Background
Piel, Eleanor Jackson was born on September 22, 1920 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Daughter of Louis Harris and Blanche Melicent (Virden) Jackson.
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Eleanor Jackson Piel
Eleanor Jackson Piel, American Civil litigation, federal Civil rights
Criminal
lawyer Fellow American Bar Association (life); member Association Bar. City New York (member special commission to revise criminal code 1970-1983, commission on penology 1971-1976, grievance committee 1973-1976, commission on state courts of superior jurisdiction 1989-1992, civil rights committee, chair special committee capital representation 1993-1998|.
Criminal
lawyer Fellow American Bar Association (life); member Association Bar. City New York (member special commission to revise criminal code 1970-1983, commission on penology 1971-1976, grievance committee 1973-1976, commission on state courts of superior jurisdiction 1989-1992, civil rights committee, chair special committee capital representation 1993-1998|.
Education
Student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1939. Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1940. Juris Doctor, University California, Berkeley, 1943.
Postgraduate, University Southern California, 1941.
Career
Bar: California 1943, New York 1957. Law clerk United States District Court, San Francisco, 1943-1944. Deputy attorney general State of California, 1944.
Clerk United States Senate Civil Svc. Committee, 1945;attorney International Prosecution Section, Tokyo, 1945-1946. Legal adviser Supreme Command Allied Powers, Japan, 1945-1948.
Practice law, Los Angeles, 1948-1955. Attorney Legal Aid. Society, New York City, 1957-1958. Practice in New York City, 1957.
Trustee, New York University, Medical Center, 1967. Board directors Overseer Center Research on Women, Wellesley College, 1995.
Achievements
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Bar: California 1943, New York 1956.
Membership
Trustee New York University Medical Center, since 1969. Board directors Overseer Center Research on Women, Wellesley College, 1994-2000. Member alumnae board Boalt Hall School Law, University California, Berkeley.
Fellow American Bar Association (life). Member Association Bar City New York (member special committee to revise criminal code 1970-1983, committee on penology 1971-1976, grievance committee 1973-1976, committee on state courts of superior jurisdiction 1989-1992, civil rights committee, chair special committee capital representation 1993-1998, member special committee drugs and the law, vice president 2000, vice president, 1995), New York State Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Fortune Society Women's Forum, Cosmopolitan Club, Women's City Club (counsel), Century Club.
Connections
Married Gerard Piel, June 24, 1955. 1 child, Eleanor Womack.
- Father:
- Louis Harris Jackson
- Mother:
- Blanche Melicent (Virden) Jackson
- Spouse:
- Gerard Piel
- child:
- Eleanor Womack Piel
