Marvin E. Frankel

Marvin Earle Frankel (July 26, 1920 – March 3, 2002) was a litigator, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, a professor at Columbia Law School, and a legal scholar whose views helped to establish sentencing guidelines for the federal courts. Education and career Born in New York City and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Frankel graduated from Weequahic High School in 1937, at the age of 16. He served in the United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946, where he became a staff sergeant in the supply corps. While in the army, he deployed to Africa. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Queens College in 1943. His service was followed by a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1948. He also served as the editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review, and was thereafter an associate in law at Columbia Law School from 1948 to 1949. He was an assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States from 1949 to 1956, thereafter entering private practice in New York City from 1956 to 1962. He was a professor at Columbia Law School from 1962 to 1965. Federal judicial service On September 2, 1965, Frankel was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Gregory Francis Noonan. Frankel was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1965, and received his commission the same day. Frankel resigned from the bench on September 30, 1978.