Walter Maximillian Bastian

Walter Maximillian Bastian (November 16, 1891 – March 12, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Education and career Born in Washington, D.C., Bastian received a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown Law in 1913. He served as a first lieutenant in chemical warfare service of the United States Army during World War I. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1915 to 1950. He was a lecturer at the National University School of Law from 1918 to 1948. Federal judicial service