Monroe Mark Friedman

Who was Monroe Mark Friedman?

Monroe Mark Friedman was briefly a United States federal judge, and later a California state judge.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friedman received an A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1916 and an LL.B. from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1920. He was in private practice in Alameda County, California from 1920-1952.

On July 17, 1952, Friedman received a recess appointment from President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Herbert W. Erskine. Formally nominated on January 9, 1953; Friedman was not confirmed by the United States Senate, and his service was terminated on July 24, 1953.

Friedman returned to private practice in Alameda County from 1953 to 1959. He chairman the Hearing Board of the Bay Area Air Pollution District from 1957 to 1959. He was a presiding judge of the Superior Court of California for Alameda County from 1959 to 1971, and a senior judge of that court from 1971 to 1975.

He died in Berkeley, California.