Background
Savitz, Joseph J. was born on November 3, 1922 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Julius H. and Sarah (Epstein) Savitz.
Savitz, Joseph J. was born on November 3, 1922 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Julius H. and Sarah (Epstein) Savitz.
Wilkes University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948). University of Pennsylvania Law School (Juris Doctor, 1951).
Worked at Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Limited liability partnership (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Appellate and Federal Practice.
Corporate, Real Estate, Labor, Employee Benefits, Banking and Insurance Law, Probate, Taxation, Bankruptcy, Professional Malpractice Law, Environmental Law, Personal Injury, General Aviation and Civil Rights.
Admitted to the bar, 1952, Pennsylvania. Member, 1958 and Chairman, 1975-1978, Board of Trustees, Wilkes University.
National Judge Advocate, Jewish War Veterans of United States of America, 1961-1962. Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Special Committee on Land Title, 1979 and Legal Affairs of Older Persons Committee, 1994) and American Bar Associations.
Military: World World War II, European Theatre of Operations.
The firm was founded in 1954 by Max Rosenn, now Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Harold, his brother, Mitchell Jenkins, a former United States. Congressman and Brigadier General.
And Henry Greenwald, a renowned corporate Lawyer.
Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald grew from a small local general practice firm into a large multi-disciplinary regional firm serving clients throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Northeast. With over 43 attorneys, it is now the largest law firm in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and, given its size in a smaller urban setting, the firm has the opportunity to, and does, provide leadership in numerous civic, religious and philanthropic activities.
National judge advisory Jewish War Vets United States of America, Washington, 1961-1962. Trustee Wilkes University, since 1958, chairman board trustees, 1975-1978. Board directors John Heinz Institute Rehabilitation Medicine, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Member Pennsylvania Society, Westmoreland Club, B'nai B'rith (Community Service award 1989).
Married Janice Weiss, October 27, 1963. Children: Lynne, Marc.