Daniel V. Sullivan

Daniel V. Sullivan (February 14, 1886 – January 8, 1966) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the Bronx County district attorney from 1955 to 1959.

[3] After graduating from law school, Sullivan established his own private practice and in 1935, became secretary to New York Supreme Court Justice John E. McGeehan.

Later that year he was named to fill a vacancy on the New York Municipal Court.

Four years later, he was designated by the Appellate Division to sit on the New York State Supreme Court, and in 1955 he was appointed by Governor Averell Harriman as the Bronx County district attorney.

In addition to the assortment of usual crimes, as prosecutor Sullivan most notably fought against juvenile delinquency[6] and a racket that relabeled used television tubes and sold them as new.