Wachtler, Sol

Sol Wachtler served as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court (1968-1972) and Judge of New York's highest court, The New York Court of Appeals (1973-1992). In 1985 he was appointed Chief Judge of that court and Chief Judge of the State of New York. An honor graduate of Washington and Lee University and its law school, he has been awarded thirteen honorary Doctor of Law Degrees and has been a scholar in residence at several law schools. He authored the book After the Madness (Random House) and was a critic at large for The New Yorker magazine. He is currently a Professor of Law at Touro Law Sc...