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Robert M. Morgenthau
Robert Morris Morgenthau (born July 31, 1919) is an American lawyer. Since 1975, he has been the District Attorney for New York County, New York, which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan in New York City with a few small exceptions.
[He] was born in 1919 in New York City into a prominent Jewish family that had emigrated from Germany in 1866. He is the son of long-time Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. His grandfather Henry Morgenthau, Sr. was United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Before going into diplomatic service, Henry Morgenthau, Sr. had made a fortune in real estate and then became a strong financial backer of President Woodrow Wilson. From his earliest days, Robert Morris Morgenthau was well connected politically. The Morgenthau family home was near Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Springwood Estate at Hyde Park, New York and he grew up knowing Roosevelt.
[regarding Iran] "There was an order for 30,000 metric tonnes of tungsten that would take care of every refrigerator in the Middle East and then some."
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The Daily Record (Rochester, N.Y.)
January 30, 2018
Second Assistant Monroe County District Attorney Timothy Prosperi on Friday received the 2018 Robert M. Morgenthau Award at the annual District Attorneys Association of the State of New York Winter Conference in New York City. The Morgenthau Award is among the highest honors bestowed uponÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 11, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, then the Manhattan district attorney and president of the Police Athletic League, with children on a Playstreet in July 1981. CreditDith Pran/The New York Times. Stoopside in Harlem, a conversation began Monday evening about the loss of a summer institution in neighborhoodsÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 12, 2017
No, those words came from Robert M. Morgenthau, who served in the same post for nearly a decade before he said he was given an ultimatum by the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican, in 1969: Resign, or be fired. After some resistance, Mr. Morgenthau, then 50, finally agreed toÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 23, 2016
In his early years as a prosecutor, Robert M. Morgenthau was once asked about the most effective way to fight organized crime. At the time, Mr. Morgenthau had made a name for himself as a United States attorney by indicting more than 100 Mafia figures. Mr. Morgenthau raised a novel strategy. “Maybe weÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 16, 2016
“I'll be right with you, Mr. Morgenthau,” Ida Van Lindt said to her boss, Robert M. Morgenthau, the famously longstanding Manhattan district attorney who retired in 2009. Ms. Van Lindt, 77, worked for him for his entire 35 years as D.A. Before that, she served 17 years for his predecessor Frank S. Hogan,ÃÂ ...
amNY
November 10, 2015
Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, 96, a WW II Navy veteran who will be the grand marshal of America's Parade Wednesday, said he's dismayed by the dropoff in attendance at such events honoring vets. Last year's America's Parade lacked spectators in spots along its Fifth Ave.
New York Times
August 14, 2014
In this sense there has been little to rival the union of Robert M. Morgenthau and Lucinda Franks. When the two met and married in the 1970s, they had between them, in addition to a vast age difference, a collection of intriguing attributes: a Pulitzer Prize, radical politics, bohemian attractiveness (hers);ÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 14, 2013
Grab a few minutes on Thursday morning with Robert M. Morgenthau. But don't be late. There's a little time open after his two morning meetings, and before one that begins at 12:30. He hoists a legal brief from atop the heap on his desk, which seems to have been transported intact from the one he vacatedÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 28, 2009
This article is by Michael Powell, William K. Rashbaum and Benjamin Weiser. Robert M. Morgenthau projected the image of the aristocratic prosecutor, an unflappable, even shy sort. But his ambition and reach had a boundless and very New York feel to them as he launched international investigations andÃÂ ...
SILive.com
December 31, 1999
Updated January 26, 2018 at 7:13 PM ; Posted January 26, 2018 at 7:09 PM. Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon today announced that Chief Assistant District Attorney Paul A. Capofari has been honored with the prestigious Robert M. Morgenthau Award. (Photo Courtesy of the Office of the DistrictÃÂ ...
WHEC News
December 31, 1999
Prosperi received the Robert M. Morgenthau Award at the Annual District Attorneys Association of the State of New York Winter Conference in New York City. Only four prosecutors in the New York State receive the honor each year. The award recognizes outstanding prosecutors who protect the public andÃÂ ...
MPNnow.com
December 31, 1999
... standards maintained by New York County District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau during his tenure from 1975 until his retirement in 2009. The award for the Fourth Judicial Department was presented to Timothy Prosperi, second assistant district attorney in Monroe County, who prosecuted defendants inÃÂ ...
Public Radio of Armenia
December 31, 1999
As Hitler launched his invasion of Poland in 1939, he instructed his commanders “to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women and children of Polish derivation and language.” He assured his staff the world would raise little objection: “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation ofÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 11, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, then the Manhattan district attorney and president of the Police Athletic League, with children on a Playstreet in July ...
Commercial Observer
July 6, 2017
Then-District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau estimated that Francolino, as well as other executives in the private trash-removal business, ...
New York Times
March 12, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, now 97, did not hand in his resignation when ... No, those words came from Robert M. Morgenthau, who served in the ...
Patch.com
January 31, 2017
The District Attorneys Association of the State of New York had its awards ceremony Jan. 27. By Lanning Taliaferro, Patch Staff | Jan 31, 2017Â ...
New York Times
November 23, 2016
Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney from 1975 until he retired at age 90 in 2009, in his law office in Midtown last month.
New York Times
July 16, 2016
Ida Van Lindt, 77, is the longtime secretary for Robert M. Morgenthau, the former Manhattan district attorney. Credit Santiago Mejia/The New ...
amNY
November 10, 2015
Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, 96, a WW II Navy veteran who will be the grand marshal of America's Parade Wednesday, said he's dismayed by the dropoff in attendance at such events honoring vets. Last year's America's Parade lacked spectators in spots along its Fifth Ave.
