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Daniel Gutman (July 1, 1901 – September 1993) was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and law school dean from New York.

Early life

Gutman was born on July 1, 1901, in New York. He attended Boys High School. He received his degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1922.

Prosecutor

He then served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Assistant United States Attorney General, and an Assistant District Attorney of Kings County.

Political career

Gutman was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 22nd D.) in 1939. He resigned his seat on October 4, 1939, to run for the State Senate. He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) from 1940 to 1943, sitting in the 162nd, 163rd, and 164th New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on August 9, 1943, to run for the Municipal Court.

Judge

He was a justice of the New York City Municipal Court from 1944 to 1954; and during the latter year was appointed by New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. as Presiding Justice of the Municipal Court. He resigned at the end of 1954.

Counsel to governor

He was appointed as Counsel to the Governor by W. Averell Harriman in 1955. He remained on that post until the end of Harriman's term in 1958.

Law school dean

Gutman was Dean of New York Law School from 1959 to 1968.

After hearing highly decorated 45-year-old policeman Mario Biaggi speak at an event, Dean Gutman offered him a full scholarship to New York Law School. The American Bar Association granted Biaggi a special dispensation to study law due to his distinguished police career, even though he had never gone to college and a college degree was a prerequisite for law school. In 1965, Biaggi graduated from the law school with an LLB. In 1966, at the age of 49, he was admitted to the New York State Bar and founded the law firm Biaggi & Ehrlich, and thereafter he became a US Congressman.

Gutman died in September 1993 at his home in Carmel in Putnam County, New York.

References

1. ^ Eric Pace (September 6, 1993). "Daniel Gutman, Municipal Judge And Law School Dean, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
2. "Daniel Gutman, 92, a former dean of New York Law School". Baltimore Sun. September 7, 1993. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
3. "GUTMAN QUITS SENATE". The New York Times. August 7, 1943.
4. "Daniel Gutman". Orlando Sentinel. September 7, 1993. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
5. "Tributes to Dean Daniel Gutman". 13 New York Law Forum. 1967. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
6. ^ Clarity, James F.; Weaver, Warren Jr. (September 27, 1985). "BRIEFING; The Biaggi Gratitude". The New York Times.
7. ^ Richard Reeves (December 11, 1972). "An Ex-cop Makes his move to Take Over the City". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC.
8. Uhlig, Mark A. (August 6, 1988). "Biaggi: Treading a Path of Success, But Trailed by an Image in Shadow". The New York Times.
9. Ashabranner, Brent K. (2000). Badge of Valor: The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Brookfield, Conn.: Twenty First Century Books. p. 20. ISBN 0-7613-1522-5. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
10. "Biaggi, Mario (1917-2015)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
11. "Daniel Gutman". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved October 19, 2013.

• Brooklyn Law School alumni
• Deans of law schools in New York (state)
• 1901 births
• 1993 deaths
• Members of the New York State Assembly
• New York (state) state senators
• New York (state) state court judges
• 20th-century American lawyers
• 20th-century American judges
• 20th-century American academics
• 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature