BERNARD NUSSBAUM

NUSSBAUM--Bernard. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz mourns the loss of our longtime colleague and partner Bernard W. Nussbaum. Bernie will be missed by all of us, but the imprint he left on our firm and on the legal profession will be with us forever. Bernie joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in 1966, shortly after its founding and helped build the firm into what it is today. He was a devoted public servant. He served as White House counsel during the Clinton Administration, senior member of the staff of the House Judiciary Committee when it conducted the Watergate Impeachment Inquiry, assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and a member of the independent review board of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. As a senior partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Bernie was a leader of our Firm's litigation practice for many years and handled some of our most important litigation matters, including the dispute over insurance coverage for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center following 9/11. Among his many important corporate matters, he represented IBP in its groundbreaking action obtaining specific performance of its merger with Tyson, and Hilton in a successful suit against ITT. He also represented New York State's judiciary in historic and successful litigation over the State's failure to increase the pay of its judges since 1999. Bernie went to New York City public schools, including graduating from Stuyvesant High School. The first in his family to go to college, he received a scholarship to Columbia College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, graduating in 1958. In 1961, he graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. In addition to his high-profile public service roles, Bernie also served on a number of philanthropic boards, including Mount Sinai Hospital, Brandeis University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was a leading member of various bar organizations, including serving as president of the Federal Bar Council. Bernie was a true friend and mentor to so many of us and we all benefitted from his wisdom, judgment and irrepressibly upbeat outlook. The entire Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz family sends its deepest condolences to Bernie's family, including his children, Emily, Frank and Peter, his stepson, William Kuhn, and his brother, Martin Nussbaum. Bernie was predeceased by his brother, Albert Nussbaum, and his wives, Toby Sheinfeld Nussbaum and Nancy Kuhn. The service for Bernie Nussbaum will take place on Wednesday, March 16 at 10:30am at Park Avenue Synagogue, 50 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128.