Background
Forman, Phillip was born on November 30, 1895 in New York City. Son of Morris and Tilly (Peters) Forman.
Forman, Phillip was born on November 30, 1895 in New York City. Son of Morris and Tilly (Peters) Forman.
Bachelor of Laws, Temple University, 1919.
He served in the United States Navy during World War I (1917–1919) and received his Bachelor of Laws from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia in 1919. After joining the bar, Forman practiced law privately in Trenton, New Jersey. After a few years, he joined the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1923), and was thereafter appointed as the United States. Attorney by President Calvin Coolidge, serving from 1928 until his appointment to the bench in 1932.
District court judgeship
Forman was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on June 11, 1932, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by William Nelson Runyon.
lieutenant was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 23, 1932, and Forman received his commission on June 25, 1932. In 1940, Judge Forman gave the German physicist Albert Einstein his United States. Citizenship.
He served the same role for the mathematician Kurt Gödelegate Forman served as chief judge of the district from 1951 until his elevation to an appellate judgeship in 1959.
Appellate judgeship
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission the following day.
Forman assumed senior status on March 31, 1961, serving in that capacity until his death on August 17, 1978.
Member Forman & Levy, 1919-1932.
Married Pearl Edith Karlberg, April.