10 Facts About Jerry Nemer

Jerome Nemer was an American athlete and attorney.

Jerry Nemer played college basketball at the University of Southern California where he became the first Jew to captain a major athletic team at that school.

Jerry Nemer was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1912 and moved to Southern California as a baby.

Jerry Nemer was an All-City basketball player for Los Angeles High School.

Jerry Nemer enrolled at USC in the fall of 1929 to play for the basketball and baseball teams.

Sam Barry, who coached both sports, felt that the basketball team needed more help, so Jerry Nemer quit baseball to focus on basketball.

Jerry Nemer became the first Jew to captain a major athletic team during his time at USC.

In 1948 Jerry Nemer formed a law firm with Irwin Buchalter and Murray Fields called Buchalter, Jerry Nemer, Fields and Younger.

In one such case he handled, Jerry Nemer agreed to defend a man who had been arrested for plotting to kill him.

Jerry Nemer helped grow the law firm which by 2002 had 140 practicing attorneys in the Los Angeles area.