Jack Greenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Greenberg

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1924

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 12-Oct-2016

Profession: lawyer, jurist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jack Greenberg (December 22, 1924 – October 12, 2016) was an American attorney and legal scholar.
He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, succeeding Thurgood Marshall.He was involved in numerous crucial cases, including Brown v.
Board of Education, which ended segregation in public schools.
In all, he argued 40 civil rights cases before the U.S.
Supreme Court, and won almost all of them.He was Alphonse Fletcher Jr.
Professor of Law Emeritus at Columbia Law School, and had previously served as dean of Columbia College and vice dean of Columbia Law School.
He died on October 12, 2016.