Daniel Gutman

Gutman was born on July 1, 1901, in New York.{{cite web|author=Eric Pace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/06/obituaries/daniel-gutman-municipal-judge-and-law-school-dean-dies-at-92.html |title=Daniel Gutman, Municipal Judge And Law School Dean, Dies at 92 |work=The New York Times |date=September 6, 1993 |access-date=October 19, 2013}} He attended Boys High School. He received his degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1922.

He then 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.{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-09-07/news/1993250153_1_gutman-averell-harriman-york-law-school |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131019052244/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-09-07/news/1993250153_1_gutman-averell-harriman-york-law-school |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |title=Daniel Gutman, 92, a former dean of New York Law School|work=Baltimore Sun |date=September 7, 1993 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E12FB3C5C167B93C5A91783D85F478485F9 |title=GUTMAN QUITS SENATE |work=The New York Times |date=August 7, 1943 |url-access=subscription}}

He was a justice of the New York City Municipal Court from 1944 to 1954; and during the latter year was appointed by New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. as Presiding Justice of the Municipal Court. He resigned at the end of 1954.

He 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/09/07/daniel-gutman/ |title=Daniel Gutman |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=September 7, 1993 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}

Gutman was Dean of New York Law School from 1959 to 1968.{{cite web|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=&handle=hein.journals/nyls13&div=36&id=&page= |title=Tributes to Dean Daniel Gutman |publisher=13 New York Law Forum |date=1967 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}

After hearing highly decorated 45-year-old policeman Mario Biaggi speak at an event, Dean Gutman offered him a full scholarship to New York Law School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/27/us/briefing-the-biaggi-gratitude.html|title=BRIEFING; The Biaggi Gratitude|first1=James F.|last1=Clarity|first2=Warren Jr.|last2=Weaver|date=September 27, 1985|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/06/nyregion/biaggi-treading-a-path-of-success-but-trailed-by-an-image-in-shadow.html|title=Biaggi: Treading a Path of Success, But Trailed by an Image in Shadow|first=Mark A.|last=Uhlig|date=August 6, 1988|work=The New York Times}} The American Bar Association granted Biaggi a special dispensation to study law due to his distinguished police career, even though he had never gone to college and a college degree was a prerequisite for law school.{{cite book|last1=Ashabranner|first1=Brent K.|title=Badge of Valor: The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial|date=2000|publisher=Twenty First Century Books|location=Brookfield, Conn.|isbn=0-7613-1522-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/badgeofvalornati0000asha/page/20 20]|url=https://archive.org/details/badgeofvalornati0000asha|url-access=registration|access-date=August 15, 2016|author-link=Brent Ashabranner}} In 1965, Biaggi graduated from the law school with an LLB.{{Cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000432|title=Biaggi, Mario (1917-2015)|publisher=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress }} In 1966, at the age of 49, he was admitted to the New York State Bar and founded the law firm Biaggi & Ehrlich, and thereafter he became a US Congressman.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYLSXTOFpmAC&dq=%22mario+biaggi%22++%22high+school%22+haaren&pg=PA46|title=An Ex-cop Makes his move to Take Over the City|work=New York Magazine|date=December 11, 1972|publisher=New York Media, LLC|author=Richard Reeves}}

Gutman died in September 1993 at his home in Carmel in Putnam County, New York.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19930907&id=f7AcAAAAIBAJ&pg=4051,1458082 |title=Daniel Gutman|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |access-date=October 19, 2013}}

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