Background
Fahy, Charles was born on August 17, 1892 in Rome, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas and Sarah (Jonas) Fahy.
Fahy, Charles was born on August 17, 1892 in Rome, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas and Sarah (Jonas) Fahy.
Student of University Notre Dame, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1914, Doctor of Laws, 1942.
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1914, practiced in Washington until 1924. Practiced in Santa Fe, 1924-1933. City attorney Santa Fe, 1932.
Appointed 1st assistant solicitor Department Interior, Washington, 1933.
Appointed member Petroleum Administrative Board, 1933, chairman, 1934-1935. General counsel National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940.
Assistant solicitor general United States, 1940. Member President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941.
Solicitor general United States, 1941-1945.
Legal adviser, director Legal Division Military Government, Germany (United States), 1945-1946. Legal adviser Department of State, 1946. Adviser to American Delaware, San Francisco Conference, 1945.
United States member Legal Committee, General Assembly United Nations, New York City, 1946.
Alternate United States representative to general assembly United Nations, 1947, 1949. Chairman President's commission on equality of Treatment and Opportunities in Armed Forces, 1948-1950.
Private practice, washington, 1947-1949. Chairman personnel security review board Atomic Energy Commission, 1949.
Judge The United States of America Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit, 1949-1967, senior judge, 1967-1979.
Served as naval aviator, 1917-1919. Member American, New Mexico, Federal (Distinguished Service award) bar associations, District of Columbia Bar (Distinguished Service award 1969).
Married Mary Agnes Lane, June 26, 1929. Children: Charles (Dom Thomas Fahy, Order of St. Benedict), Anne Marie (Mistress Rourke Sheehan), Sarah Agnes (Sister Sarah Fahy South.N.D.), Mary Agnes Johnson.