Murray Irwin Gurfein

1907–1979 · New York, NY

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkJudgeRichard M. Nixon (Republican)May 20, 1971Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Sep 11, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJudgeRichard M. Nixon (Republican)Aug 27, 1974Death, Dec 16, 1979

Education

  • Columbia College, A.B., 1926
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1930

Professional 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

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