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He's 95 and on the bench

By Glen Ashman

Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm Muir turned 95 last week and is still
on the job

ABA Journal

One of Muir's earlier memories is the end of World War I, an occasion he
remembers because church bells and sirens commemorated the victory, the
Sun Gazette reports. He remembers learning of the stock market crash
that brought the Depression, and his years in the Navy during World War
II.  Muir attended Harvard Law School, where the curriculum was difficult. "I
didn't do well," he told the newspaper.  In law practice after World War II ended, "I worked extremely hard," Muir told the publication. He said he typically arrived at the office at
about 4:30 a.m. and worked until 5 p.m. He was appointed to the bench by Richard Nixon in 1970. Being a judge is what he enjoys the most, he said in an interview last year.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/federal_judge_still_working_at_95/  

Full post as published by It's (Barely) Legal on November 11, 2009 (boomark / email).