{{short description|American politician}}
'''Daniel Gutman''' (July 1, 1901 – September 1993) was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and law school dean from [[New York (state)|New York]].
==Early life== Gutman was born on July 1, 1901, in New York.<ref name="nytimes1993">{{cite web|author=Eric Pace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/06/obituaries/daniel-gutman-municipal-judge-and-law-school-dean-dies-at-92.html |title=Daniel Gutman, Municipal Judge And Law School Dean, Dies at 92 |work=The New York Times |date=September 6, 1993 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref> He attended [[Boys High School (Brooklyn)|Boys High School]]. He received his degree from [[Brooklyn Law School]] in 1922.
==Prosecutor== He then served as [[Assistant United States Attorney]] for the [[Eastern District of New York]], Assistant United States Attorney General, and an Assistant District Attorney of [[Brooklyn|Kings County]].<ref name="nytimes1993"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-09-07/news/1993250153_1_gutman-averell-harriman-york-law-school |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131019052244/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-09-07/news/1993250153_1_gutman-averell-harriman-york-law-school |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |title=Daniel Gutman, 92, a former dean of New York Law School|work=[[Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 7, 1993 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref>
==Political career== Gutman was a member of the [[New York State Assembly]] (Kings Co., 22nd D.) in [[162nd New York State Legislature|1939]]. He resigned his seat on October 4, 1939, to run for the State Senate. He was a member of the [[New York State Senate]] (9th D.) from 1940 to 1943, sitting in the [[162nd New York State Legislature|162nd]], [[163rd New York State Legislature|163rd]], and [[164th New York State Legislature]]s. He resigned his seat on August 9, 1943, to run for the Municipal Court.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E12FB3C5C167B93C5A91783D85F478485F9 |title=GUTMAN QUITS SENATE |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 7, 1943 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Judge== He was a justice of the New York City Municipal Court from 1944 to 1954;<ref name="nytimes1993"/> and during the latter year was appointed by New York City Mayor [[Robert F. Wagner, Jr.]] as Presiding Justice of the Municipal Court.<ref name="nytimes1993"/> He resigned at the end of 1954.
==Counsel to governor== He was appointed as Counsel to the Governor by [[W. Averell Harriman]] in 1955. He remained on that post until the end of Harriman's term in 1958.<ref name="nytimes1993"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/09/07/daniel-gutman/ |title=Daniel Gutman |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=September 7, 1993 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref>
==Law school dean== Gutman was Dean of [[New York Law School]] from 1959 to 1968.<ref name="nytimes1993"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=&handle=hein.journals/nyls13&div=36&id=&page= |title=Tributes to Dean Daniel Gutman |publisher=13 New York Law Forum |date=1967 |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref>
After hearing highly decorated 45-year-old policeman [[Mario Biaggi]] speak at an event, Dean Gutman offered him a full scholarship to New York Law School.<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/27/us/briefing-the-biaggi-gratitude.html|title=BRIEFING; The Biaggi Gratitude|first1=James F.|last1=Clarity|first2=Warren Jr.|last2=Weaver|date=September 27, 1985|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/06/nyregion/biaggi-treading-a-path-of-success-but-trailed-by-an-image-in-shadow.html|title=Biaggi: Treading a Path of Success, But Trailed by an Image in Shadow|first=Mark A.|last=Uhlig|date=August 6, 1988|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The [[American Bar Association]] granted Biaggi a special dispensation to study law due to his distinguished police career, even though he had never gone to college and a college degree was a prerequisite for law school.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ashabranner|first1=Brent K.|title=Badge of Valor: The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial|date=2000|publisher=Twenty First Century Books|location=Brookfield, Conn.|isbn=0-7613-1522-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/badgeofvalornati0000asha/page/20 20]|url=https://archive.org/details/badgeofvalornati0000asha|url-access=registration|access-date=August 15, 2016|author-link=Brent Ashabranner}}</ref> In 1965, Biaggi graduated from the law school with an [[LLB]].<ref name="auto11"/><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000432|title=Biaggi, Mario (1917-2015)|publisher=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress }}</ref> In 1966, at the age of 49, he was admitted to the [[New York State Bar]] and founded the law firm Biaggi & Ehrlich, and thereafter he became a US Congressman.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYLSXTOFpmAC&dq=%22mario+biaggi%22++%22high+school%22+haaren&pg=PA46|title=An Ex-cop Makes his move to Take Over the City|work=New York Magazine|date=December 11, 1972|publisher=New York Media, LLC|author=Richard Reeves}}</ref>
Gutman died in September 1993 at his home in [[Carmel, New York|Carmel]] in [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="nytimes1993"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19930907&id=f7AcAAAAIBAJ&pg=4051,1458082 |title=Daniel Gutman|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |access-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref>
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