Aaron Twerski
Aaron D. Twerski | |
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Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Marquette University Law School University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
Known for | Tort and product liability law |
Title | Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law |
Awards | Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award (2007); William L. Prosser Award; R. Ammi Cutter Reporter Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Law |
Institutions | Brooklyn Law School, Hofstra University, Duquesne University School of Law, Cornell University, Harvard Law School, University of Michigan, and Boston University |
Aaron D. Twerski (born May 1939) is an American lawyer and professor. He is the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law.
Early and personal life
He is a scion of the Chernobyl, Chabad, Sanz, and Bobov Hasidic dynasties. He and his twin brother Rabbi Michel Twerski were the youngest sons of Rabbi Jacob Israel Twerski (1899-1973) and Rebbetzin Dvorah Leah Twerski (1900-1995). He was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[1] where his father was the rabbi of Congregation Beth Jehudah. Aaron Twerski is the younger brother of Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski (1930–), a psychiatrist and author of 55 books on Judaism and self-image.[2] His twin brother is now the rabbi of Congregation Beth Jehudah.
He has been married to Kreindel Twerski since 1960. They live in Brooklyn, New York.[3]
Education
Twerski has an A.B. in Talmudic Law from Beth Medrash Elyon Talmudic Research Institute (1962), and attended Ner Israel Rabbinical College.[4] He received his Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1970),[4] where he was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor fraternity. He holds a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Marquette University Law School (1965), where he was the student editor of the Marquette Law Review.[4][3] He received the Marquette Law School Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.[3]
Career
He was a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Honors Program, 1965-66, and a teaching fellow at Harvard Law School from 1966–67. Twerski has been a visiting professor at Cornell Law School, Boston University, and the University of Michigan.
He has been a professor since 1986 at Brooklyn Law School, where he is the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law of Law and teaches conflict of laws, product liability, and torts.[5][3] He served as Dean of Hofstra University School of Law beginning in 2005.[3] In 2017 he left Hofstra Law School and returned to Brooklyn Law School.[6][7]
He is the author of six books and more than 80 articles in scholarly journals about torts, products liability, and conflict of laws.[3] He is a prolific scholar who served as co-reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Torts Third: Products Liability, receiving the prestigious designation of "R. Ammi Cutter Reporter" for his outstanding performance.
He received the William L. Prosser Award from the Association of American Law Schools.[3] He also received the Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award from the American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.[8]
He was appointed by federal judge Alvin Hellerstein as one of two Special Masters to handle cases filed by workers who suffered respiratory illnesses as a result of cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.[3]
References
- ^ "Aaron D. Twerski"
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h "Aaron Twerski // Award Recpients // 2019 Alumni National Awards // Marquette University". Marquette.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ a b c "Symposium: the products liability restatement : was it a success? - Robert L. Rabin, Brooklyn Law School - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ Courses
- ^ Biography
- ^ Episode 080 – Conversation with Prof. Aaron Twerski | BLS Library Blog
- ^ "Brooklyn Law School - 2019-04-09b". Brooklaw.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
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- Living people
- 1939 births
- American legal scholars
- Law school deans
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
- American Hasidic rabbis
- Beth Medrash Elyon alumni
- Cornell University faculty
- Boston University faculty
- Brooklyn Law School faculty
- Marquette University Law School alumni
- Harvard University faculty
- University of Michigan faculty
- Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov
- Conflict of laws scholars
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