Background
Mendelsohn, Martin was born on September 6, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Hyman and Gertrude Mendelsohn.
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Martin Mendelsohn
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Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Arts, 1963), New York State Regents Scholarship. George Washington University (Bachelor of Laws, 1966).
Career
Worked at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered (Washington, DC) specializing in International Law, Legislative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, District of Columbia. 1970, United States. Supreme Court.
1971, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1973, Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1988, United States. Tax Court and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: with Aaron Freiwald, "The Last Nazi," 1994. Member: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Fund, Board of Directors, 1974-1975, Executive Director, 1973-1976.
Board of Directors, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1973-1976. Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C., 1976. Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Immigration Refugees and International Law, Judicial Committee, United States.
House of Representatives, 1980. Administrative Assistant, United States. House of Representatives, 1976-1977.
Chief, Special Litigation Unit, Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States. Department of Justice, 1977-1979. Deputy Director, Litigation, Office of Special Investigations, United States.
Department of Justice, 1979-1980. Member: District of Columbia Bar. Illinois State, American and International (London) Bar Associations.
Membership
Member: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Fund, Board of Directors, 1974-1975, Executive Director, 1973-1976. Board of Directors, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1973-1976. Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C., 1976.
Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Immigration Refugees and International Law, Judicial Committee, United States. House of Representatives, 1980. Administrative Assistant, United States.
House of Representatives, 1976-1977. Chief, Special Litigation Unit, Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States. Department of Justice, 1977-1979.
Deputy Director, Litigation, Office of Special Investigations, United States. Department of Justice, 1979-1980. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Illinois State, American and International (London) Bar Associations.
Connections
Married Syma Barbara Rossman, August 15, 1964. Children: Alice S., James D. Bachelor, Brooklyn.
