Joseph N. Ulman, MSA SC 3520-14398

Archives of Maryland
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Joseph N. Ulman (1878-1943)
MSA SC 3520-14398

Biography:

Born Joseph Nathan Ulman on August 8, 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland. Son of Nathan and Dina Oppenheim Ulman. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Johns Hopkins University, 1898; Columbia University Law School, 1901. Admitted to Maryland bar, 1901. Married Ella Guggenheimer (1879-1971), June 23, 1903; two children: Joseph N. Ulman, Jr. (1908-1993) and Elinor Ulman (1910-1991). Died April 19, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Lawyer and Judge. Practiced law with Samuel J. Harman, until Harman's death. Practiced with the law firm Knapp, Ulman and Tucker until his appointment to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City by Governor Albert C. Ritchie in 1924. President, Prisoners' Aid Association, 1910-1912; Hebrew Benevolent Society of Baltimore; Urban League of Baltimore. Member, Executive Committee of the Community Fund. Vice-President, Baltimore Branch of the American Jewish Congress. Director, Legal Aid Bureau of Baltimore. Chair, Prison Industry's Reorganization Board; appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt. Faculty, University of Maryland Law School. Author, A Judge Takes the Stand and other magazine articles and pamphlets. Associate editor, Criminal Law and Criminology.