Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld
# Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld

Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld (March 23, 1904 – November 5, 1988) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

## Education and career

Born on March 23, 1904 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Blumenfeld received at Bachelor of Arts degree in 1925 from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Laws in 1928 from Harvard Law School. He worked in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut from 1928 to 1961. He was a Special Assistant to the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1942 to 1946.

## Federal judicial service

Blumenfeld was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on August 7, 1961 to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut to a new seat authorized by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 15, 1961, and received his commission on August 15, 1961. He served as Chief Judge from 1971 to 1974. He assumed senior status on January 20, 1977. His service terminated on November 5, 1988when he passed in Hartford.

