Harold Raymond Medina was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
18 Facts About Harold Medina
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Harold Medina's father was a naturalized United States citizen from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, and his mother from New York City of Dutch ancestry.
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Harold Medina graduated from Holbrook Military Academy in Ossining, New York in 1905.
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Harold Medina received an Artium Baccalaureus degree Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University in 1909.
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Harold Medina received a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1912, graduating co-head of his class.
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Harold Medina was in private practice of law in New York City from 1912 to 1947.
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Harold Medina was a founder and lecturer for the Medina Bar Review Course in New York City from 1912 to 1942.
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Harold Medina was an associate professor at Columbia Law School from 1915 to 1940.
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Harold Medina was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 18,1947, and received his commission on June 20,1947.
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Harold Medina's service was terminated on June 23,1951, due to his elevation to the Second Circuit.
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Harold Medina was nominated by President Truman on June 11,1951, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Learned Hand.
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Harold Medina was confirmed by the Senate on June 21,1951, and received his commission on June 23,1951.
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Harold Medina's service was terminated on February 22,1980, due to his retirement.
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In 1949, Harold Medina presided over the trial of 11 leaders of the United States Communist Party charged with advocating the violent overthrow of the government.
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Harold Medina gave prison sentences to five of the defense attorneys on charges of contempt of court; among them was George William Crockett Jr.
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Harold Medina died on March 14,1990, at Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, New Jersey, at 102 years of age, after residing at a nursing home in that city his last several years.
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Harold Medina was featured on the cover of Time in its October 24,1949 edition.
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In 1957, Harold Medina received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Elizabethtown College located in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.