Ginsburg, David, 1912-2010

Lawyer, author, and educator.

From the description of David Ginsburg papers, 1919-2007 (bulk 1945-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745430152

Biographical Note

• 1912, Apr. 30: Born, New York, N.Y.
• 1932: A.B., West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
• 1935: LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1935 - 1939 : Attorney, Public Utilities Division and Office of General Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission
• 1939: Law clerk, Justice William O. Douglas, United States Supreme Court
• 1939 - 1940 : Assistant to the commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission
• 1940: Married Leah Lipson (divorced 1949)
• 1940 - 1941 : Legal advisor, National Defense Advisory Committee, Price Stabilization Division
• 1941 - 1942 : General counsel, Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply
• 1942 - 1943 : General counsel, Office of Price Administration
• 1943 - 1946 : Served in United States Army
• 1945 - 1946 : Deputy director, Economics Division, Office of Military Government for Germany (United States), Berlin, Germany
• 1946 - 1998 : Partner in law firm, Ginsburg and Leventhal (later Ginsburg, Feldman & Bress)
• 1947: Published, The Future of German Reparations. Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association Consultant to United States delegation, Committee of Experts, Austrian Treaty Commission, Vienna, Austria
• 1947 - 1948 : Consultant to United States delegation, Council of Foreign Ministers, Fifth Session, London, England
• 1950: Married Christina (“Ina”) Essley (divorced) Administrative assistant, Senator Matthew Mansfield Neely
• circa 1951 - 1963 : Attorney, representing Studiengesellschaft für privatrechtliche Auslandinteresse, e. V., in the recovery of German assets seized in foreign countries during World War II
• 1958 - 1959 : Attorney, aiding in the representation of the trustees of Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
• 1959 - 1967 : Adjunct professor of International Law, Georgetown University, School of Law, Washington, D.C.
• 1960 - 1969 : Board member and chairman of Executive Committee, National Symphony Orchestra Association
• 1966: Member, Presidential Emergency Board No. 166 (Airlines)
• 1967 - 1968 : Executive director, National Advisory Council on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission) investigating the cause of the summer riots in the African-American community
• 1968: Co-chairman, Citizens for Humphrey, during the presidential campaign Consultant, Office of Emergency Planning
• 1968 - 1970 : General counsel, Democratic National Committee
• 1969: Chairman, Presidential Emergency Board No. 169 (Railroads)
• circa 1975: Married Marianne Laïs
• 1998 - 2007 : Senior counsel, law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
• 2010, May 23: Died, Arlington, Va.

From the guide to the David Ginsburg Papers, 1919-2007, (bulk 1945-2005), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)