Raymond Reisler papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 41-5-3935

Scope and content

Records include materials relating to the Class of 1927 (1966-1977) and to the Cornell Council 1968-1977 and condolence letters on his death in 1992; files on the Brooklyn Bar Association and its Centennial celebration in 1972 as well as his award for Outstanding Achievement in the Law and Public Service, 1975; files from the U. S. Second Judicial Circuit's Annual Conference, 1966, "Legal Services for All"; file from the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Unlawful Practice of Law, 1961-1963; sample judicial opinions; correspondence with lawyers and judges; files on his appointment to the New York State Supreme Court, 1967-1977, with congratulatory letters; and congratulatory letters on his joining the law firm of Buchman & Buchman, 1978.

Dates

1961-1992.

Creator

Reisler, Raymond. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Judge Raymond Reisler graduated from Cornell in 1927 and from Columbia University Law School in 1929. At Cornell, he belonged to Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, the Masque, Columns Board, Varsity Lacrosse. He served as president of the Class of 1927 and as a member of the Cornell Council. He was in private practice as an attorney in Brooklyn and was active in the New York State Bar Association, serving as its president, and he was a member of the executive committee of the American Bar Association. In 1967, he was appointed as a New York City Criminal Court judge by Mayor John Lindsay. In 1977 he became acting Supreme Court Justice of the State of New York. He retired from the bench in 1978 and joined the law firm of Buchman & Buchman as counsel. Judge Reisler died in 1992.