Bernard Newman (October 28, 1907 – April 22, 1999) was a

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of the

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Early life and education

Newman was born October 28, 1907, in

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, at the same address as Louis Lefkowitz, the later

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, who would become his friend.The New York Times
obituary of judge Bernard Newman, 25 April 1999 He received his

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degree in 1928 from

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Washington Square College. He received his

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in 1929 from

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. He married fellow student Kathryn Bereano.

Career

After entering the bar in 1930, he started the law partnership Newman & Newman where he worked until 1936. He was a corporation counsel for New York City from 1936 to 1942. He was a law secretary to Justice Samuel H. Hofstadter at the

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from 1942 to 1948, a time when he befriended

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, the later

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. He served as an official referee of the Appellate Division of the

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from 1948 to 1962. In 1958 he became the New York County Republican chairman. After the party structure in Manhattan was rearranged in 1961, he became a judge at the

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in 1962, and he was appointed later to the

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. He again served in private practice in New York City from 1963 to 1965. He served as a hearing office to both the New York State Labor Relations Board and New York State Mediation Board from 1963 to 1965. He served as a Judge for the Family Court of the State of New York from 1966 to 1968.

Federal judicial service

Newman was nominated by President

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on May 29, 1968, to a seat on the United States Customs Court vacated by Judge Mary H. Donlon. He was confirmed by the

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on June 24, 1968, and received his commission on June 24, 1968. He was reassigned by

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to the

on November 1, 1980, to a new seat authorized by 94 Stat. 1727. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1983. His service terminated on April 22, 1999, due to his death in New York City.

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