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Cecelia Goetz

Cecelia Helen Goetz (September 30, 1917 – January 26, 2004) was an American lawyer and bankruptcy judge who served as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.

Cecelia Goetz
Goetz delivering the opening statement at the Krupp trial, December 8, 1947
United States Bankruptcy Judge
In office
1978–1993
Associate Counsel at Nuremberg
In office
1946–1948
Personal details
Born(1917-09-30)September 30, 1917
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 2004(2004-01-26) (aged 86)
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Alma materNew York University (BA, LLB, LLM)

Early life edit

Goetz graduated from Textile High School in Chelsea, where she was editor-in-chief of the school paper.[1] Goetz earned her law degree from New York University School of Law where she served as editor-in-chief of the New York University Law Review—the first woman named editor-in-chief of a major American law journal[2]—and graduated as salutatorian in 1940.[3][4][5] While in law school, she studied abroad at the Sorbonne.[1] As of her graduation in 1940, she lived at 2015 Avenue I in Brooklyn.[6]

Nuremberg edit

After initially being rebuffed, Goetz took a job at the Department of Justice in the equivalent of today's Civil Division.[4][7] She applied to serve as a Nuremberg prosecutor, was rebuffed again at the instance of the Department of War,[5] but was eventually given a "waiver of disability" by Telford Taylor so she could serve.[8][9][8] The "disability" was her gender.[8][8] She had been offered a supervisor's role at Justice—the first woman to be given such an opportunity—but declined it in favor of work at Nuremberg.[10]

She was first involved in the Flick Trial[11] and then became Associate Counsel on the trial of Alfred Krupp,[9] delivering the opening statement on December 8, 1947.[12] She was one of four women on the Nuremberg prosecution team and, as Associate Counsel, she outranked six men.[5][13] At the time, she observed that "[t]o get a decision in this case would, in my opinion, be a great step toward avoiding future wars."[1] She would later describe her participation in the trials as "the most important work I have ever been involved in."[13]

Private practice and government edit

After Nuremberg, Goetz returned to the United States. She worked at her father Isidor Goetz's firm, Goetz & Goetz,[1][14] and later became the first woman to serve as Assistant Chief Counsel to the Economic Stabilization Agency.[9] She was later Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the Tax Division of the Department of Justice.[15] In 1964, she was admitted to the partnership at Herzfeld & Rubin, a New York law firm.[9]

Judicial career edit

Goetz was appointed a United States Bankruptcy Judge in 1978,[9] becoming the first woman to serve as Bankruptcy Judge in New York's Eastern District.[3] Her chambers were in Happauge, New York.[16] In the early 1990s, Goetz oversaw the bankruptcy proceedings of Braniff International Airways, which had filed under Chapter 11 in August 1991.[16] She served until 1993,[17] returning to Herzfeld & Rubin thereafter.[18]

Works edit

  • Goetz, Cecelia H.; Hoenig, Michael (1974). "A Rational Approach to 'Crashworthy' Automobiles: The Need for Judicial Responsibility". Southwestern University Law Review. 6 (1): 1–87. ISSN 0886-3296 – via HeinOnline.
  • Goetz, Cecelia H. (1980). "The Basic Rules of Antitrust Damages". Antitrust Law Journal. 49 (1): 125–140. ISSN 0003-6056. JSTOR 40840258.
  • Goetz, Cecelia H. (1982). "Bankruptcy". Brooklyn Law Review. 48 (4): 821–44. ISSN 0007-2362 – via HeinOnline.
  • Goetz, Cecelia H. (1982). "Consumer Bankruptcies: Should Ability-to-Pay Condition Bankruptcy Relief?". New York Law School Law Review. 27 (3): 705–744. ISSN 0145-448X – via HeinOnline.
  • Goetz, Cecelia H. (1999). "Impressions of Telford Taylor at Nuremberg". Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. 37: 669–672. ISSN 0010-1931 – via HeinOnline.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Barden, Judy (January 22, 1948). "U.S. Woman Attorney at Nuernberg Reveals Her Age but Not Weight". The Scranton Times-Tribune. North American Newspaper Alliance. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Amann 2011, p. 609.
  3. ^ a b "Alumnus/Alumna of the Month: Cecelia Goetz". New York University School of Law. from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2020. Goetz proved to be up to any challenge and graduated as the salutatorian of the class of 1940. … She was the first woman bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of New York.
  4. ^ a b Berry 1996, p. 173.
  5. ^ a b c Heller 2011, p. 34.
  6. ^ "Boro Girl Gives Salutatory at Law School Exercises". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 4, 1940. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Amann 2011, p. 610.
  8. ^ a b c d Morello 1986, p. 184.
  9. ^ a b c d e Berry 1996, p. 174.
  10. ^ Lynch, Loretta (September 29, 2016). Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials (Speech). 10th International Humanitarian Law Dialogues. Nuremberg, Germany. from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Nürnberg Krupp Trial Papers of Judge Hu C. Anderson". Vanderbilt University. from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  12. ^ Amann 2011, p. 612.
  13. ^ a b Riddle, Lyn (September 27, 1997). "Prosecution of Nazis still stirs pride, passion". Atlanta Journal-Constitution – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Amann 2011, p. 614.
  15. ^ Amann 2011, p. 615.
  16. ^ a b "Company News; Court Is Asked to Appoint Trustee for Braniff Breakup". The New York Times. July 23, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  17. ^ Trust, Alan. "Message from the President". Federal Bar Association. from the original on July 27, 2020. … [Goetz] was appointed as the first woman bankruptcy judge in the EDNY, a position she served in with distinction until she retired in 1993.
  18. ^ Berry 1996, p. 175.

