Background
Laufer, Jacob was born on February 28, 1949 in Munich. Son of Moritz and Felicja (Pruszanowska) Laufer. came to the United States, 1951.
Laufer, Jacob was born on February 28, 1949 in Munich. Son of Moritz and Felicja (Pruszanowska) Laufer. came to the United States, 1951.
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Science, 1971). Fordham University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974).
Worked at Laufer, Halberstam & Karish, LLP (New York, NY) specializing in Criminal and Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, District of Columbia, New York and United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1976, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1980, United States. Supreme Court.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1991, United States. District Court, District of Arizona.
1994, United States. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. District Court, District of Columbia. Member, Fordham Law Review, 1973-1974.
Author: Note, 41 Fordham Law Review 1051, 1973. Special Attorney, United States. Department of Justice, 1975-1977.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1977-1979. Member: Brooklyn Bar Association.
The District of Columbia Bar.
Member District of Columbia Bar Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York (committee criminal advocacy since 1998).
Married Clara G. Schwabe, January 27, 1983. Children: Samara, Aviva, Mia.