Simon Hirsch Rifkind

Personal

Birthday: 
6/5/1901
Birthplace: 
Meretz, Russia
Date of Death: 
11/14/1995
Place of Death: 
New York, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, New York City, 1926-1930, 1933-1941, 1950-1995
Administrative assistant, U.S. Sen. Robert F. Wagner, New York, 1927-1933

Education

Name of School: 
City College of New York
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1922
Name of School - Second: 

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1925

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
6/6/1941
Termination Date: 
5/24/1950
Termination Reason: 
Resignation