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Abraham Isserman files, 1930-1976Creator/Contributor:
Isserman, Abraham, 1900-1988, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
National Federation for Constitutional LibertiesAbstract:
Court transcripts, correspondence, FBI survellience, memorandum, briefs, and clippings concerning Isserman's disbarment and
re-instatement to the legal profession during the 1940s. National Federation for Constitutional Liberties materials including
action and form letters.
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1930 (issued)Subject:
n-us-njIsserman, Abraham -- 1900-1988 -- Archives
Isserman, Abraham -- 1900-1988 -- Correspondence
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation.
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties.
Lawyers -- New Jersey -- Disbarment, disqualification, etc
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Abraham Isserman files, BANC MSS 99/280 cz:Series 13, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Abraham J. Isserman (May 11, 1900 - April 22, 1988) was an American lawyer and activist who defended Gerhart Eisler in 1947
and CPUSA leaders in the Foley Square trial (1949): he was found in contempt of court by Judge Harold Medina, sentenced to
four months in jail (1952), and disbarred. In 1961, New Jersey's Supreme Court voided the disbarment and his license was
restored. His clients included Edith Berkman, the New Jersey chapter of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the
union called the American Newspaper Guild. In the 1930s through 1941, he served as counsel for the American Civil Liberties
Union.
In English.
Contained in the finding aid of the National Lawyers Guild records.
Forms part of the National Lawyers Guild records (BANC MSS 99/280)
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