Murray Irwin Gurfein 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.
18 Facts About Murray Gurfein
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Murray Gurfein received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1930.
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Murray Gurfein served as a law clerk for Judge Julian Mack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, from 1930 to 1931.
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Murray Gurfein was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, from 1931 to 1933.
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Murray Gurfein was in private practice of law in New York City from 1933 to 1935.
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Murray Gurfein was a deputy assistant district attorney of New York County, from 1935 to 1938.
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Murray Gurfein was an assistant district attorney of New York County, from 1938 to 1942.
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Murray Gurfein was in the United States Army as a lieutenant colonel, in the Office of Strategic Services, from 1942 to 1946.
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Murray Gurfein was an assistant to Justice Robert H Jackson, the United States Chief Counsel at the Nuremberg trials in 1945.
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Murray Gurfein was in private practice of law in New York City from 1946 to 1971.
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Murray Gurfein was elected president of HIAS from 1956 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1967.
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Murray Gurfein was nominated by President Richard Nixon on April 14,1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Thomas Francis Murphy.
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Murray Gurfein was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 20,1971, and received his commission the same day.
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Murray Gurfein's service was terminated on September 11,1974, due to elevation to the Second Circuit.
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Murray Gurfein was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 22,1974, and received his commission on August 27,1974, from President Gerald Ford.
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Murray Gurfein's service was terminated on December 16,1979, due to death.
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Murray Gurfein's ruling was initially reversed by the Court of Appeals, but ultimately reinstated by the Supreme Court.
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Murray Gurfein died in New York City on December 16,1979.