Emerich Burt Freed was a United States federal judge

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Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1897, Freed attended grammar school there, and graduated from Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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Freed received an A.B.

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 from Western Reserve University in 1918 and an LL.B. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law

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 in 1920. He was in private practice in Ohio

Ohio

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 from 1918 to 1929. He was a First assistant, Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1929-1932 in 1933. He was a Prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga County, Ohio from 1932 to 1933. He was the United States Attorney

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 for the Northern District of Ohio from 1933 to 1941.

Freed was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

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. Freed was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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 on September 11, 1941, to a new seat created by . He was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on October 2, 1941, and received his commission on October 7, 1941. Freed served in that capacity until December 4, 1955, due to his death.

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