Background
Hamm, David Bernard was born on October 6, 1948 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidore I. and Sarah Hamm.
Hamm, David Bernard was born on October 6, 1948 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidore I. and Sarah Hamm.
Bachelor cum laude, City University of New York, Brooklyn, 1971. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, New York Law School, 1977.
Worked at Herzfeld & Rubin, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in Appeals, Insurance Law, Product Liability Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, New York and United States. District Courts, Northern District of New New York
1979, United States.
District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New New York 1981, United States. Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Member, New York Law School Law Review, 1976-1977. Company-author: "Discovery in Product Liability ActionsA Defendant"s Perspective," Practicing Law Institute, 1985.
"Discovery in Defense of Product Liability Actions," Practising Law Institute, 1986.
Author: "New York"s Tort Law: Whither the Wachtler Court?" New York Law Journal, p.l., September, 19, 1989. "A Referee"s Rejection of Keene: Is lieutenant a Blip on the Screen or Has the Counter-revolution Begun?" Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Newsletter, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law, American Bar Association Spring, 1993.
"Insurance Law: Cases Show Limited Value of Precedent," New York Law Journal, November 1, 1993, p. 58. Law Clerk to the Judges of the New York State Court of Appeals, 1977-1979.
Recipient, Community Leadership Award, Agudath Israel of America, 1986.
Member: National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, 1979. Commission on Legislation and Civic Action of Agudath Israel of America, 1979. Member: New York State (Member, Committee on the CPLR, 1986) and American Bar Associations.
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Tort Section, Appellate Advocacy Committee, 1993).
Member Commission Legislation and Civic Action Agudath Israel of America, New York City, since 1979. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (committee civil practice law and rules, committee courts appendix juris), New York County Lawyers Association (appendix courts committee), Jewish Lawyers Guild, New York Law School Alumni Association (Professor Vincent LoLordo award 1977), Defense Association New York (Literature award 2011).
Married Margaret Weiss, June 20, 1971. Children: Jennifer A. Maltz, Michael S.