Background
Solomon Wachtler was born on April 29, 1930, in New York City, New York, United States, the second son of a travelling auctioneer Philip Wachtler and his wife Fay. Wachtler grew up primarily in the rural S.
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Wachtler graduated with both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Washington and Lee University in 1951 and 1952, respectively.
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After five years as a Councilman and Town Supervisor, Wachtler won an election to become a Justice with the New York State Supreme Court.
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Four years later, Sol Wachtler was elected to a seat on the New York Court of Appeals the state’s highest court. For 13 years, he served on the bench and wrote hundreds of opinions on a variety of legal matters. Then, Mario Cuomo, New York's Governor named Sol Wachtler its Chief Judge, and Chief Judge of the State of New York, a position he held for another six years.
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Since leaving the bench, Sol Wachtler has turned his attention towards writing and teaching. At Touro Law School on Long Island, Sol Wachtler provides his expertise to students in his Constitutional Law course.
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Sol Wachtler puts effort into encouraging an understanding of mental health and improving the relationship between individuals with mental illness and the law by chairing the Law and Psychiatry Institute of North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System.
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Wachtler graduated with both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Washington and Lee University in 1951 and 1952, respectively.
60 Centre St, New York, NY 10007, USA
After five years as a Councilman and Town Supervisor, Wachtler won an election to become a Justice with the New York State Supreme Court.
20 Eagle St, Albany, NY 12207, USA
Four years later, Sol Wachtler was elected to a seat on the New York Court of Appeals the state’s highest court. For 13 years, he served on the bench and wrote hundreds of opinions on a variety of legal matters. Then, Mario Cuomo, New York's Governor named Sol Wachtler its Chief Judge, and Chief Judge of the State of New York, a position he held for another six years.
225 Eastview Dr, Central Islip, NY 11722, USA
Since leaving the bench, Sol Wachtler has turned his attention towards writing and teaching. At Touro Law School on Long Island, Sol Wachtler provides his expertise to students in his Constitutional Law course.
1554 Northern Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
Sol Wachtler puts effort into encouraging an understanding of mental health and improving the relationship between individuals with mental illness and the law by chairing the Law and Psychiatry Institute of North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System.
(With unflinching honesty, Wachtler draws on his unique ex...)
With unflinching honesty, Wachtler draws on his unique experience of living life on both sides of the bench to paint a chilling portrait of prison life interwoven with a no‑holds‑barred analysis of the shortcomings of the American legal justice system.
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2003
Solomon Wachtler was born on April 29, 1930, in New York City, New York, United States, the second son of a travelling auctioneer Philip Wachtler and his wife Fay. Wachtler grew up primarily in the rural S.
Wachtler graduated with both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Washington and Lee University in 1951 and 1952, respectively.
During his career, Wachter received honorary degrees from Brooklyn Law School and New England School of Law, both 1978, Dowling College, 1981, and Syracuse Law School, Hofstra Law School, and College of St. Rose.
Sol Wachtler began his career in law and politics as a Councilman in North Hempstead, New York. After five years as a Councilman and Town Supervisor, he won an election to become a Justice with the New York State Supreme Court. Four years later, Sol Wachtler was elected to a seat on the New York Court of Appeals the state’s highest court. For 13 years, he served on the bench and wrote hundreds of opinions on a variety of legal matters. Then, Mario Cuomo, New York's Governor named Sol Wachtler its Chief Judge, and Chief Judge of the State of New York, a position he held for another six years.
On November 7, 1992, FBI Agents arrested Chief Judge Wachtler on charges relating to the harassment and threatening of his former lover, Joy Silverman. He resigned as a judge and from the bar, and Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Judith S. Kaye to replace him as chief judge of the N.Y.S. Court of Appeals. He served his sentence, first at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, and from December 1993 at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota after he was stabbed in the shoulder while dozing in his cell in November.
Wachtler was sentenced to 15 months, but received time off for good behavior. His sentence started 28 September 1993. He was released after serving 13 months.
Since leaving the bench, Sol Wachtler has turned his attention towards writing and teaching. At Touro Law School on Long Island, Sol Wachtler provides his expertise to students in his Constitutional Law course. Sol Wachtler also puts effort into encouraging an understanding of mental health and improving the relationship between individuals with mental illness and the law by chairing the Law and Psychiatry Institute of North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System.
Currently, Wachtler resides in Manhasset, New York.
During his career, he also volunteered for the Army and served for two years during the Korean War in the Provost Marshal Center in charge of its Courts and Boards Section and as an instructor of military law.
Judge Sol Wachtler rose through various positions on the highest courts of the State of New York to become that state’s chief judge in 1985. Though affiliated for many years with the Republican Party, he presided over a court that made landmark decisions in such areas as employees’ rights, limits on search and seizure by law enforcement agencies, and gay rights. His position gained him the friendship of many of New York’s most important and powerful people, including former Democratic governor Mario Cuomo.
Wachtler's successes gained him numerous awards and honorary doctorates from several schools. The author of two books, After the Madness: A Judge's Own Prison Memoir and Blood Brothers, he has also contributed a number of articles to publications such as The New York Times and The New Yorker.
(With unflinching honesty, Wachtler draws on his unique ex...)
1997(Forty years after leaving his hometown of Augusta, Georgi...)
2003Wachtler is a member of the American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Association of New York State Supreme Court Justices, New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, Order of the Coif and Phi Delta Phi.
Wachtler is married to Joan Wolosoff and lives in Manhasset, New York. Wachtler has four children: Lauren Wachtler Montclare; Marjorie Wachtler Eagan; Alison Wachtler Braunstein; and Philip Wachtler.
