Monroe Friedman

Monroe Mark Friedman (1895-1978) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Friedman received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on July 17, 1952, to a seat vacated by Herbert Erskine; he was nominated on January 9, 1953. His nomination was not confirmed by the Senate. Friedman was succeeded in this position by Oliver Hamlin.

Early life and education

• University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1916
• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1920

Professional career

• Private practice, Alameda County, CA, 1920-1952, 1953-1959
• Chairman, Hearing Board, Bay Area Air Pollution District, CA, 1957-1959
• Presiding judge, Superior Court of California, Alameda County, CA, 1959-1971
• Senior judge, Superior Court of California, Alameda County, CA, 1971-1975

Judicial career

Northern District of California

Friedman received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on July 17, 1952, to a seat vacated by Herbert Erskine;^[1] he was nominated on January 9, 1953. His nomination was not confirmed by the Senate. Friedman was succeeded in this position by Oliver Hamlin.

External links

• Biography at the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Active judges	Chief Judge: Richard Seeborg   •  Beth Labson Freeman  •  Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers  •  Trina Thompson  •  Jon S. Tigar  •  Jacqueline Scott Corley  •  James Donato  •  Vince Girdhari Chhabria  •  Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr.  •  Noël Wise  •  Rita Lin  •  Eumi Lee  •  Araceli Martínez-Olguín  •  P. Casey Pitts
Senior judges	Thelton Henderson  •  William Alsup (California)  •  Saundra Armstrong  •  Charles Breyer  •  Maxine Chesney  •  Phyllis Hamilton  •  Susan Illston  •  Claudia Wilken  •  Edward Chen  •  Jeffrey White  •  Edward J. Davila  •  William Orrick III  •
Magistrate judges	Kandis Westmore  •  Laurel Beeler  •  Nathanael Cousins  •  Donna Ryu  •  Sallie Kim  •  Susan van Keulen  •  Thomas Hixson  •  Alex Tse  •  Robert Illman  •  Virginia DeMarchi  •
Former Article III judges	Dal Lemmon  •  Oliver Hamlin  •  Cecil Poole  •  Ogden Hoffman  •  William Morrow  •  John Jefferson DeHaven  •  William Cary Van Fleet  •  Maurice Timothy Dooling  •  John Slater Partridge  •  Vaughn Walker  •  Jeremy Fogel  •  Marilyn Patel  •  James Ware  •  Ronald Whyte  •  Frank Henry Kerrigan  •  Harold Louderback  •  Adolphus Frederic St. Sure  •  Michael Roche (California)  •  Sherrill Halbert  •  Thomas MacBride  •  Martin Welsh  •  Robert Aguilar (California federal judge)  •  Oliver Carter  •  Barbara Caulfield  •  Herbert Erskine  •  Monroe Friedman  •  Louis Goodman  •  George Harris (California)  •  William Ingram (California)  •  Charles Legge  •  Gerald Levin  •  Eugene Lynch  •  William Orrick Jr.  •  Robert Peckham  •  Charles Renfrew  •  Robert Schnacke  •  Fern Smith (California)  •  William Sweigert  •  John Vukasin  •  Stanley Weigel  •  Spencer Williams  •  Delwen Jensen  •  Samuel Conti  •  Patrica Trumbull  •  Albert Wollenberg  •  Alfonso Zirpoli  •  Lloyd Burke  •  Martin J. Jenkins  •  Lucy H. Koh (California)  •
Former Chief judges	Vaughn Walker  •  Thelton Henderson  •  Phyllis Hamilton  •  Marilyn Patel  •  James Ware  •  Michael Roche (California)  •  Oliver Carter  •  Louis Goodman  •  George Harris (California)  •  William Ingram (California)  •  Robert Peckham  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman
1945	Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice
1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •