Dominick Leonard DiCarlo | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of International Trade | |
In office October 31, 1996 – April 27, 1999 |
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade | |
In office 1991–1996 |
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Judge of the United States Court of International Trade | |
In office June 11, 1984 – October 31, 1996 |
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Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Bernard Newman |
Succeeded by | Judith M. Barzilay |
Personal details | |
Born |
Brooklyn, New York |
March 11, 1928
Died | April 27, 1999 Manhattan, New York |
(aged 71)
Alma mater |
St. John's University B.A. St. John's University School of Law LL.B. New York University School of Law LL.M. |
Profession | Judge |
Dominick Leonard DiCarlo (March 11, 1928 – April 27, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1981; Ronald Reagan's first Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1981 to 1984; and a judge of the United States Court of International Trade from 1984 to 1999.
Dominick L. DiCarlo was born in Brooklyn on March 11, 1928, and raised in the Bay Ridge neighborhood. He was educated at St. John's College, receiving a B.A. in 1950. He then attended the St. John's University School of Law, graduating with an LL.B. in 1953. He was admitted to the bar in 1954. He completed his education at the New York University School of Law, receiving an LL.M. in 1957.
A practicing attorney since 1954, in 1959 he became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. In this capacity, in 1960 he became Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. He left the United States Department of Justice in 1962. From 1962 to 1965, he was counsel to the minority leader of the New York City Council.
DiCarlo was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1981, sitting in the 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd and 184th New York State Legislatures. He was Vice Chairman of the New York Joint Legislative Committee on Crime from 1969 to 1970; Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Codes and an ex officio member of the New York Law Revision Commission and the Judicial Conference of the State of New York from 1971 to 1974; and Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Correctional Institutions and Programs (appointed in the wake of the Attica Prison riot) from 1972 to 1973 In 1973, he was the only Republican in the State Assembly who voted against the Rockefeller drug laws. From 1975 to 1978, he was Deputy Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly.