Bernard L. Shientag

Bernard Lloyd Shientag (April 13, 1887 – May 23, 1952) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York.

He was admitted to the bar in 1908 and practiced law in the office of James, Schell & Elkus.

In 1918, he was an examiner in the office of the President of the New York City Board of Alderman, Al Smith.

In 1923, Governor Smith appointed him Industrial Commissioner[2] and head of the New York State Department of Labor.

In 1949, he ruled the owners of the Mark Twain manuscript did not have the right to publish A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage.

[3] Florence was a lawyer as well, serving as law secretary for Mayor LaGuardia, clerk for Special New York County Prosecutor Thomas Dewey, judge for the Domestic Relations Court, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the first woman to successfully argue a First Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court, and president of the New York Women's Bar Association.