Harold R. Tyler

Harold Russell Tyler, Jr. (born May 14, 1922 in Utica , New York , † May 25, 2005 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American attorney , judge and university professor who was temporarily deputy US Attorney General .

Life

After attending the Phillips Exeter Academy , Tyler studied from 1939 to 1943 at Princeton University , graduating in 1943 with a Bachelor of Arts (AB). He then did his military service in the US Army from 1943 to 1946 during the Second World War . After completing his active military service, he studied law at the Law School of Columbia University , where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1949 . After his admission to the bar in New York State , he became a lawyer in 1950, before he rejoined the US Army during the Korean War between 1951 and 1952 and was promoted to captain there .

After a subsequent activity as a lawyer, he was from 1953 to 1955 first assistant to the US attorney in the southern district of New York and then again a lawyer, where he worked for the law firm Gilbert & Segall between 1957 and 1960 . 1960 joined Tyler in the government service and was until 1961 Assistant Attorney General and as such also head of the Department of Civil Rights ( Civil Rights Division ) in the US Department of Justice .

He was then again a lawyer in the law firm Gilbert & Segall between 1961 and 1962 , and then for 13 years until 1975 a judge at the US District Court for South New York. At the same time he was from 1965 to 1974 associate professor ( adjunct professor ) at the Law School of New York University . After completing his judicial work, he was US Deputy General and thus Deputy Secretary of Justice during the presidency of Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977.

He then became a partner in 1977 at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler , a law firm that now has 200 attorneys and is based in New York City. During this time he was not only involved in the American Bar Association , but was also co-chair of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, founded in 1963 . After his partnership with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler ended in 1991, he remained with the firm as a consultant until his death. He was also a temporary trustee of the New York University Law School.

Web links

• Harold R. Tyler in nndb (English)
• Biography (Federal Judicial Center)
• THE NEW YORK TIMES: Harold Tyler, 83, Lawyer and Former Federal Judge, Dies (May 27, 2005)