Background
Kaplan, Louis I. was born on June 1, 1914 in New York, New York, United States.
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Louis I. Kaplan
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Long Island University. Brooklyn Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1941).
Career
Worked at Kaplan, Thomashower & Landau (New York, New York) specializing in Litigation, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1942, New York, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1949-1953.
New York City Magistrate, 1954-1957. Associate Justice, Court of Special Sessions, New York County, 1957-1958.
Commissioner of Investigation of the City of New York, 1958-1963.
Judge of the Civil Court, New York County, 1963-1984. Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, 1971-1984. Assistant Administrative Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, 1974-1978.
Judicial Hearing Officer of the State of New York, 1985.
Chairman, Mayor"s Committee on Scholastic Achievement, New York City, 1954-1966. Chairman and Chairman Emeritus, Governor"s Committee on Scholastic Achievement, New York, 1966.
Founder, Metropolitan Center for Mental Health. Director, New York Cardiac Center, 1955.
Recipient: Distinguished Service Medal of the City of New New York
Tristram Walker Metcalf Alumni Award, Long Island University. Public Service Award of the Labor Council of New New York Civil Service Manitoba of the Year of the Council of Jewish Organizations in Civil Service.
Humanitarian Award of the B"nai B"rith.
Histraudt Award of Labor for Israel. New York County Lawyers Association Award for Judicial Service.
Member: American Bar Association. New York Trial Lawyers Association.
American Judges Association.
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Membership
Member: American Bar Association. New York Trial Lawyers Association. American Judges Association.
