Frederic René Coudert
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Frederic René Coudert was the name of four successive generations of lawyers associated with the law firm Coudert Brothers
Coudert Brothers
Coudert Brothers LLP was a New York-based law firm with a strong international outlook that practiced from 1853 until its dissolution in 2006.-History:...
- Frederic René Coudert, Sr.Frederic René Coudert, Sr.Frederic René Coudert, Sr. was a French American lawyer with Coudert Brothers.-Life:His father Charles Coudert was French, and left France in 1824. Frederic graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1850, and on his majority was admitted to practice in the courts...
(1832–1903), a founder of the firm. He turned down appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on two occasions, and assisted in bringing the Statue of LibertyStatue of LibertyThe Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
to New York. He argued for protection of Arctic sealPinnipedPinnipeds or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semiaquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae , Otariidae , and Phocidae .-Overview: Pinnipeds are typically sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped...
s in the Bering Sea ArbitrationBering Sea ArbitrationThe Bering Sea Arbitration arose out of a fishery dispute between Great Britain and the United States in the 1880s which was closed by this arbitration in 1893.-Origins:...
tribunal in Paris in 1893. - Frederic René "Fred" Coudert "Fred" (1871–1955). In 1897, he and his father became the first pair of father and son lawyers to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme court in a single day.
- Frederic René Coudert, Jr.Frederic René Coudert, Jr.Frederic René Coudert Jr. ; born, died in New York City) was a Representative from New York.-Background:Coudert attended Browning and Morristown Schools in New York City, then graduated from Columbia University in 1918 and from its law school in 1922...
"Fritz" (1898–1972), Representative in the U.S. Congress from New York 1947–1959 - Frederic René Coudert, III "Fritz III" (born 1932)