Background
Lumbard, Joseph Edward was born on August 18, 1901 in New York City. Son of Joseph Edward and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard.
Lumbard, Joseph Edward was born on August 18, 1901 in New York City. Son of Joseph Edward and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1922; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1925; Doctor of Laws, Harvard University, 1970; Doctor of Laws, William Mitchell College Doctor of Laws, University Bridgeport Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University Doctor of Laws, New York Law School Doctor of Laws, Columbia University Scientiae Juridicae Doctor (honorary), Suffolk U.
Assistant, United State Attorneys Southern District New York, 1925-1927; special assistant attorney general, New York State, in Queens Sewer investigation and prosecution of Maurice E. Connelly, 1928-1929; member firm, Fogarty, Lumbard & Quel, 1929-1931; assistant to, William J. Donovan in bankruptcy inquiry conducted by Association Bar City New York and others, 1929; assistant United State Attorneys charge criminal division, Southern District New York, 1931-1933; member firm, Donovan, Leisure, Newton, Lumbard & Irvine (and predecessor firms), 1934-1953; special assistant attorney general New York State, in, Drukman murder prosecutions, 1936; defense counsel, United States versus Standard Oil and 23 oil companies, 1937-1938; special assistant attorney general, New York State charge Election Frauds Bureau, 1943; justice, Supreme Court New York State, June-December 1947; United State Attorneys, Southern District New York, 1953-1955; United States circuit judge, 2d Circuit, since 1955; chief judge, United States Court Appeals, 2d Circuit, 1959-1971.
Board overseers Harvard, 1959-1965. Trustee William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. Judicial fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association (chairman special committee minimum standards for criminal justice 1964-1968, Gold medal 1968), New York State Bar Association (Gold medal 1969), Association Bar City New York, S.R.
Married Polly Poindexter, September 4, 1929. Children: Abigail, Thomas.