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Murray Irwin Gurfein

Murray Irwin Gurfein

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1907 in New York, NY

Died 1979 in New York, NY

FJC ID: 930

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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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
    U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
    Chair · 1978–1979
  2. Private practice, New York City
    1933–1935, 1946–1971
  3. Office of Strategic Services
    Office of Strategic Services
    U.S. Army lieutenant colonel · 1942–1946
  4. Hon. Robert H. Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials
    Assistant · 1945
  5. New York County, New York
    Assistant district attorney · 1938–1942
  6. New York County, New York
    Deputy assistant district attorney · 1935–1938
  7. Southern District of New York
    Southern District of New York
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1931–1933
  8. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Julian Mack · 1930–1931

Appointments

  1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    1974–1979 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  2. New York Southern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    1971–1974 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1930
  2. Columbia College
    A.B. · 1926