Sources edit

  • Amann, Diane Marie (2011). "Cecelia Goetz, Woman at Nuremberg". International Criminal Law Review. 11 (3): 607–620. doi:10.1163/157181211X576456. ISSN 1567-536X. SSRN 1694855.
  • Berry, Dawn Bradley (1996). The 50 Most Influential Women in American Law. Los Angeles: Lowell House. ISBN 9781565654693.
  • Heller, Kevin Jon (2011). The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554317.001.0001. hdl:1887/17757. ISBN 978-0-19-172862-4. OCLC 757401636.
  • Morello, Karen Berger (1986). The Invisible Bar: The Woman Lawyer in America, 1638 to the Present. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-52964-2. OCLC 13269032 – via Internet Archive.

Further reading edit

External links edit

  • Interview with Goetz about her participation in the Nuremberg trials on YouTube
  • Brief of the prosecution in the Krupp trial

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Cecelia Helen Goetz September 30 1917 January 26 2004 was an American lawyer and bankruptcy judge who served as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials Cecelia GoetzGoetz delivering the opening statement at the Krupp trial December 8 1947United States Bankruptcy JudgeIn office 1978 1993Associate Counsel at NurembergIn office 1946 1948Personal detailsBorn 1917 09 30 September 30 1917New York City New York U S DiedJanuary 26 2004 2004 01 26 aged 86 West Palm Beach Florida U S Alma materNew York University BA LLB LLM Contents 1 Early life 2 Nuremberg 3 Private practice and government 4 Judicial career 5 Works 6 Notes 7 Sources 8 Further reading 9 External linksEarly life editGoetz graduated from Textile High School in Chelsea where she was editor in chief of the school paper 1 Goetz earned her law degree from New York University School of Law where she served as editor in chief of the New York University Law Review the first woman named editor in chief of a major American law journal 2 and graduated as salutatorian in 1940 3 4 5 While in law school she studied abroad at the Sorbonne 1 As of her graduation in 1940 she lived at 2015 Avenue I in Brooklyn 6 Nuremberg editFurther information Flick Trial and Krupp Trial After initially being rebuffed Goetz took a job at the Department of Justice in the equivalent of today s Civil Division 4 7 She applied to serve as a Nuremberg prosecutor was rebuffed again at the instance of the Department of War 5 but was eventually given a waiver of disability by Telford Taylor so she could serve 8 9 8 The disability was her gender 8 8 She had been offered a supervisor s role at Justice the first woman to be given such an opportunity but declined it in favor of work at Nuremberg 10 She was first involved in the Flick Trial 11 and then became Associate Counsel on the trial of Alfred Krupp 9 delivering the opening statement on December 8 1947 12 She was one of four women on the Nuremberg prosecution team and as Associate Counsel she outranked six men 5 13 At the time she observed that t o get a decision in this case would in my opinion be a great step toward avoiding future wars 1 She would later describe her participation in the trials as the most important work I have ever been involved in 13 Private practice and government editAfter Nuremberg Goetz returned to the United States She worked at her father Isidor Goetz s firm Goetz amp Goetz 1 14 and later became the first woman to serve as Assistant Chief Counsel to the Economic Stabilization Agency 9 She was later Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the Tax Division of the Department of Justice 15 In 1964 she was admitted to the partnership at Herzfeld amp Rubin a New York law firm 9 Judicial career editGoetz was appointed a United States Bankruptcy Judge in 1978 9 becoming the first woman to serve as Bankruptcy Judge in New York s Eastern District 3 Her chambers were in Happauge New York 16 In the early 1990s Goetz oversaw the bankruptcy