David G. Trager

David Trager
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
In office March 1, 2006 – January 5, 2011
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
In office November 24, 1993 – March 1, 2006
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	Roslynn Renee Mauskopf
Personal details
Born	(1937-12-23)December 23, 1937 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Died	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University Harvard Law School
Religion	Judaism

David Gershon Trager (December 23, 1937 – January 5, 2011) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Trager received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1959 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1962. He was in private practice of law in New York City from 1963 to 1967, acting as assistant corporation counsel to New York City in 1967. He was a law clerk to Kenneth B. Keating of the New York State Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1969, and to Stanley H. Fuld, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1969.

Trager became an assistant U.S. Attorney of Eastern District of New York from 1970 to 1972. He was an associate professor of law at Brooklyn Law School from 1972 to 1974. He was United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1974 to 1978. He returned to Brooklyn Law School as a professor of law from 1978 to 1993, serving as Dean of that institution from 1983 to 1993. He chaired a Temporary State Commission on Investigations, New York State from 1983 to 1990, and was a member of the New York City Mayor's Committee on the Judiciary from 1981 to 1989.

On August 6, 1993, Trager was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York created by 104 Stat. 5089; He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received commission on November 24, 1993. Trager assumed senior status on March 1, 2006.

In 1994, Trager was recused from working on the Crown Heights riot, due to potential bias as well as impartiality.

Death

Trager died of pancreatic cancer on January 5, 2011, aged 73.

Source

• David G. Trager at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 1993–2006	Succeeded by Roslynn Renee Mauskopf