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Richard Kuh

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Richard H. Kuh
District Attorney of New York County
In office
February 5, 1974 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byFrank S. Hogan
Succeeded byRobert M. Morgenthau
ConstituencyNew York County, New York
Personal details
Born (1921-04-27) April 27, 1921 (age 103)
New York, New York
Alma materColumbia University, Harvard University

Richard H. Kuh (born April 27, 1921 in New York, New York) is 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 the Harvard University with magna cum laude distinction in 1948. 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.[1]

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.[2]

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Preceded by New York County District Attorney
1974
Succeeded by

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