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As a New York County Assistant D.A., Kuh served as Administrative Assistant to District Attorney [[Frank Hogan|Frank S. Hogan]] and Chief of the Criminal Courts Bureau. Kuh was the prosecutor who won the controversial conviction of [[Lenny Bruce]] on obscenity charges.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E4D91730F932A25752C0A9629C8B63 FOLLOWING UP - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
As a New York County Assistant D.A., Kuh served as Administrative Assistant to District Attorney [[Frank Hogan|Frank S. Hogan]] and Chief of the Criminal Courts Bureau. Kuh was the prosecutor who won the controversial conviction of [[Lenny Bruce]] on obscenity charges.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E4D91730F932A25752C0A9629C8B63 FOLLOWING UP - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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In 1974, Kuh succeeded Hogan as District Attorney of New York County after Hogan suffered a stroke and resigned. In September 1974, Kuh was defeated by [[Robert M. Morgenthau]] in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the vacancy.<ref>[http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/newyork/features/9546/index2.html Robert Morgenthau - Manhattan DA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
In 1974, Kuh succeeded Hogan as District Attorney of New York County after Hogan suffered a stroke and resigned. In September 1974, Kuh was defeated by [[Robert M. Morgenthau]] in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the vacancy.<ref>[http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/newyork/features/9546/index2.html Robert Morgenthau - Manhattan DA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Kuh was DA when [[Philippe Petit]] made his famous tightrope walk between Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]] and famously agreed that his punishment should be a free show for children in [[Central Park]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Lichtenstein|first=Grace|title=Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a Tightrope Between Trade Center Towers|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/08/nyregion/08WTC.html|work=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=February 10, 2013}}</ref>. |
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Revision as of 22:48, 10 February 2013
Richard H. Kuh | |
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| District Attorney of New York County | |
| In office February 5, 1974 – December 31, 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Frank S. Hogan |
| Succeeded by | Robert M. Morgenthau |
| Constituency | New York County, New York |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 27, 1921 New York, New York |
| Died | November 17, 2011 (aged 90) New York, New York |
| Alma mater | Columbia University, Harvard Law School |
Richard Henry Kuh (April 27, 1921 – November 17, 2011) was a partner at the law firm of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP. He was New York County District Attorney in 1974.
Education
Kuh received a Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1941, and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School with magna cum laude distinction in 1948.[1] At Harvard, Kuh was also on the Board of Editors for the Harvard Law Review.
New York County District Attorney's Office
As a New York County Assistant D.A., Kuh served as Administrative Assistant to District Attorney Frank S. Hogan and Chief of the Criminal Courts Bureau. Kuh was the prosecutor who won the controversial conviction of Lenny Bruce on obscenity charges.[2]
In 1974, Kuh succeeded Hogan as District Attorney of New York County after Hogan suffered a stroke and resigned. In September 1974, Kuh was defeated by Robert M. Morgenthau in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the vacancy.[3] Kuh was DA when Philippe Petit made his famous tightrope walk between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and famously agreed that his punishment should be a free show for children in Central Park[4].
References
- ^ Richard H. Kuh, Ex-Manhattan Prosecutor, Dies at 90
- ^ FOLLOWING UP - New York Times
- ^ Robert Morgenthau - Manhattan DA
- ^ Lichtenstein, Grace. "Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a Tightrope Between Trade Center Towers". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
External links & Sources
- Lawyers.com - Richard H. Kuh
- Richard H. Kuh: Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh
- Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover, The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall & Rise of an American Icon (cloth: 2002) (digital: 2012)
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