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2 Career  



2.1  Private practice  





2.2  Public practice  





2.3  National Lawyers Guild  







3 Personal life and death  





4 Quote  





5 Legacy  





6 Awards  





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8 See also  





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Osmond Fraenkel (Oct. 17, 1888-May 17, 1983) was an American attorney who served as general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union.[1][2][3][4]

Background

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Osmond Kessler Fraenkel was born on October 17, 1888, in New York City.[4] His parents were Joseph E. Fraenkel and Emily Kessler.[3]

He attended the Horace Mann School. In 1908, he received an A.B. magna cum laude as well as an A.M. from Harvard College. In 1911, he received an LL.B. from Columbia Law School.[3][4]

Career

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Fraenkel helped defend labor leader Harry Bridges.

In 1910, Fraenkel was admitted to New York State bar.[3] and entered private practice.[2]

Private practice

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In 1916, Fraenkel joined and became a partner in Goldsmith & Fraenkel. In 1928, the firm became Goldsmith, Jackson & Brock through 1942.[3] In 1942, the firm became Fraenkel, Jackson & Levitt through 1945. In 1945, he became counsel to Hays, St. John, Abramson & Schulman, later Hays, St. John, Abramson & Heilbron through 1981. In 1982, he joined Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman through his death in 1983.[2][3]

Public practice

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He served co-counsel to the New York Civil Liberties Committee from 1934[3] (or 1935[2] ) through 1955, at which time he became general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union[2] through 1977.[3]

He served as chair of the New York City Welfare Department Hearing Board from 1936 to 1951.[4]

In the 1930s, Fraenkel came to notoriety, first as attorney for the Scottsboro boys, then as attorney for Harry Bridges and Bertrand Russell.[2]InDe Jonge v. Oregon he defended a client accused of criminal syndicalism after this person had spoken at a meeting of the communist party.[2][4]

He defended Consumers Union's pamphlet on contraception from Frank Comerford Walker's opinion that it was obscene.[5]

Other cases argued include:

Fraenkel argued his last major case, United States v. Richardson, against Solicitor General Robert H. Bork.

InUnited States v. Richardson, Fraenkel argued against Solicitor General Robert H. Bork.

He opposed the McCarthyismofJoseph McCarthy.[2] He did legal work for the cases around Japanese American internment, the Pentagon Papers, and school prayer in the United States.[2]

National Lawyers Guild

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Fraenkel was a co-founder of the National Lawyers Guild and was present at pre-formation meeting in New York City on December 1, 1936.[7]

Personal life and death

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On December 11, 1913, Fraenkel married Helene Esberg; they had three children: Nancy (Mrs. James A. Wechsler), Carol (Mrs. Mack Lipkin), and George K.[3]

In addition to the National Lawyers Guild, Fraenkel was also a member of Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Arbitration Association.[3]

Fraenkel died age 94 on May 17, 1983, in New York City while walking to work.[2]

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Legacy

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Norman Dorsen and Ira Glasser called Fraenkel "one of the giants in contemporary life."[2]

Awards

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Works

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He authored more than 100 books an articles, including a book on the Sacco and Vanzetti case.[2]

The Library of Congress catalog lists the following works:

Harvard's catalog on Fraenkel's papers[3] lists three books:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Osmond K. Fraenkel Diaries" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. 13 October 1997. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Margolick, David (17 May 1983). "Osmond K. Fraenkel Dies at 94 - Former Counsel to the A.C.L.U." The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Osmond Kessler Fraenkel papers". Harvard Law School Historical & Special Collections. June 1985. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  • ^ a b c d e John R. Vile, ed. (June 1985). "Osmond Fraenkel". Great American Lawyers [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia. Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 295. ISBN 9781576072028. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  • ^ Walker, Samuel (1990). In defense of American liberties : a history of the ACLU. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0195045390.
  • ^ https://www.oyez.org/advocates/f/o/osmond_k_fraenkel [bare URL]
  • ^ Rabinowitz, Victor; Ledwith, Tim Ledwith, eds. (1987). A History of the NLG: 1937-1987. New York: National Lawyers Guild. pp. 7–8 (pre-formation). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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