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Harold Baer Jr. was born on 16 February, 1933 in New York City, U.S., is an American judge (1933–2014). Discover Harold Baer Jr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 16 February, 1933
Birthday 16 February
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death 27 May, 2014
Died Place Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1933

Harold Baer Jr. (February 16, 1933 – May 27, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

1954

Born in New York City, New York, Baer received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College in 1954, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

1957

He received his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1957.

Baer's father, Harold Baer, was a longtime New York Supreme Court justice, born in New York City.

1958

Baer Jr.'s own legal career began as an assistant to the General Counsel of Greater New York Mutual Insurance in 1958.

1959

He was then Assistant Counsel to the New York State Commission on the Governmental Operations of the City of New York (1959–60) and New York State Commission of Investigation (1960–61).

1961

From 1961 to 1967 he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.

1967

He then served as Executive director, Civilian Complaint Review Board New York City Police Department from 1967 to 1968 before going back to the United States Attorney's office as Chief of the Criminal Division from 1970 to 1972.

1974

He was then an adjunct professor at New York Law School from 1974 to 1983.

1982

Baer was elected to serve in the New York Supreme Court for New York County in 1982 and served until 1992.

While serving as a state trial judge, he was among the first in the United States to rule that a same-sex couple could be considered a family, so that the surviving member of the couple could benefit from tenant protections under the New York Rental Control laws.

1992

Although his decision was reversed by the Appellate Division, the Court of Appeals agreed with him in the landmark case of Braschi v. Stahl Associates Co. He was then Executive Judicial Officer for the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc from 1992 to 1994.

1994

He was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 26, 1994, to fill a seat vacated by Judge Robert W. Sweet.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9 and received his commission the next day.

1996

Judge Baer found his judicial career in a firestorm in 1996 when he issued an opinion that suppressed evidence in a drug case in the case of United States v. Bayless, 913 F. Supp.

232 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).

At the hearing, Judge Baer found that based on the testimony of the junior officer who claimed to have witnessed a drug transaction and the videotaped confession of the defendant, Carolyn Bayless, the police did not have reasonable suspicion sufficient for the arrest.

In response to this ruling, two hundred members of Congress wrote to President Bill Clinton demanding that he seek Judge Baer’s resignation.

White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry weighed in with a threatening statement, but later changed course when Second Circuit Judges, led by Chief Judge Jon Newman, excoriated the other two branches of government for their clearly unconstitutional demands and pointed out how the criticism had reached a level that threatened judicial independence.

In the end, Judge Baer reversed his ruling following a rehearing during which the government presented a fuller case and the defendant inexplicably took the stand.

See US v. Bayless, 921 F. Supp.

211 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).

Judge Baer was criticized for this decision as well.

2004

He took senior status on September 8, 2004, serving in that status until his death.

2011

He wrote about the experience in his book Judges Under Fire: Human Rights, Independent Judiciary, and the Rule of Law (2011).

For requesting evidence of racial and gender diversity among counsel selected to provide representation in class action lawsuits, Judge Baer has been accused of "using his judicial authority to pursue his own personal socio-political agenda."

Objectors to a class settlement from 2011 challenged the practice on appeal, but in a summary order the Second Circuit dismissed the issue for lack of standing: "Although objectors allege that staffing a case with an eye to diversity 'may interfere with [counsel's] ability to provide the best representation for the class,' they never contend that class counsel's representation was actually inferior."

Summary Order at 8-9, Blessing v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 11-3696 (2d Cir. Mar. 13, 2013) (ECF No. 649).

The case and Judge Baer's class action diversity practice then came before the US Supreme Court, where in denying a petition for writ of certiorari, Justice Samuel Alito, concurring in the denial, nonetheless issued a decision criticizing Judge Baer's practices, for various stated reasons, warning "the meaning of the Court's denial of the petition should not be misunderstood."

2013

Martin v. Blessing, 134 S. Ct. 402 (Nov. 18, 2013).

Notwithstanding the criticism from Justice Alito, district courts have continued to follow the precedent set by Judge Baer in considering diversity in the selection of class counsel.

2014

Baer died on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.