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Henry Jacob Friendly (1903–1986) served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. A native of New York, Friendly received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Harvard University in 1923 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1927. He a clerked for Justice Louis Brandeis of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1927 to 1928. He was in private practice of law in New York City from 1928 to 1959. Friendly was a founding partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and served as vice president and general counsel of Pan American World Airways in New York City from 1946 to 1959. Friendly was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1959, to a seat on the Second Circuit. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1971 to 1973, and achieved senior status in 1974. He was a judge of the Special Railroad Court from 1974 to 1986, serving as Presiding Judge from 1974 to his death in 1986.