Trager became an Assistant United States 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.
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Trager received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1959 and a Bachelor of Laws 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.
Trager became an Assistant United States 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.
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.
Trager died, in his home in Brooklyn, of pancreatic cancer on January 5, 2011, aged 73.
David G. Trager at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
From 1974 – 1978, he served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Afterward, he began a fifteen-year tenure at Brooklyn Law School, first serving as Professor of Law (1978 – 1983) and then as its Dean (1983 – 1993). In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed him to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He attained senior status on March 1, 2006. Judge Trager passed away on January 5, 2011 at the age of 73.
In the 1980s, a number of federal lawsuits over equal representation had consequences for the system of governance used by New York City. Of particular note is the action commenced in 1982 by three registered voters of the Borough of Brooklyn, who sought declaratory and injunctive relief to remedy claimed disproportionate representation of their borough on the Board of Estimate. (Morris v. Bd. of Estimate, 551 F. Supp. 652 (E.D.N.Y. 1982)). In 1986, U.S. District Judge Edward R. Neaher of the Eastern District ruled that the voting structure of the Board of Estimate was unconstitutional. (Morris v. Bd. of Estimate, 647 F. Supp. 1463 (E.D.N.Y. 1986)).
Trager became an Assistant United States 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 Deanof that institution from 1983 to 1993. He chaired a temporary state commission on investigations i…
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Trager received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1959 and a Bachelor of Laws 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.
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.
Trager died, in his home in Brooklyn, of pancreatic cancer on January 5, 2011, aged 73.