mustache. For many years, Brieant displayed in his judicial chambers a painted portrait of Judge Martin Manton, a former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit who was convicted and imprisoned for accepting bribes from litigants. When asked why he had rescued the portrait of the disgraced Manton from obscurity and given it a prominent place in his chambers, Brieant would tell visitors that the painting was a reminder of the fallibility of judges. Honor The federal courthouse in White Plains, New York, where Brieant sat for the last several years of his judicial career, was thereafter renamed the Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal Building and Courthouse in his honor. References Sources External links 1923 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American judges Columbia Law School alumni Columbia University alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Legislators from Westchester County, New York Military personnel from New York (state) New York (state) lawyers People from Ossining, New York Town supervisors in New York (state) United States Army Air Forces soldiers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon