Milton S. Gould (October 8, 1909 – March 22, 1999) was a prominent

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trial attorney.

Early life

Milton S. Gould was born on October 8, 1909. He graduated from

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in 1933.

Career

Gould started his career as an attorney in New York City. Later, he joined the law firm Kaufman, Weitzman & Celler. The founders of that firm included

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, who later became a U.S. Congressman from Brooklyn, and Samuel H. Kaufman, who later served as a federal judge and presided over the first trial of

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. In 1964, Gould co-founded the law firm

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with

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. Gould represented such clients as

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, New York City Mayor

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and the Reverend

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. In 1971-1972, Gould returned to the Cornell Law School to serve as a professor of trial advocacy and trained a new cadre of trial lawyers. In 1979, Gould published "The Witness Who Spoke With God and Other Tales From The Courthouse" (Viking, 1979), a book of a collection of his stories which had previously appeared in the

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. In 1984, Gould represented former Israeli defense minister

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in his libel case against Time Magazine. In 1985, Gould's book "A Cast of Hawks" (Copley, 1985).

Death

Gould died on March 22, 1999.

References

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