Jerrold Gordon Van Cise

Background

Jerrold Van Cise was born on May 21, 1910 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

Education

Mr. Van Cise graduated from Princeton University and Yale Law School.

Career

Van Cise was an authority on antitrust law, serving on various national and state committees and writing books on the subject. He joined the firm of Cahill, Gordon and Reindel in New York in 1935. After ten years, he was made a partner at the firm, and he remained there until his retirement in 1980. He also began a dual career as a writer in 1949. In addition, he taught at the Practicing Law Institute, chaired the antitrust section of the American Bar Association from 1960 to 1961 and the New York State Bar Association from 1961 to 1962, and worked to advance continuing legal education.

Among his books are "How to Comply with the Antitrust Laws", edited with C. W. Dunn, "Understanding the Antitrust Laws", and "The Federal Antitrust Laws."

Achievements

• In 1985 he received Colby-Sawyer College’s Susan Colgate Cleveland Award.

Works

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  • How to comply with the antitrust laws : selected papers delivered before the Section on Antitrust Law of the New York State Bar Association, including the 1954 Antitrust law symposium 1954
  • Understanding the Antitrust Laws 1986

Connections

Jerrold G. Van Cise had two daughters, Dorothea V. Worthen and Elizabeth V. C. Harnisch, and a son Randolph G. He had also eight grandchildren.

Daughter:

Dorothea V. Worthen

Daughter:

Elizabeth V. C. Harnisch

Son:

Randolph G.

Brother:

Oliver

Sister:

Gladys Holman

Sister:

Marydith DeGolyer