Background
Garland, Sylvia Dillof was born on June 4, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Morris and Frieda (Gassner) Dillof.
Garland, Sylvia Dillof was born on June 4, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Morris and Frieda (Gassner) Dillof.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1939. Juris Doctor cum laude, New York Law School, 1960.
Worked at Hofheimer Gartlir & Gross, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Real Estate, Commercial, Financial Institutions, Corporate, Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Commercial and General Litigation, Taxation, Family and Matrimonial Law and General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New New York 1965, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and United States.
Claims Court.
1967, United States. Supreme Court. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Editor-in-Chief, New York Law Forum, 1959-1960. Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York Law School, 1972-1978.
President, New York Law School Alumni Association, 1976-1977.
Trustee, 1978-1990 and Trustee Emeritus, 1990, New York Law School. Member, 1985, and Vice-chair, 1991, Committee on Character and Fitness, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. Member: Queens County, New York State and American Bar Associations.
The law firm of Hofheimer Gartlir & Gross, Limited Liability Partnership traces its origins to 1879 when it was founded in New York City as Morganthau Lachman & Goldsmith.
Since the firm"s founding, there has been a continuity of leadership and an accumulation of knowledge and experience that has benefited the attorneys in the firm and the clients it has served. lieutenant is with pride that the firm provides legal services to the fourth generation of some of its clients.
Trustee New York Law School, 1979-1990, trustee emeritus, since 1991. President Oakland chapter B'nai Brith, Bayside, New York, 1955-1957. Member American Bar Association (litigation section, family law section), New York State Bar Association (family law section), Queen's County Bar Association (secretary civil practice 1960-1979), New York Law School Alumni Association (president 1976-1977), New York Law Forum Alumni Association (president 1963-1965).
Married Albert Garland, May 4, 1942. Children: Margaret Garland Clunie, Paul B. Bachelor, Brooklyn.