Bernard D. Meltzer
Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law

Bernard Meltzer joined the Law School faculty in 1946. Immediately before that he had been an assistant trial counsel at the Nuremberg International War Trials.

From 1938 to 1940, Mr. Meltzer worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission, first in the General Counsel's office, and then as special assistant to Chairman Jerome Frank. He then practiced law in Chicago before returning to Washington as legal consultant to the National Defense Commission. From 1941 to 1943, he was special assistant to the assistant secretary of state, Dean Acheson, and acting chief of Foreign Funds Control Division. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.

Mr. Meltzer formerly taught evidence and labor law (among other subjects). He has served as an arbitrator, a special master, a member of the Illinois Civil Service Commission, and consultant to the Department of Labor. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Law Institute and an Emeritus Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Born: 1914. Died: 2007.
Education: A.B., 1935, J.D., 1937, University of Chicago; LL.M., 1938, Harvard University.