New York Times
March 14, 2013
Robert M. Morgenthau is asking the United States Supreme Court to take on the case of a man who has been on death row in Alabama for 24Â ...
Albany Times Union (blog)
December 31, 1999
Previously, for over a decade, Mr. White served as a Senior Trial Attorney for Robert M. Morgenthau in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
New York Times
August 14, 2017
... over the decades attracted figures like Robert M. Morgenthau, who went on to serve as the Manhattan district attorney for more than 30 years;ÃÂ ...
Haaretz
August 1, 2017
BIRTHDAYS: District Attorney for Manhattan for 35 years (1975-2009), Robert M. Morgenthau turns 98... Graduate of Yale Law School in 1951,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 12, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, then the Manhattan district attorney, with children on a Playstreet in 1981. Credit Dith Pran/The New York Times.
New York Times
July 11, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, then the Manhattan district attorney and president of the Police Athletic League, with children on a Playstreet in JulyÃÂ ...
Commercial Observer
July 6, 2017
Then-District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau estimated that Francolino, as well as other executives in the private trash-removal business,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 12, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, now 97, did not hand in his resignation when ... No, those words came from Robert M. Morgenthau, who served in theÃÂ ...
Patch.com
January 31, 2017
The 2017 Robert M. Morgenthau Awards were presented to: Region 1: Chana Krauss, First Assistant District Attorney, Putnam County DistrictÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 30, 2017
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan at President Trump's inauguration. He says he has “apprehensions” about the executive orders. Credit AlexÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 23, 2016
Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney from 1975 until he retired at age 90 in 2009, in his law office in Midtown last month.
New York Times
July 16, 2016
Ida Van Lindt, 77, is the longtime secretary for Robert M. Morgenthau, the former Manhattan district attorney. Credit Santiago Mejia/The NewÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 14, 2013
Robert M. Morgenthau is asking the United States Supreme Court to take on the case of a man who has been on death row in Alabama for 24ÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 12, 2017
Robert M. Morgenthau, now 97, did not hand in his resignation when President Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated in 1969. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times.
Rome Sentinel
January 31, 2017
Garramone received the prestigious Robert M. Morgenthau Award at the annual State District Attorney's conference, officials said.
Patch.com
January 31, 2017
The 2017 Robert M. Morgenthau Awards were presented to: Region 1: Chana Krauss, First Assistant District Attorney, Putnam County District Attorney's Office (Nominated by District Attorney Robert Tendy) Chana Krauss began her legal career at the BronxÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 30, 2017
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan at President Trump's inauguration. He says he has "apprehensions" about the executive orders. Credit Alex Wong/Getty Images.
Utica Observer Dispatch
January 30, 2017
Oneida County Assistant District Attorney Grant J. Garramone has been awarded the Robert M. Morgenthau Award. The Robert M. Morgenthau Award was created in honor District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who retired in 2009 after 35 years as New YorkÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 1, 2016
Mr. Bharara's tenure of more than seven years as the United States attorney in Manhattan has been exceeded in the past 100 years by only two of his predecessors: Mary Jo White and Robert M. Morgenthau. Mr. Bharara's office is currently prosecuting ...
Lexology (registration)
November 30, 2016
On May 12, 2006, Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Robert M. Morgenthau announced that L. Dennis Kozlowski, former CEO of Tyco International, would pay US$3.2 million to settle charges of avoiding sales tax on 12 paintings he purchased from art dealersÃÂ ...
The Jewish Voice
November 29, 2016
Truly exemplary public figures still exist. Robert M. Morgenthau served as the district attorney for Manhattan from 1975 till he retired in 2009, at the age of 90.
NJ.com
November 29, 2016
He is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, having served in the criminal division of that office under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau. Zirin is host of the critically acclaimed television talk show ...
Nooga.com
November 29, 2016
It chronicles the life of Henry Morgenthau, U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Henry Morgenthau Jr., U.S. secretary of the treasury under Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and Robert M. Morgenthau, district attorney of New York County for over 30 years.
New York Times
November 26, 2016
Because of an editing error, an article this Sunday about the life and career of Robert. M. Morgenthau misstates the job that Mr. Morgenthau held when he indicted more than 100 Mafia figures.
New York Times
November 26, 2016
Because of an editing error, an article this Sunday about the life and career of Robert. M. Morgenthau misstates the job that Mr. Morgenthau held when he indicted more than 100 Mafia figures.
New York Times
November 23, 2016
In his early years as a prosecutor, Robert M. Morgenthau was once asked about the most effective way to fight organized crime.
The Chattanoogan
November 16, 2016
The film chronicles the lives of Henry Morgenthau (senior) United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau (Junior) United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Robert M. Morgenthau, DistrictÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 10, 2016
Robert M. Morgenthau, Manhattan's district attorney from 1975 to 2009, was the classic example, his tenure spanning the terms of five mayors and his imprint on New York so lasting that for some residents, the letters "D.
Western Queens Gazette
October 6, 2016
In 2010, in recognition of her outstanding work in promoting legislation to protect crime victims, she received the Robert M. Morgenthau Award from the District Attorneys Association. In 2016, she received the President's Special Recognition Award. Ms ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
September 8, 2016
Donovan worked as a prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau's office for several years. He then went to work for Guy Molinari, who was Staten Island's borough president at the time.
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