Emory Marvin Underwood

Emory Marvin Underwood (December 11, 1877 – August 28, 1960) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Education and career Born in Douglas County, Georgia, Underwood received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1900 and a Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1902. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1903 to 1914, an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1914 to 1917, general counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from 1917 to 1919, and general solicitor for the United States Railroad Administration from 1919 to 1920. He returned to private practice in Atlanta from 1920 to 1931. Federal judicial service