Background
Topkis, Jay was born on August 21, 1924 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of David Louis and Marion (Schwartz) Topkis.
Topkis, Jay was born on August 21, 1924 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of David Louis and Marion (Schwartz) Topkis.
Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, 1946). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1949).
Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York, New York) specializing in Litigation, Antitrust. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New New York 1970, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif. Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Columbia Law School, 1988. Lecturer, Constitutional Law, Columbia College, 1994.
Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department, 1993. Chair, Commission on International Human Rights, Association of the Bar of City of New York, 1994.
Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, 1993.
Law Clerk to Judge Jerome North. Frank, United States. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1949-1950. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on International Human Rights, 1994).
American Bar Association.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department, 1993. Chair, Commission on International Human Rights, Association of the Bar of City of New York, 1994. Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, 1993.
Law Clerk to Judge Jerome North. Frank, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1949-1950. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on International Human Rights, 1994).
American Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Son of David Louis and Marion (Schwartz) T. M. Gladys Susman, May 1, 1955 (divorced). 1 daughter, Margaret Sara.
M. Joan Ruth Farber, September 27, 1981.