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U.S. Court of Federal Claims: Spector, Louis

Born April 4, 1918, in Niagara Falls, NY
Died January 4, 2003, in Falls Church, VA

Federal Judicial Service:
Trial Judge, Court of Claims, 1968-1982

Judge, U.S. Claims Court (now U.S. Court of Federal Claims)
Appointed by statute on October 1, 1982, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 27. Assumed senior status on May 31, 1983. Service terminated on January 4, 1985, due to resignation.

Education:
Niagara University
University of Buffalo Law School, LL.B., 1940

Professional Career:
Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1941-1942
Assistant chief, Legal Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, New York, 1942-1943
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Atomic Bomb Project, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1943-1945
Chief, Claims, Appeals, and Litigation Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, 1945-1946
Chief, Legal Branch and Real Estate Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, New York, 1946-1953
Executive director, Port Authority, Buffalo, New York, 1953-1954
Member, Board of Contract Appeals, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1954-1959
Chairman, Army Panel, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, 1959-1962
First chairman, Unified Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, 1962-1968