Richard Henry Kuh

Background

Kuh, Richard Henry was born on April 27, 1921 in New York City. Son of Joseph Hellmann and Fannie Mina (Rees) Kuh.

Education

Kuh received a Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1941, and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School with magna cum laude distinction in 1948. At Harvard, Kuh was also on the Board of Editors for the Harvard Law Review.

Career

Worked at Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP (New York, NY) specializing in Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Probate Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1948, New York and United States. District Court, Southern District of New York.

1949, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1968, United States. Supreme Court. Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review, 1947-1948.

Adjunct Professor, New York University Law School and New York Law School, 1970-1975. District Attorney, New York County, 1974. Member: American Bar Association (Chairperson: Special Committee on Evaluation of Judicial Performance, 1983-1990.

Criminal Justice Section, 1983-1984. Member, House of Delegates, 1988-1993). American Law Institute.

First National Conference on Gun Violence (Chairman, 1994). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1948, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1948, United States District Court (eastern district) New York 1967, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1968.

Works

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  • Foolish figleaves? Pornography in and out of court by Richard H. Kuh
  • Foolish Figleaves? Pornography-in and Out of-Court. New York, 1967
  • Foolish Figleaves?: Pornography in and Out of Court
  • FOOLISH FIGLEAVES? Pornography In-And out Of-Court

Membership

Trustee Temple Israel, New York City, 1975-1984, Grace Church School, 1981-1985. With United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association (chair criminal justice section 1983-1984, chair special commission on evaluation judicial performance 1983-1990, house delegations 1988-1993, member judicial evaluation advising committee National Center State Court Justices 1990-1991, chair 1st national conference gun violence 1994), Association Bar City New York, American Bar Foundation, Harvard Law School Association New York (trustee 1989-1992), Harvard Club (member admissions committee since 1998), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Joyce Dattel, July 31, 1966. Children: Michael Joseph, Jody Ellen.

Father:

Joseph Hellmann Kuh

Mother:

Fannie Mina (Rees) Kuh

Spouse:

Joyce Dattel

child:

Michael Joseph Kuh

child:

Jody Ellen Kuh