Morey Leonard Sear
Judge
1929 – 2004
Who was Morey Leonard Sear?
Morey Leonard Sear was a United States federal judge.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sear received a J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1950. He was a Captain in the a United States Marine Corps from 1950 to 1952. He was an Assistant district attorney of Parish of Orleans, Louisiana from 1952 to 1955. He was in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1955 to 1971, serving as special counsel to the New Orleans Aviation Board from 1956 to 1959.
Sear served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1971 to 1976. On March 30, 1976, Sear was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on that court vacated by James A. Comiskey. Sear was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1976, and received his commission on May 7, 1976.
In 1981, Sear presided over the three-month BriLab trial of Carlos Marcello, Aubrey W. Young, and Charles E. Roemer, II, on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, and mail, and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the state through multi-million dollar insurance contracts.
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- Born
- Feb 26, 1929
San Francisco - Education
- Tulane University Law School
- Juris Doctor
- Died
- Sep 6, 2004
New Orleans
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on July 23, 2013
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