Morris Edward Lasker

Judge Morris Edward Lasker

Personal

Birthday:

7/17/1917

Birthplace:

Hartsdale, NY

Date of Death:

12/25/2009

Place of Death:

Cambridge, MA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Staff attorney, U.S. Senate Committee Investigating National Defense Programs, 1941-1942
U.S. Army, 1942-1946
Private practice, New York City, 1946-1968
Town attorney, New Castle, New York, 1955-1957
Justice of the peace, New Castle, New York, 1957-1958

Education

Name of School:

Harvard University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1938

Name of School - Second:

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1941

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Court Name:

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/24/1968

Retirement from Active Service:

10/3/1983

Termination Date:

12/25/2009

Termination Reason:

Death