▁Pr att ▁( Nov ember ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁– ▁August ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁lawyer ▁and ▁judge . ▁Born ▁in ▁New ▁Ham pshire , ▁Pr att ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁area , ▁where ▁he ▁pract iced ▁law ▁for ▁ 3 4 ▁years ▁before ▁being ▁appointed ▁as ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁District ▁Judge ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁District ▁Court ▁for ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁by ▁President ▁Ly nd on ▁B . ▁Johnson . ▁As ▁a ▁federal ▁judge , ▁Pr att ▁pres ided ▁over ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁significant ▁cases , ▁including ▁the ▁Water gate ▁trial ▁of ▁G . ▁Gordon ▁L idd y ▁and ▁civil ▁rights ▁cases ▁involving ▁school ▁des eg reg ation ▁and ▁disc rim ination ▁based ▁on ▁sexual ▁orientation . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁Pr att ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Port sm outh , ▁New ▁Ham pshire , ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁to ▁Harold ▁B . ▁and ▁Mar guer ite ▁R . ▁Pr att . ▁At ▁age ▁nine , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁area , ▁after ▁his ▁father , ▁a ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁Marine ▁Corps ▁officer , ▁was ▁station ed ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁Pr att ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁briefly ▁moved ▁to ▁Boston ▁( where ▁Pr att ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Boston ▁Latin ▁School ) ▁but ▁later ▁returned