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Morganthau To End Tenure As Manhattan DA

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Law Related
Posted on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 10:10:44 AM EST
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The NYTimes reports that "[Robert] Morgenthau Won't Seek Re-election."

Morganthau is a legendary figure in New York legal circles. From Wikipedia:

Morgenthau graduated from Yale Law School in 1948 and joined the New York law firm of Patterson, Belknap & Webb, becoming a partner in 1954. In 1961, after twelve years of practicing corporate law, Morgenthau accepted an appointment from President John F. Kennedy as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. . . .

Morgenthau was elected to the office of District Attorney of New York County [in 1974.] This was a special election caused by the death of Frank S. Hogan who had served as D.A. for over thirty years.He was elected to a full term in 1977 and has been reelected seven times. He has not been opposed in a general election since 1985.

It will be the end of an era.

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    Morganthau To End Tenure As Manhattan DA | 6 comments (6 topical)

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    Of course not (none / 0) (#1)
    by jbindc on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 10:12:53 AM EST
    Jack McCoy is running this year and will probably pull out a close one.

    :)

    hehehehehe (none / 0) (#2)
    by andgarden on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 10:18:18 AM EST
    How did he beat Fred Thompson anyway? ;-)

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    They never did explain (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by jbindc on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 10:25:11 AM EST
    But Fred Thompson was on "Life on Mars" last week as Chief of Detectives.....I guess he got demoted!

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    all good things..... (none / 0) (#4)
    by blogname on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 06:15:52 PM EST
    as much as i like morgenthau, i think the "era" must end. i remember my nyc days. he was a good "liberal" prosecutor. but i was 9 years old when he first became d.a. i graduated from law school 16 years ago.

    An era indeed (none / 0) (#5)
    by Steve M on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 06:42:21 PM EST
    I believe Justice Stevens said that Morganthau inspired him to go into law.

    Given that he is such an icon, (none / 0) (#6)
    by Anne on Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 10:18:32 PM EST
    it would be fitting if the spelling of his name could be corrected in both the title and the second sentence of the post.  It's MorgEnthau, not MorgAnthau.

    [sorry...I have a thing about spelling, especially names...]

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