Richard Kuh

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Richard H. Kuh
District Attorney of New York County
In office February 5, 1974 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by	Frank S. Hogan
Succeeded by	Robert M. Morgenthau
Constituency	New York County, New York
Personal details
Born	(1921-04-27)April 27, 1921 New York City, New York
Died	November 17, 2011(2011-11-17) (aged 90) New York City, New York
Alma mater	Columbia University, Harvard Law School

Richard Henry Kuh (April 27, 1921 – November 17, 2011) was a partner at the law firm of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP. He was New York County District Attorney in 1974.

Education

Kuh received a Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1941, and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School with magna cum laude distinction in 1948.^[1] At Harvard, Kuh was also on the Board of Editors for the Harvard Law Review.

New York County District Attorney's Office

As a New York County Assistant D.A., Kuh served as Administrative Assistant to District Attorney Frank S. Hogan and Chief of the Criminal Courts Bureau. Kuh was the prosecutor who won the controversial conviction of Lenny Bruce on obscenity charges.^[2]

In 1974, Kuh succeeded Hogan as District Attorney of New York County after Hogan suffered a stroke and resigned. In September 1974, Kuh was defeated by Robert M. Morgenthau in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the vacancy.^[3] Kuh was DA when Philippe Petit made his famous tightrope walk between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and famously agreed that his punishment should be a free show for children in Central Park.^[4]

References

↑ Richard H. Kuh, Ex-Manhattan Prosecutor, Dies at 90
↑ FOLLOWING UP - New York Times
↑ Robert Morgenthau - Manhattan DA
↑ Lichtenstein, Grace (8 August 1974). "Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a Tightrope Between Trade Center Towers". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

External links & Sources

Lawyers.com - Richard H. Kuh
Richard H. Kuh: Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh
Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover, The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall & Rise of an American Icon (cloth: 2002) (digital: 2012)

Legal offices
Preceded by Frank Hogan	New York County District Attorney 1974	Succeeded by Robert M. Morgenthau

v t e New York County District Attorneys

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(*) denotes Acting

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 16802373 LCCN: no94021648

Persondata
Name	Kuh, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	American lawyer
Date of birth	April 27, 1921
Place of birth	New York City, New York, USA
Date of death	November 17, 2011
Place of death	New York City, New York, USA

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