Word: fuld
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...enough and long enough in the political vineyard to persuade the dominant political party to nominate them. Some judges, like ambassadors, arrive at their destination by the route of heavy political contributions. Then there are some lawyers who become judges because they were born to be judges. Stanley H. Fuld, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and of the State of New York, was born to be a judge...
...Fuld, now 67, has indeed become one of the nation's most respected judges. 'Last week there was fresh evidence of his forward-reaching impact on the law. Speaking as chairman of the administrative board of the state judicial conference, Fuld announced that as of May 1, 1972, New York courts will dismiss charges against any criminal defendants, except accused murderers, who have not been tried within six months of arrest through no fault of their own. They will also be freed on bail or their own recognizance if their trials have not begun within three months. Designed...
...Draft Man. Despite his enormous prestige within the profession, Chief Judge Fuld is such a private man that he is virtually unknown to the general public-even though his office is elective. Still, he has no trouble winning: in the last election he was the unopposed candidate of all four New York parties-Republican, Democratic, Liberal and Conservative. In fact, he is too busy at his diligent judging to campaign...
...nothing for him and his clerks to look up and read all the cases in all the states on any given legal point," says a former clerk. Jack Weinstein, himself now a federal district judge. Adds Columbia Law Professor Maurice Rosenberg, another ex-Fuld clerk: "He is definitely a 40-draft man. He'll write and rewrite endlessly. His style is simple and direct. It's rather like telling them you're going to tell them, then telling them, then telling them you've told them...
...York Times proofreader, Fuld began polishing his unusual talent for legal clarity at Columbia Law School ('26), where he was an editor of the Law Review and earned his way by teaching at City College. In 1935, after nine years of general law practice in Wall Street, Fuld joined Tom Dewey, then a crime-busting special prosecutor, in his famous probe of New York City rackets. With his appetite for hard work (he still toils 14 hours a day), Fuld became the Dewey team's specialist in deflating the complex legal defenses raised by the underworld...