John Ries Bartels

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John Ries Bartels (b. November 8, 1897, Baltimore, MD, d. February 13, 1997, Brooklyn, NY) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Bartels received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1920 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1923. He was nominated to the court by Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 20, 1959, to a seat vacated by Robert A. Inch, confirmed by the Senate on July 28, 1959, and received his commission on July 30, 1959. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1973 and heard cases until his death on February 13, 1997. Among his high-profile cases was the 1989 trial and conviction of Gene Gotti, brother of reputed mafioso John Gotti. At the time of Bartels' death, he was the oldest living federal judge.

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• Profile at the Federal Judicial Center