman on October 21, 1949, to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit , to a new seat authorized by 63 Stat. 493. He was nominated to the same position by President Truman on January 5, 1950. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received his commission on April 7, 1950. He assumed senior status on April 17, 1967. His service terminated on September 17, 1979,

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