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

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Early life

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

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in 1922.

Prosecutor

He then served as

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for the

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, Assistant United States Attorney General, and an Assistant District Attorney of

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Political career

Gutman was a member of the

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(Kings Co., 22nd D.) in

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. He resigned his seat on October 4, 1939, to run for the State Senate. He was a member of the

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(9th D.) from 1940 to 1943, sitting in the 162nd, 163rd, and

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s. 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

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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

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in 1955. He remained on that post until the end of Harriman's term in 1958.

Law school dean

Gutman was Dean of

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from 1959 to 1968. After hearing highly decorated 45-year-old policeman

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speak at an event, Dean Gutman offered him a full scholarship to New York Law School. The

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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

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. In 1966, at the age of 49, he was admitted to the

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and founded the law firm Biaggi & Ehrlich, and thereafter he became a US Congressman. Gutman died in September 1993 at his home in

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in Putnam County,

References

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