Oral history interview with Theodore R. Kupferman, 1976

Biographical Note

Lawyer, judge

Scope and Contents

New York, N.Y., legal and political career: 1948-49 law secretary to Justice D. W. Peck, New York Supreme Court; 1943-59, legal departments of Warner Bros., National Broadcasting Company, Cinerama; private law practice; New York Law School professorship 1959-64; counsel to minority leader of City Council, Stanley Isaacs, 1958-62; City Councilman, 1962-65; Congressman, 1966-68; New York State Supreme Court Justice, 1969-70, associate justice Appellate Division, 1971- ; impressions of New York City politicians, Gerald Ford

Subjects

• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Judges--Interviews.
• Kupferman, Theodore R.--Interviews.
• Law--Political aspects.
• Law--Study and teaching.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Legislators--United States--Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Procedure (Law)
• United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
• United States. Congress. House.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984