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New York Law Journal

After 25 Years on the Second Circuit, Judge Rosemary Pooler Dies at 85

Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston described the loss of Pooler, the second female judge appointed to serve on the Second Circuit, as "heartrending."
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New York Law Journal

'A Leader in the Quest For Justice': Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor Dies at 103

Benjamin Ferencz, the first prosecutor to use the term "genocide" in a court of law, fought tirelessly for peace and accountability in the years after he secured guilty verdicts against 22 high-ranking Nazi officials for murders committed during World War II.
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New York Law Journal

'Funny in a Devastating Way': Reminiscing on the Legacy of Legendary Litigator Jay Goldberg

For many criminal defense attorneys as well as opposing prosecutors and judges who had the good fortune of seeing Jay Goldberg try a case, the experience was memorable.
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New York Law Journal

Jay Goldberg, Preeminent Trial Lawyer and Attorney to the Stars, Dies at 89

In his long and fascinating career, the Brooklyn-born Goldberg assisted with a prisoner exchange with the Soviet Union, fought crime in Chicagoland and provided counsel for a long list of top celebrities, reputed mobsters and former President Donald Trump.
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New York Law Journal

Ex-Suffolk Judge Stuart Namm, Who Blew Whistle on Prosecutorial and Police Misconduct, Dies

Known as the "Serpico Judge," Namm made waves during his term on the bench in Suffolk County, exposing police perjury in several murder cases and asking two separate New York governors to investigate county law enforcement.
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New York Law Journal

Longtime Comms Director for Legal Aid Who Saw Agency Through Challenging Times Dies at 79

"She had an uncanny ability to have her finger on the pulse of every office within the Legal Aid Society family," Steven Banks, who is now special counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, said.
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New York Law Journal

In Memoriam: Richard Lieb

For decades, he was one of New York City's leading bankruptcy lawyers, a mentor to dozens of young attorneys and a dedicated professor of bankruptcy law.
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New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Federal Judge Sterling Johnson Jr., 88, Remembered as Devoted Mentor, Trailblazing Black Prosecutor and Judge

One of Johnson's former clerks, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace of the Eastern District of New York, said he would remember the judge as both an excellent jurist and "more significantly … a wonderful human being."
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New York Law Journal

Real Estate Attorney David Clurman, Who Fought Corruption on Broadway for NYAG's Office, Dies at 95

Through his lengthy career, Clurman worked in both the private and public sectors and penned a number of legal volumes.
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New York Law Journal

Former Law Journal Executive Editor Stephen Glasser, Regarded as a Pioneer for Aggressive Legal Reporting, Dies at 79

"He held a mirror up to the legal profession—warts and all—and I think that helped the public better understand the legal profession, and help the legal profession understand its role in public life," H. Rodgin Cohen, Glasser's longtime friend and senior chair at Sullivan & Cromwell, told the Law Journal.
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