Background
Heller, Jacob W. was born on December 6, 1934 in Brooklyn. Son of Elias and Elsie (Wachtelkoenig) Heller.
Heller, Jacob W. was born on December 6, 1934 in Brooklyn. Son of Elias and Elsie (Wachtelkoenig) Heller.
Yeshiva College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1956). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1959).
Worked at Heller, Horowitz & Feit, P.C. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New York. Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1957-1959.
Law Clerk to Judge Charles W. Froessel, New York State Court of Appeals, 1959-1961. Author: "Protecting the Interests of Mutual Fund Investors in Sales of Management Corporation Control (or, Policing the Traffic in Other People's Money)," 68 Yale Law Journal 113. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
New York State and American Bar Associations.
Vice president National Council Young Israel, New York City, 1964-1966. President The Hiller School, Lawrence, New York, 1971-1974. Trustee Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva U., since 1975.
Married Esther Rubinfeld, June 12, 1956. Children: Maurice, Ira, Alan.