Emett Clay Choate

American judge

Emett Clay Choate (May 21, 1891 – August 14, 1974) was an American lawyer and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida .

Education and career

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Born in Columbus, Ohio , Choate received a Bachelor of Laws from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1914. Choate was a United States Army major from 1917 to 1918, during World War I . He was in private practice in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma from 1917 to 1921, in New York City , New York from 1922 to 1925, and in Miami , Florida from 1925 to 1954.

Federal judicial service

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Choate was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 22, 1954, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida , to a new seat authorized by 68 Stat. 8. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 20, 1954, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1965. His service terminated on August 14, 1974, due to his death.

Among his cases was that of Richard Paul Pavlick , a would-be-assassin stalking President-elect John F. Kennedy .[_citation needed
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References

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   Emett Clay Choate at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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• Emett Clay Choate at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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