Member at the firm Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz P.C.
Areas of Practice
Criminal Defense; Personal Injury
Admitted
1968, Florida; 1969, Connecticut, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia and Middle District of Florida; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; 1974, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1968
College
Yale University, B.A., 1963
Membership
New Haven County (Member, Executive Committee, 1999; Member, Committee for Development of Opportunities for Minority Lawyers, 1990), Connecticut (Member, Federal Judiciary Committee, Executive Committee Secretary 1989-1991 and Chair 1992-1994; Section for Administration of Criminal Justice, 1991; Co-Chairman, Trial Advocacy Seminar Program Committee, 1979; Federal Practice Section, 1988(Executive Committee, 1995; Chair, Criminal Practice Subcommittee; Awards Committee) and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1990-1992); Federal Bar Council. American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Criminal Lawyers; Connecticut Bar Foundation (Charter Fellow).
Biography
Lecturer, Yale Law School, 1975. Adjunct Faculty, Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2003. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense. Trial Attorney, 1970-1973 and Chief of Juvenile Division, 1973-1974, Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, 1974-1976. Chair, Public Defender Services Commission, 1992-1994. Member, Client Security Fund Committee. Member: Judicial Selection Committee, 1993-1998; Second Circuit Committee on Admissions and Grievances, 1983-1993; Chair, Merit Review Panel Regarding Reappointment of Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut, 2000; Connecticut Law Revision Commission, Evidence Code Drafting Committee, 1995-1998.
Languages: Spanish
Reported Cases
Clisham v. Board of Police Commissioners, 223 Conn. 354, 613 A.2d 254 (1992) (employment); State of Connecticut v. Morrissey, 216 Conn. 185, 577 A.2d 1060 (1990) (criminal); United States v. Dennis, 843 F.2d 652 (2d Cir. 1988) (criminal); Tsokalas v. Purtill, 756 F.Supp. 89 (D.Conn. 1991) (first amendment); Rauccio v. Frank 750 F.Supp. 566 (D.Conn. 1990) (employment); State of Connecticut v. Milum, 197 Conn. 602, 500 A.2d 555 (1985) (criminal).
Born
New Haven, Connecticut, December 7, 1941
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