Background
Levy, Matthew Malltz was born on March 1, 1899 in Brest Litovsk, Russia. Son of Aaron Malitz and Rachel (Gold) Levy.
Levy, Matthew Malltz was born on March 1, 1899 in Brest Litovsk, Russia. Son of Aaron Malitz and Rachel (Gold) Levy.
Brought to the United States, 1904, naturalized, 1920. Bachelor of Science (Charbonnier Physics prize), U. Georgia, 1919. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1922.
Admitted to New York bar, 1923, also Supreme Court of the United States Court District Court Justices, Tax Court, Circuit Court, United States Board Immigration Appeals. Law clerk Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall, 1921. Rabenold & Scribner, 1922-1924.
Private practice of law, 1924-1937, 39-50.
Member firm Polies & Levy, 1924-1928, Panken & Levy, 1928-1934. Special deputy assistant attorney general State of New York, 1927, special assistant attorney general, 1937.
Attorney labor unions, housing cooperatives and tenants associations, 1928-1950. Judge Municipal Court City of New York, 1938.
Justice Supreme Court State New York, 1951-1971.
Vice president New Leader Public Association, 1935-1937, 40-43, president, 1943-1950. Former director Levy Jewelers, Incorporated., Ray Jewelers, Incorporated. (both Savannah, Georgia).
Director, trustee Jos.
Doctorate. Bookstaver Agency, Incorporated., New York City Chief counsel Bronx Tenants Emergency League, 1935. Board legal examiners United States Civil Service Commission, New York City, 1942-1943.
Member New York City Council Defense Fire Protection, 1941-1945. Lecturer Practicing Law Institute, New York City, also Philadelphia, 1944-1945.
Incorporator, presiding judge Jewish Conciliation Board American.
Founder United Jewish Appeal of Greater New New York Member of national council American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Candidate Socialist party New York State Supreme Court, 1932. Candidate American Labor party for president Borough Bronx, 1941, for New York State Supreme Court, 1943.
Trustee Federation Jewish Philanthropies of New York, 1947-1971, vice president, 1969-1971, chairman committee on religious affairs, 1961-1965, honorary chairman, 1965-1971, chairman Bronx division, 1953-1963, honorary chairman, 1963-1971.
Member commission on communal planning, Executive Committee, honorary chairman labor committee building fund campaign, 1962. Past member American Civil Liberties Union, New York City Committee for Public Adult Education, Southern Electoral Reform League, Citizens Non-Partisan Committee for County Reorganization and a Better City Council, Freedom House, League for Industrial Democracy.
Labor representative legislative committee Bronx Council Social Agencies. Delegate Governor New York State Conference Crime, Criminal and Society, 1935.
Member city committee Citizens Union City New York, 1939-1950. Member Social-Democratic Federation State of New York, 1936-1950. Sponsor, vice chairman Bronx Symphony Society, 1941.
Served as Second lieutenant infantry, United States Army, 1918.
Patron International Bar Association. Member American (special commission to consider race discrimination 1943), New York State, Bronx County (vice president 1950, board directors 1943-1950, chairman Bronx bar informal law conference.
Married Pearl Gold Spivak, May 13, 1922.