J. Edward Lumbard

Joseph Edward Lumbard, Jr. (August 18, 1901 – June 3, 1999) was a United States federal judge.

Lumbard was born in Harlem, New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. In 1920, while an undergraduate Harvard University, he was expelled by its "Secret Court" of 1920 for associating with a group of homosexuals, including his roommate. He was readmitted a year later and graduated from Harvard in 1922 and from Harvard Law School in 1925. For a time, he also attended Fordham Law School.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Lumbard served as an Assistant United States Attorney in New York from 1925–27 and several stints as well as a Special Assistant Attorney General of New York between 1928 and 1942. He served as an assistant campaign manager for Thomas E. Dewey's unsuccessful campaign for President in 1944. He then spent two decades as a lawyer in private practice in Manhattan. He was a Justice, Supreme Court of New York in 1947. From 1953 to 1955, Lumbard served under as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

In 1955, President Eisenhower nominated Lumbard as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, headquartered in New York. Lumbard served as an active judge for 16 years, including 12 years (1959–71) as Chief Judge. He took senior status in 1971, continuing to hear cases on a reduced schedule for the rest of his life. During these years, he also frequently served by designation hearing cases as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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