List of Jewish American jurists
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This is a list of famous Jewish American jurists.
For other famous Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
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[edit] Supreme Court of the United States
- Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1916–1939.
- Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1994–present.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1932–1938.
- Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1965–1969.
- Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1939–1962
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1993–present.
- Arthur J. Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1962–1965.
[edit] Activists and scholars
- Gloria Allred (1941–) lawyer and radio talk show host[1]
- Thomas Buergenthal, U.S. judge on the International Court of Justice
- Alan Dershowitz, U.S. lawyer, Professor Harvard Law School, popular author
- Arthur Lehman Goodhart, jurist [2]
- Judith Kaye, first female Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
- Alex Kozinski, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge and popular essayist [1]
- William Kunstler, U.S. lawyer famous for defending controversial "radical" clients such as the "Chicago Seven" protesters of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.[2]
- Samuel Leibowitz, lawyer, defender of the Scottsboro Boys.[3]
- Edward Levi, U.S. Attorney General 1975–77
- Nathan Lewin, Prominent Jewish advocate; argued many first amendment, establishment clause-related cases before the Supreme Court[citation needed]
- Martin Lipton, U.S. leading business lawyer corporate mergers
- Julian Mack, Early 20th Century United States Circuit Court of Appeals Judge.[4] [5]
- Stanley Mosk, U.S. jurist, California Supreme Court Justice and Attorney General
- Peter Neufeld, Innocence Project
- Barry Scheck, Co-founder of the Innocence Project, defense lawyer for O.J. Simpson. [6].
- Eliot Spitzer, Former Governor and former Attorney General of New York
- Laurence H. Tribe, Professor of Law, Harvard University
- Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law, UCLA
[edit] Media figures
- Ben Brafman, attorney for Sean Combs, Michael Jackson.
- Marcia Clark, prosecutor in the trial of O.J. Simpson.
- Roy Cohn, chief attorney for Joseph McCarthy
- Nancy Dell'Olio, lawyer and partner of Sven-Göran Eriksson.[3]
- Bertram Fields (1929–) Harvard-trained lawyer, famous for his work in the field of entertainment law.[1]
- Ed Koch, Judge on The People's Court and former mayor of New York.
- Scooter Libby, former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff
- Robert Shapiro, U.S. lawyer, known for the trial of O.J. Simpson.
- Jerry Sheindlin, television judge, husband of Judith Sheindlin, former New York State Supreme Court justice.
- Judith Sheindlin, former New York family court judge, host of Judge Judy.
- Joseph Wapner, judge on The People's Court.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Waxman, Sharon; Richard Siklos. "New Dispute Over Firing of Publisher", The New York Times, 2006-12-19. Retrieved on 2006-12-18.
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in New York of wealthy Jewish parents"
- ^ Jewish Chronicle, March 16, 2007 p.36: "Nancy Dell'Olio is the ultimate Jewish princess"
