Edward Re

Edward Domenic Re (1920-2006) was a federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade and the United States Customs Court. Re died on September 17, 2006.

Federal judicial service

He was nominated to the USCC by President Lyndon Johnson. He was commissioned on October 4, 1968. He was reassigned to the new Court of International Trade when the USCC was dissolved, receiving his commission on November 1, 1980. He served as chief of the USCC from 1977 until its abolition in 1980, but he continued in that post on the new court, from the time of his commission until his retirement on April 30, 1991.

Education

• St. John’s University, School of Commerce, B.S., 1941
• St. John’s University School of Law, LL.B., 1943
• New York University School of Law, J.S.D., 1950

Professional career

• U.S. Air Force Lieutenant, 1943-1947
• Professor of law, St. John’s University School of Law, 1947-1969, 1980-2004
• Professor of law, Pratt Institute, 1947-1948
• Hearing officer, U.S. Department of Justice, 1956-1961
• Member, Board of Higher Education, New York City, 1958-1969
• Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, U.S. Government, 1961-1968
• Visiting professor of law, Georgetown University, 1962-1967
• Assistant secretary of state for education and cultural affairs, U.S. Government, 1968-1969
• Adjunct professor of law, St. John’s University School of Law, 1969-1980
• Adjunct and visiting professor of law, New York Law School, 1972-1990