Alvin Chasin Tamkin, American lawyer. Bar: Massachusetts 1948, United States District Court Massachusetts 1949. Honorary president New England Region American Jewish Congress; honorary trustee Combined Jewish Philanthropies; Member of American Bar Association, Plymouth County Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston University Law School Alumni Association (past president).
Background
Tamkin, Alvin Chasin was born on June 19, 1924 in Boston, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Boston University,1946, Bachelor of Laws, 1948. Bar: Massachusetts 1948, United States District Connecticut Massachusetts 1949. Sole practice, Boston, 1948-1963.
Education
Presiding justice Massachusetts District Court, Hingham, since 1963. Member civil advising committee Supreme Judicial Court, 1970-1984. Chairman civil rules committee and education committee District Court Justices Massachusetts, 1970-1976, associate justiceappelate division, 1975-1979.
Governor"s councillor, Massachusetts 1960-1962.
Member Mass.Ho. of Representatives, 1955-1962. Honorary president New England region American Jewish Congress.
Honorary trustee Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
Career
Worked at Tamkin & Hochberg, Limited Liability Partnership (Newton, Master of Arts) specializing in Litigation, Arbitration, Mental Health, Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Massachusetts. 1949, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1947-1948.
Elected, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor"s Council, 1960-1962. Elected, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1955-1960.
First Justice, Hingham Division, Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, District Court Department, 1962 to 1994.
Membership
Honorary president New England Region American Jewish Congress. Honorary trustee Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Member of American Bar Association, Plymouth County Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston University Law School Alumni Association (past president).