Background
Walpin, Gerald was born on September 1, 1931 in New York City. Son of Michael and Mary (Gordon) Walpin.
Walpin, Gerald was born on September 1, 1931 in New York City. Son of Michael and Mary (Gordon) Walpin.
College of the City of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1955).
Worked at Rosenman & Colin LLP (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1955, New York. 1960, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1965, United States. Supreme Court. 1969, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1974, United States. Court of Federal.
1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.
1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1954-1955.
Author: "A Suggested Revision of The Contract Doctrine of Anticipatory Repudiation," 64 Yale Law Journal, p. 85, 1954; "Why, When and How to Hire on A Special Counselor," Wall Street Journal, September, 16, 1985. "Computers: For Full Effectiveness, Limit Your Legal Risks," Architectural Record, March, 1986.
"Meritless Lawsuits," Financial World, February, 10, 1987. "America's Failing Justice System: Can We Learn From Other Countries?" N.Y. Law School Law Rev. Volume 41, Issue 2 (1997).
Lecturer: Stockholder Suits and Class Actions, 1986. Current Problems In Federal Civil Practice, 1976, 1979, 1983. Trial Evidence, 1967, 1969, Practicing Law Institute.
Federal Discovery In Complex Civil Cases, Law Journal Seminar, 1980. New York County Lawyers Association Practical Legal Education Program, 1988. Law Secretary to: United States.
District Judge Edward J. Dimock, 1955-1956. United States. District Judge Frederick van P. Bryan, 1956-1957. Chief, Special Prosecutions Division, United States.
Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, 1960-1965. Member, Nassau County Crime Council, 1970-1971. Member, Advisory Committee to United States District Court, S.D.N.Y., under Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, 1991.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Federal Courts Committee, 1966-1969. Special Committee on the Proposed New Federal Criminal Code, 1971-1984. Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1972-1975).
American Bar Association. Federalist Society (Chairman, National Litigation Practice Group, 1996). Federal Bar Council (Vice President, 1991.
Chairman: Modern Courts Committee, 1989-1994. Bench/Bar Liaison Committee, 1993). Military: First lieutenant, United States.
Air Force, J.A.G., 1957-1960. Rosenman & Colin LLP is a leading full-service law firm. Its practice areas include: communications, corporate, creditors' rights, entertainment, environmental matters, financial services, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, international transactions, labor and employment, litigation, matrimonial and family, pensions and ERISA, real estate, securities and commodities, tax, trusts and estates, white collar crime, and zoning.
President, trustee Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, New Hyde Park, New York, 1979-1987, chairman, trustee, 1987-1990. Board directors Fund for Modern Court Justices, New York City, 1985-1991. Member of law committee American Jewish Committee, since 1980.
Member Committee for Free World, New York City, 1983-1991. Trustee, member Executive Committee United Jewish Appeal-Federation Jewish Philanthropies, New York City, 1984-1996. Member Nassau County Crime Commission, 1970.
President Kensington Civic Organisation, Great Neck, New York, 1972-1973. Member American Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, Federal Bar Council (chairman modern courts com.1989, vice president 1991-1995, chairman bench and bar liaison committee 1994-1995, vice chairman since 1995, Chairman, Board Of Directors), Federalist Society (chairman litigation sect.1996-), University Club, Yale Club.
Married Sheila Kainer, April 13, 1957. Children: Amanda Eve, Edward Andrew, Jennifer Hope.
