Samuel P. [1] Hirsch [2] [3] (born c. 1948) [4] is an American lawyer who also held public office.
He was born in a DP camp [5] to Holocaust-survivor parents who came to the United States a year later. In the way of his parents, he is an Orthodox Jew. [1]
His Juris Doctor degree is from New York University School of Law (1972) and his first law position was with Jacob D. Fuchsberg. [5]
In 1977 he won a three-way primary [2] and, after a three-way November election, [6] became a New York State Assemblyman (48th District). [4] His seat had been vacated by Leonard Silverman, who accepted an offered judgeship mid-term. [1]
In 1982 he was challenged by Dov Hikind in the September primary; Hikind received about 500 more votes. [7]
One of the issues for which he represented his community is reverse discrimination. [1] Another was in the matter of more police protection, especially in the aftermath of "the fatal stabbing of an elderly Jewish man in a predawn street robbery." [8] [9]
In 2002 [10] he filed a Class action lawsuit against McDonald's for alleged deceptive practices that resulted in obesity, particularly among teenagers; it was rejected in a Federal court. [5] The ruling permitted refiling, which he did. It too was rejected. [11]
His "bread and butter" cases are in the area of personal injury. [5] [12]
He and his wife Ruth are the parents of four children and grandparents of six. [5] [1]
Samuel Hirsch, 29, got three-quarters of the vote