Bernard Botein
| Bernard Botein | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 6, 1900 New York City, New York |
| Died | February 3, 1973 (aged 72) New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | judge |
| Employer | New York Court of Appeals |
| Spouse(s) | Marian Berman Botein |
| Children | Michael Botein (1945-2016) |
Bernard Botein (May 6, 1900 – February 3, 1974) was a prominent New York City lawyer and judge, a legal reformer, a presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and a president of the New York City Bar Association.
Bernard Botein was born to a German Jewish family on New York’s Lower East Side on May 6, 1900. His father died when he was six, and he worked various jobs throughout his youth to support his family and pay for his education, including flower deliveryman, newspaper carrier, and clerk in an insurance office. He served as a private in the United States Army during World War I. He attended Morris High School in the Bronx, City College of New York, and Brooklyn Law School.
In 1929, Botein was hired as assistant district attorney in Manhattan, where he served as head of the Accident Fraud Bureau and brought over 200 prosecutions against ambulance chasing lawyers, doctors and professional accident victims. In 1938, Governor Herbert H. Lehman appointed Botein general counsel for the State Insurance Fund, where he headed an investigation that led to the conviction of 18 auditors for bribery and the dismissal of 40 others for violation of the New York Civil Service Code. In 1940, as the head of another special investigation, Botein uncovered fraud and waste in the awarding of state printing contracts, leading to 14 possible prosecutions, the disqualification of two companies from receiving state contracts, and a report recommending a cost-saving reorganization of the state’s printing procedures.
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