Judah Best

Background

Best, Judah was born on September 4, 1932 in New York City. Son of Sol and Ruth (Landau) Best.

Education

Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1959).

Career

Worked at Debevoise & Plimpton (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1959, N.Y. 1961, District of Columbia.

Co-author: "Appointment of a Guardian in the Conflict of Laws," 45 Iowa Law Review 212, 1960. "Conditions of Probation: An Analysis," 51 Georgetown Law Journal 809, 1963. Author: "The Trial Lawyer's Role in the Sensational Case," Litigation Magazine, American Bar Association, Volume 3, No.

3, Spring, 1977; "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," 11 Securities Regulation 975, 1978. "The Work-Product Doctrine in Criminal Cases," Litigation Magazine, American Bar Association, Volume 4, Summer, 1978. "An Analysis of the New Bank Fraud Statute," Inside Litigation, Volume 1, No.

8, June, 1987. Assistant United States. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1961-1964. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.

Federal and American (Member, Special Committee on Governance, 1993-1995. Standing Committee on the Judiciary, 1990-1993, Chair, 1996-1997. Chairman, Litigation Section, 1988-1989) Bar Associations.

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. (Washington, D.C. Office). Debevoise & Plimpton a preeminent international law firm, was founded in 1931 and today has over 370 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Paris, London and Budapest.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1959, District of Columbia 1961, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1963.

Works

• book

  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. THREE VOLUMES

    (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Reporter. Three 3-ring note...)

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow FBA, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association (county, litigation section 1977-1981, chairman subcommittee on litigation 1982-1984, member federal regulation securities committee, corporation bank and business law section, public contracts section, vice chairman American Bar Association Task Force Report on RICO 1983-1985, chairman litigation section 1988-1989, section delegate since 1989, member standing commission on federal judiciary 1990-1993, chairman 1996-1997, member special commission on governance 1993-1995), District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American Law Institute, Cosmos Club, Washington Golfand Country Club, City Club of Washington.

Connections

Married Sally Joan Dial, June 29, 1962. 1 child, Stephen Andrew.