Overview
Harold Raymond Medina (February 16, 1888 – March 14, 1990) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Early life and career
Medina was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Joaquin Adolfo Medina and Elizabeth Fash Medina. His father was a naturalized United States citizen from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, and his mother from New York City of Dutch ancestry. Medina graduated from Holbrook Military Academy in Ossining, New York in 1905. Medina received an Artium Baccalaureus degree Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University in 1909. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1912, graduating co-head of his class. He was in private practice of law in New York City from 1912 to 1947. He was a founder and lecturer for the Medina Bar Review Course in New York City from 1912 to 1942. He was an associate professor at Columbia Law School from 1915 to 1940.
Federal judicial service
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