Background
Cahn, Richard Caleb was born on June 11, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Pearl (Abel) Cahn.
Cahn, Richard Caleb was born on June 11, 1932 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Pearl (Abel) Cahn.
AB, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1953. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1956. Bachelor of Laws, University London, 1959.
Worked at Cahn Wishod & Lamb, Limited Liability Partnership (Melville, New York) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice before all State and Federal Courts and Agencies. Commercial, Corporate, Municipal, Education, Trusts and Estates, Real Estate, Environmental, Taxation, Health and Hospital and Banking Law. Admitted to the bar, 1956, New New York
1960, United States.
District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and United States. Supreme Court; 1966, Florida. 1967, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Author: "Determining a Standard Foreign Housing Discrimination Under Title VIII," Touro Law Review, Fall 1990. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1954. Student Assistant, United States.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1955.
Adjunct Professor, Touro Law School, 1988-1990. Attorney, United States.
Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, 1956-1957. Principal Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County, New York, 1965-1966.
Deputy Town Attorney, Huntington, New York, 1966-1968.
Appointed to United States. Attorney General"s Program for Honor Law Graduates, 1956-1957. Hearing Officer, New York State Department of Education, 1971-1977.
Special District Attorney, Suffolk County, 1972.
Regional Counsel, State University of New York, 1972-1990. Member, Board of Directors, Stony Brook Foundation, 1974-1986.
Supreme Court Appointed Referee, 1976-1978. Member, Screening Committee for Bankruptcy Judges and Screening Committee for United States.
Magistrates, Eastern District of New York, 1976-1980.
Member, Advisory Committee, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1980-1983. Member, Board of Directors, Eastern District Civil Litigation Fund, Incorporated., 1982.
Member, Governor"s Judicial Nominating Committee for 2nd Department, 1975-1979.
Director: Federal Bar Foundation, 1990. World Trade Council, Long Island Association, 1990.
Member: Suffolk County (President, 1981-1982. Chairman: Legal Aid Committee, 1966.
Federal Court Committee, 1966-1967.
1970-1973. 1977-1978. Director, 1968-1971. Chairman, Overall Court Committee, 1970-1971.
Member, 1974-1978 and Chairman, 1977-1978, Grievance Committee), New York State (Member: Federal Court Committee, 1974-1980.
House of Delegates, 1979-1983. Chairman, Law Day, 1979-1984), Federal and American Bar Associations. Federal Bar Council (Vice President, 1982-1984.
Trustee, 1984-1990).
Fellow: New York Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation. Federal Bar Foundation.
Cahn, Wishod & Lamb, Limited Liability Partnership is a full-service law firm, representing a wide variety of individual, corporate and municipal clients.
Our firm operates on the principle that all work must be done in accordance with the highest professional standards. All of our lawyers have superior educational backgrounds and the ability and experience to provide the finest legal representation.
Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1954. Student Assistant, United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1955.
Adjunct Professor, Touro Law School, 1988-1990.
Attorney, United States. Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, 1956-1957.
Principal Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County, New York, 1965-1966. Deputy Town Attorney, Huntington, New York, 1966-1968.
Appointed to United States.
Attorney General"s Program for Honor Law Graduates, 1956-1957. Hearing Officer, New York State Department of Education, 1971-1977. Special District Attorney, Suffolk County, 1972.
Regional Counsel, State University of New York, 1972-1990.
Member, Board of Directors, Stony Brook Foundation, 1974-1986. Supreme Court Appointed Referee, 1976-1978.
Member, Screening Committee for Bankruptcy Judges and Screening Committee for United States. Magistrates, Eastern District of New York, 1976-1980.
Member, Advisory Committee, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1980-1983. Member, Board of Directors, Eastern District Civil Litigation Fund, Incorporated., 1982. Member, Governor"s Judicial Nominating Committee for 2nd Department, 1975-1979.
Fellow: New York Bar Foundation.
American Bar Foundation. Federal Bar Foundation.
Married Vivian Isabel Meksin, December 24, 1961. Children: Michael, Lisa, Daniel, Sara.