Background
Baum, Victor J. was born on July 2, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of David and Eva Baum.
Baum, Victor J. was born on July 2, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of David and Eva Baum.
Student, National University Mexico, 1943. Bachelor, University Michigan, 1946. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1950.
Staff attorney Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1950—1951. Associate Marx, Levi, Thill & Wiseman, Detroit, 1952—1957. Judge 3d Judicial District, Michigan Circuit Court District, 1957—1982.
Counsel Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, from 1983. Adjunct professor Wayne State University Law School, University Detroit College Law. Faculty Michigan Judicial Institute, National Institute Trial Advocacy.
Member city-charter study committee, Detroit. Member executive committee combined Detroit Recorder's Court-Wayne County Circuit Court. Chairman Committee to Reform Judicial Campaign Financing.
Pfc United States Army, 1943-1945.
Member of American Bar Association (family law, criminal justice, litigation sections), Michigan Association Law & Psychiatry (past chairman child neglect committee), Divorce & Family (founding trustee), Michigan Interprofl. Association Marriage, Michigan State Bar (past chairman special committee mental health, past member ethics committee), National Association Family Conciliation Courts & Services (past president).
Married Zena Etkin Baum, October 28, 1945. Children: Barbara J., Eleanor L., Jacqueline R., Daniel B.