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Murray Irwin Gurfein
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971–1974
Murray Irwin Gurfein , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Murray Irwin Gurfein (November 17, 1907 – December 16, 1979) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and prior to that a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Education
- Columbia CollegeA.B., 1926
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1930
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Julian Mack, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1930-1931; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1931-1933; Private practice, New York City, 1933-1935, 1946-1971; Deputy assistant district attorney, New York County, New York, 1935-1938; Assistant district attorney, New York County, New York, 1938-1942; U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1946; Assistant, Hon. Robert H. Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials, 1945; Chair, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 1978-1979
Biography
Murray Irwin Gurfein (November 17, 1907 – December 16, 1979) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and prior to that a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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