Brooklyn’s legal community reflects with sadness on passing of Mayor Koch
Brooklyn’s legal community reacted Friday to the death of former Mayor Ed Koch, reflecting with sadness in interviews with the Brooklyn Eagle.
Koch, who received a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1948 and was admitted to the state bar the following year, was a founding partner of Koch, Lankenau, Schwartz & Kovner, and had many legal ties to Brooklyn.
“From time to time I had lunch with Mayor Koch and I enjoyed immensely the stories he told about New York City and his encounters with so many of the City’s intriguing personalities,” reflected Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters Barry Kamins. “He told me that one his proudest accomplishments was the appointment process for judges and the quality of excellent appointments that it produced.”