Nat Herbert Hentel (born March 29, 1919, The Bronx; died Jan. 31, 2007 Tucson, Arizona) was a New York Supreme Court justice and an interim Queens County District Attorney, appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
His service in the Pacific as a member of the United States Army interrupted his studies at the New York University School of Law for five years but he returned and graduated in 1946.
[1] Hentel was appointed District Attorney in January 1966 replacing Frank D. O'Connor who was elected the President of the New York City Council.
[1] To improve his chances at the polls in November, he decided he would try to “rid the city of top hoodlums” and in September 1966, ordered the 13 mafiosi arrested at La Stella Restaurant.
[1] Mayor John Lindsay appointed him a Civil Court judge in 1969, where he served until 1987.