Isidor Wasservogel

Isidor Wasservogel (December 25, 1875 – February 8, 1962) was a Jewish Hungarian-American lawyer and judge from New York.

[4] From 1910 to 1916, Wasservogel served as assistant and acting New York County District Attorney.

[5] While on the Supreme Court, Wasservogel investigated ambulance-chasing lawyers and accident claim agents.

His inquiry lead to 74 members of the New York bar being disciplined and several recommendations to cut down on ambulance chasing, including lawyers not receiving more than a third of won personal injury damages and the court supervising the fees.

Governor Dewey appointed him to the Appellate Division First Department in August 1945, but he retired from the Court at the end of the year as he hit the constitutional age limit.