Daniel Gutman

Biography

Gutman was born on July 1, 1901, in New York. After receiving his degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1922, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Assistant United States Attorney General, and an Assistant District Attorney of Kings County.

Gutman was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 22nd D.) in 1939. He resigned his seat on October 4, 1939, to run for the State Senate. He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) from 1940 to 1943, sitting in the 162nd, 163rd and 164th New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on August 9, 1943, to run for the Municipal Court.

He was a Justice of the New York City Municipal Court from 1944 to 1954; and during the latter year was appointed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. as Presiding Justice of the Municipal Court. He resigned at the end of 1954, and was appointed as Counsel to the Governor by W. Averell Harriman in 1955. He remained on that post until the end of Harriman's term in 1958.

He was a Dean of New York Law School from 1959 to 1968.

He died in September 1993.