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Albert C. Cohn (December 20, 1885[1] – January 8, 1959) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice and the father of Roy Cohn. He was influential in Democratic Party politics.[2]
Albert C. Cohn | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | December 20, 1885
Died | January 8, 1959 73) New York City, U.S. | (aged
Employer | New York State Supreme Court |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse |
Dora Marcus (1892–1967)
(m. 1924) |
Children | Roy Cohn |
He was born on December 20, 1885, and married Dora Marcus (1892–1967) in 1924 when he was the First Assistant District Attorney for Bronx County.[3][4] His son Roy Cohn was born in 1927.[5][6] Cohn was inducted as a justice of the New York Supreme Court into Part III of Bronx Supreme Court in April 1929.[7] A 1931 decision by Cohn stripped control of amateur boxing in New York from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and placed it under control of the New York State Athletic Commission.[8] In April 1937, Governor Herbert H. Lehman promoted Cohn to a five-year term on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, where his fellow Justices included Irwin Untermyer.[9]
He spearheaded a program for accreditation by the American Bar Association for his alma mater, New York Law School, starting in 1947, which was successful, in 1954.[10] He died on January 8, 1959, in New York City.