Background
Halpern, Ralph Lawrence was born on May 12, 1929 in Buffalo. Son of Julius and Mary C. (Kaminker) Halpern.
Halpern, Ralph Lawrence was born on May 12, 1929 in Buffalo. Son of Julius and Mary C. (Kaminker) Halpern.
Bachelor of Laws cum laude, University Buffalo, 1953. Bachelor in Mathematics, State University of New York, Buffalo, 2006.
Worked at Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, Limited Liability Partnership (Buffalo, New York) specializing in Administrative, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Aged and Aging, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Civil Rights, Corporate Law, Communications and Media, Computers and Software, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Debtor and Creditor, Education, Elder Law, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Finance, Government, Guardianships and Conservatorship, Health Care, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Immigration and Naturalization, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Libel, Slander and Defamation, Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Patents, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Real Property, Securities, Taxation, Torts, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Wills, Workers Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1953, New New York 1954, United States. Court of Military Appeals.
1959, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1960, United States. District Court, Western District of New New York 1971, United States. Supreme Court.
1972, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Associate Editor, Buffalo Law Review, 1952-1953. Teaching Associate, Northwestern University Law School, 1953-1954.
Member: Erie County, New York State (Chairman: Professional Ethics Committee, 1971-1976.
Judicial Election Monitoring Committee, 1983-1986. Special Committee to Consider Adoption of American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 1983-1985.
Secretary, 1992-1993 and Vice Chairman, 1993-1995, International Law and Practice Section) and American Bar Associations. American Judicature Society.
American Law Institute.
Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel is a full-service law firm with 68 attorneys working out of offices in Buffalo and Rochester, New New York
President Buffalo Council World Affairs, 1972-1974, Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo, 1981-1983, Bureau Jewish Education, 2000-2002. Chairman Buffalo chapter American Jewish Committee, 1975-1977. Board governors United Jewish Federation, Buffalo, 1972-1978, 91-97, 1999-2004, 2006-2010, vice president, 1992-1995.
Director Landmark Society Niagara Frontier, 2006-2008, director, Musical Fare Theatre, since 2010. Member American Bar Association (house delegations 1989-1995, 97-99), New York State Bar Association (chairman committee professional ethics 1971-1976, chairman committee judicial election monitoring 1983-1986, chairman special committee to consider adoption of American Bar Association model rules of professional conduct 1983-1985, secretary international law and practice section 1992-1993, vice chairman 1993-1995), Erie County Bar Association, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute.
Married Harriet Chasin, June 29, 1958. Children: Eric B., Steven R., Julie B.