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Edmund Louis Palmieri (May 14, 1907 – June 15, 1989) was a United States federal judge.
Born in New York, New York, Palmieri received an A.B. from Columbia College in 1926 and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1929. He was a Law secretary of Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, Permanent Court of International Justice, The Hague in 1929. He was in private practice in New York City from 1929 to 1931. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York from 1931 to 1934. He was an Assistant corporation counsel, New York City from 1934 to 1937. He was a Law secretary of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City from 1937 to 1940. He was a City Magistrate of New York from 1940 to 1943. He was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He was in private practice in New York City from 1945 to 1954.
Palmieri was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Palmieri was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 6, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1954, and received his commission on May 12, 1954. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1972. Palmieri served in that capacity until his death, in New York, New York.