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Sills, Arthur Jack was born on October 19, 1917 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman Silverman and Ida (Rosenzweig) Sills.
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Arthur Jack Sills, American lawyer Recipient Louis Brownlow Memorial prize for article in State Govts. publication, 1967, Pope Paul VI Humanitarian award, 1968. Member International Platform Association, American Bar Association, New Jersey, Middlesex County bars, American Judicature Society, National Association Attorneys General (president 1969-1970), Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Erna. Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, 1938. Bachelor of Laws (Kirkpatrick scholar 1938), Harvard, 1941. Doctor of Laws, Rutgers University, 1966, Newark State College.
Career
As New Jersey"s top law enforcement official, Sills championed civil right and stronger laws on gun control. He contracted polio when he was four years old and later traveled to Warm Springs, Georgia for treatment. There he befriended Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt, who was receiving treatment for his paralytic illness.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1938 and a law degree at Harvard Law School in 1941.
He joined the law firm of David T. Wilentz, former Attorney General of New Jersey, from 1941 to 1950. Sills was appointed by Governor Richard J. Hughes as Attorney General of New Jersey.
He was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate and sworn in on January 16, 1962, the day of Hughes"s inauguration. As Attorney General in the two Hughes administrations, Sills championed civil rights and strong gun control legislation.
He also came under fire from the American Civil Liberties Union for writing a memorandum in the wake of the 1967 Newark riots encouraging state police to compile detailed dossiers on people taking part in demonstrations.
After leaving office, Sills founded his own firm based in Newark, New Jersey, Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin, Tischman & Zuckerman (now known as Sills Cummis & Gross). He represented James Florio during the recount for the 1981 gubernatorial election. In 1982 he died of a stroke at the age of 65.
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He was nonetheless criticized by civil rights groups for defending a warrantless search for stolen guns by 300 heavily armed New Jersey State Police and National Guardsmen during the 1967 Plainfield riots.
Membership
Member International Platform Association, American Bar Association, New Jersey, Middlesex County bars, American Judicature Society, National Association Attorneys General (president 1969-1970), Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married Mina Minzer, May 7, 1947.
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