Background
McGivern, Owen was born on November 4, 1910 in New York, New York, United States.
McGivern, Owen was born on November 4, 1910 in New York, New York, United States.
College of the Holy Cross (Bachelor of Arts, 1931. Doctor of Laws, 1989). Saint John"s University School of Law (Bachelor of Laws, 1934).
Worked at Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. Admitted to the bar, 1935, New New York 1938, United States. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New New York
1978, United States.
Court of Appeals, First and Second Circuits. Awarded Doctor of Laws, Saint John"s University, 1958 and New York Law School, 1974. Member, Assembly, New York State Legislature, 1938-1950.
Judge, City Court of City of New York, 1950-1953.
Justice, Supreme Court, 1953-1967 and Member, Judicial Conference, 1957-1975, State of New New York Temporary Member, Court of Appeals, 1958.
Appointed, 1967 and Designated Presiding Justice, 1974, Appellate Division, First Department, resigned March 1975. Chairman, Temporary Commission on City Finance, New York City, 1975-1977.
Vice-Chairman, New York State Commission on Regulation of Lobbying, 1977-1979.
Member: New York City Salary Revision Commission, 1978-1979. The Council on State Priorities, 1981-1982. Member, Board of Editors, New York Law Journal, 1975.
Member, New York Code of Professional Responsibility (Center for Public Resources) Panel.
Member, Advisory Board, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Incorporated. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State and American Bar Associations.
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1978).
Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of New New York Military: Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1942-1945.
Member, Assembly, New York State Legislature, 1938-1950. Judge, City Court of City of New York, 1950-1953. Justice, Supreme Court, 1953-1967 and Member, Judicial Conference, 1957-1975, State of New New York
Temporary Member, Court of Appeals, 1958.
Appointed, 1967 and Designated Presiding Justice, 1974, Appellate Division, First Department, resigned March 1975. Chairman, Temporary Commission on City Finance, New York City, 1975-1977.
Vice-Chairman, New York State Commission on Regulation of Lobbying, 1977-1979. Member: New York City Salary Revision Commission, 1978-1979.
The Council on State Priorities, 1981-1982.
Member, Board of Editors, New York Law Journal, 1975. Member, New York Code of Professional Responsibility (Center for Public Resources) Panel. Member, Advisory Board, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Incorporated.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State and American Bar Associations.
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1978). Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of New New York
Military: Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1942-1945.