Background
Katz, Ascher was born on April 16, 1927 in New York City. Son of Morris Joseph and Tessie (Appel) Katz.
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Ascher Katz
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City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1948). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1951).
Career
Worked at Katz & Klein. Admitted to the bar, 1952, New York. 1954, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
1955, United States. Tax Court. 1956, United States. Claims Court. 1966, United States. Supreme Court and United States.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Civil Branch, 1952-1954. Law Assistant, Office of Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, 1954-1955.
Town Justice, Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, 1976. Certified as Diplomate in Trial Advocacy, Court Practice Institute, 1977. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Westchester County, New York State (Chairman, Committee on District, City, Village and Town Courts, 1978-1982) and American Bar Associations. New York State Magistrates Association. Westchester County Magistrates Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Achievements
Membership
General counsel Westchester Convention and Visiting Bureau. Former president Brooklyn division National Governing Council American Jewish Congress. Former trustee, former chairman religious school board, former chairman adult education committee Temple Israel, White Plains.
Former member Colorado House Advisory Board Westchester Development Center, New York State Department Mental Health. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member American Bar Association (commission on new lawyers, general practice section), New York State Bar Association (past Chairman of Commission on district city village and town courts, judicial section, trusts and estates section, family law section), Westchester County BarAssn.
(criminal justice section, family law section, municipal law section, real property section, trust and estate section, panel legal referral service), ATLA, New York State Magistrates Association, Westchester County Magistrates Association (past board directors), County Chamber of C. (board directors, general counsel), Jewish War Veterans (former senior vice commander White Plains post), Urban League, City College of New York Alumni Association, Benjamin Cardozo Society (Executive Committee), HarvardLaw School Association (life).
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Married Barbara Dorothy Novins, August 17, 1957. Children: Arlene E. Spitzer, Beverly Ann Gilbert, Rochelle Bonnie.
