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David D. Furman was born in New York City
on November 22, 1917. He attended South Orange
public schools, Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard
College and New York University Law School.
He was editor-in-chief of the Law Review at
New York University Law School. He was law
secretary to Superior Court Judge Nathan L.
Jacobs from 1950-1951. In 1951, he was admitted
to the practice of law and became a counselor
in 1954. He was appointed a Deputy Attorney
General and assigned as Assistant Counsel
in the Governor’s Office in January
1954. In April 1955 he was chosen to head
the Appellate Litigation section in the Division
of Law and became chief of the Division on
May 15, 1956. On May 26, 1958, Governor Robert
B. Meyner nominated Furman for the position
of Attorney General and the nomination was
confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on June
2, 1958.
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