Background
Nessen, Maurice Norman was born on January 28, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Molly Nessen.
Nessen, Maurice Norman was born on January 28, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Molly Nessen.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1953.
Worked at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel. Admitted to the bar, 1954, New New York United States. Supreme Court.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Second and Fourth Circuits. United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1952-1953.
Law Clerk to Judge Edward J. Weinfeld, United States.
District Court, 1953-1954. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1954-1957. Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School, 1974-1979.
Lecturer, New York University School of Law, 1966-1968.
Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School, 1975. Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia Law School, 1976-1979. Guest Lecturer, Harvard Law School, 1979.
Acting Attorney-in-Charge, Harlem Office, Legal Aid, Spring, 1980.
President, Legal Aid Society, 1985-1987. Board of Trustees of the Manhattan School of Music and the Board of Directors of Musical Theatre Works.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State (Chairman, Committee on Judicial Administration, 1969-1976.
Delegate, House of Representatives, 1978-1981) and American Bar Associations.
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1976-1982). American Law Institute.
Board directors The Legal Aid Society, New York City, since 1980, president 1985-1987. Board directors The Jewish Museum, New York City, 1971-1984. Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946.
Member New York State Bar Association (house of deals 1978-1983), American Law Institute, New York County Lawyers Association (board directors 1972-1981).
Married Hermine Fuld, February 1, 1953. Children: Joshua Fuld, William Arthur, Elizbeth.