Guy Leverne Fake

Guy Leverne Fake
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
February 21, 1951 – September 23, 1957
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
1948–1951
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPhillip Forman
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
February 12, 1929 – February 21, 1951
Appointed byCalvin Coolidge
Preceded byJames William McCarthy
Succeeded byRichard Hartshorne
Personal details
Born
Guy Leverne Fake

(1879-11-15)November 15, 1879
Cobleskill, New York
DiedSeptember 23, 1957(1957-09-23) (aged 77)
Rutherford, New Jersey
EducationNew York University School of Law (LL.B.)

Guy Leverne Fake (November 15, 1879 – September 23, 1957) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career

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Born in Cobleskill, New York, Fake lived in Rutherford, New Jersey from the age of one.[1] He served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War in 1898. He received a Bachelor of Laws from New York University School of Law in 1904, and held a private practice in Rutherford from 1904 to 1907. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1907 to 1908, and a district court judge of the Second Judicial District of Bergen County, New Jersey from 1909 to 1924. He was a New Jersey Supreme Court Commissioner in 1926.[2]

Federal judicial service

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On February 4, 1929, Fake was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge James William McCarthy. Fake was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 12, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1951, and assumed senior status on February 21, 1951.[2] He served in that capacity until his death of a heart attack on September 23, 1957, in his home in Rutherford.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Judge Guy Fake Of Jersey Dead; Retired Chief of Federal District Court Opposed New Deal, Income Tax", The New York Times, September 25, 1957. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Rutherford, N.J., Sept. 24--Federal Judge Guy Laverne Fake, former chief of the United States District Court in New Jersey, died last night in his home, 292 Montross Avenue, of a heart attack. He was 77 years old."
  2. ^ a b Guy Leverne Fake at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1929–1951
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Office established
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1948–1951
Succeeded by