David Andrew Pine

David Andrew Pine (September 22, 1891 – June 11, 1970) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Education and career Born on September 22, 1891, in Washington, D.C., Pine received a Bachelor of Laws in 1913 from Georgetown Law. He served in the United States Department of Justice from 1914 to 1917, serving as a confidential clerk to Attorney General James Clark McReynolds from 1914 to 1916 and as a law clerk and assistant attorney from 1916 to 1917. He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919. He returned to the United States Department of Justice from 1919 to 1921, serving as an assistant attorney in 1919 and as special assistant to the Attorney General in western states from 1919 to 1921. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1934. He was the Chief Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1934 to 1937. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1938 to 1940. Federal judicial service