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Pelz, Robert Leon was born on November 18, 1918 in New York City. Son of Leon S. and Fanny M. (Berk) Pelz.
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Robert Leon Pelz, American Lawyer. Bar: New York 1942. Life trustee, former vice president Federation Jewish Philanthropies; board directors, chairman legal committee, former Chairman, Board Of Directors Federation Jewish Philanthropies Svc. Corporation; past trustee College Pharmaceutical Sciences Columbia University; former chairman of the board of trustees American Jewish Committee Captain Army of the United States, World War World War II.
Education
AB, Columbia University, 1939. Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1942.
Career
Worked at Loeb & Loeb Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1942, New New York Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1940-1942.
Member of Staff, War Crimes Trials, Manila, 1945-1946.
Treasurer, 1980-1981, Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1981-1983, Vice President, 1983-1986, American Jewish Committee. Trustee, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, 1967-1986.
Chairman, Board of Directors, FOJP Service Corporation, 1985-1992. Chairman, Commentary Magazine, 1992.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
New York State and American Bar Associations. (New York City Office). Loeb & Loeb Limited Liability Partnership is a full-service law firm representing organizations and individuals in the business community.
The firm was established in Los Angeles in 1909 and now maintains offices in the Central Business District and Century City areas of Los Angeles, in New York City, in Washington, District of Columbia, in Nashville, Tennessee and in Rome, Italy.
Although the firm has been identified historically with both the entertainment industry and institutional lending, its client base throughout its history has encompassed individuals and entities engaged in most types of domestic and international businesses and professions. Its principal practice areas include civil litigation in all federal and state courts, patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, general corporate and corporate securities law, banking, insurance company, pension fund and other institutional lending, real estate law, real estate financing, real estate securities, leveraged leasing, asset securitization, franchising, entertainment law (including motion pictures, television, sports, music and dramatic and literary arts), advertising, communication, health care, international, federal, state and local taxation, estate planning, pension and employee benefits, bankruptcy, insolvency and workout matters, environmental law, labor and employment, white collar criminal investigation and corporate counseling and probate and trust law.
Achievements
Membership
Life trustee, former vice president Federation Jewish Philanthropies. Board directors, chairman legal committee, former Chairman, Board Of Directors Federation Jewish Philanthropies Svc. Corporation; past trustee College Pharmaceutical Sciences Columbia University.
Former chairman of the board of trustees American Jewish Committee Captain Army of the United States, World War World War II.
Connections
Married Mary Jane Gips, February 11, 1949. Children: Kathryn Louise, Robert Leon Junior.