proceedings of Braniff International Airways which had filed under Chapter 11 in August 1991 16 She served until 1993 17 returning to Herzfeld amp Rubin thereafter 18 Works editGoetz Cecelia H Hoenig Michael 1974 A Rational Approach to Crashworthy Automobiles The Need for Judicial Responsibility Southwestern University Law Review 6 1 1 87 ISSN 0886 3296 via HeinOnline Goetz Cecelia H 1980 The Basic Rules of Antitrust Damages Antitrust Law Journal 49 1 125 140 ISSN 0003 6056 JSTOR 40840258 Goetz Cecelia H 1982 Bankruptcy Brooklyn Law Review 48 4 821 44 ISSN 0007 2362 via HeinOnline Goetz Cecelia H 1982 Consumer Bankruptcies Should Ability to Pay Condition Bankruptcy Relief New York Law School Law Review 27 3 705 744 ISSN 0145 448X via HeinOnline Goetz Cecelia H 1999 Impressions of Telford Taylor at Nuremberg Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 37 669 672 ISSN 0010 1931 via HeinOnline Notes edit a b c d Barden Judy January 22 1948 U S Woman Attorney at Nuernberg Reveals Her Age but Not Weight The Scranton Times Tribune North American Newspaper Alliance p 22 via Newspapers com Amann 2011 p 609 a b Alumnus Alumna of the Month Cecelia Goetz New York University School of Law Archived from the original on January 27 2019 Retrieved June 27 2020 Goetz proved to be up to any challenge and graduated as the salutatorian of the class of 1940 She was the first woman bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of New York a b Berry 1996 p 173 a b c Heller 2011 p 34 Boro Girl Gives Salutatory at Law School Exercises Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 4 1940 p 14 via Newspapers com Amann 2011 p 610 a b c d Morello 1986 p 184 a b c d e Berry 1996 p 174 Lynch Loretta September 29 2016 Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials Speech 10th International Humanitarian Law Dialogues Nuremberg Germany Archived from the original on June 29 2020 Retrieved June 27 2020 Nurnberg Krupp Trial Papers of Judge Hu C Anderson Vanderbilt University Archived from the original on June 29 2020 Retrieved June 27 2020 Amann 2011 p 612 a b Riddle Lyn September 27 1997 Prosecution of Nazis still stirs pride passion Atlanta Journal Constitution via Newspapers com Amann 2011 p 614 Amann 2011 p 615 a b Company News Court Is Asked to Appoint Trustee for Braniff Breakup The New York Times July 23 1992 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 30 2020 Retrieved June 27 2020 Trust Alan Message from the President Federal Bar Association Archived from the original on July 27 2020 Goetz was appointed as the first woman bankruptcy judge in the EDNY a position she served in with distinction until she retired in 1993 Berry 1996 p 175 Sources editAmann Diane Marie 2011 Cecelia Goetz Woman at Nuremberg International Criminal Law Review 11 3 607 620 doi 10 1163 157181211X576456 ISSN 1567 536X SSRN 1694855 Berry Dawn Bradley 1996 The 50 Most Influential Women in American Law Los Angeles Lowell House ISBN 9781565654693 Heller Kevin Jon 2011 The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law Oxford Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 acprof oso 9780199554317 001 0001 hdl 1887 17757 ISBN 978 0 19 172862 4 OCLC 757401636 Morello Karen Berger 1986 The Invisible Bar The Woman Lawyer in America 1638 to the Present New York Random House ISBN 0 394 52964 2 OCLC 13269032 via Internet Archive Further reading editManchester William 1968 The Arms of Krupp 1587 1968 New York Bantam Books ISBN 0 316 52940 0 OCLC 237115 Chapter 25 provides a detailed account of the Krupp trial and Goetz s role in it External links editInterview with Goetz about her participation in the Nuremberg trials on YouTube Brief of the prosecution in the Krupp trial Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cecelia Goetz amp oldid 1151758974, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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