Mr. Samuel Untermyer, one of the highest paid lawyers in' the United States, died here at the age of 82.
At the height of his career he is seid to have earned as much as US$1,000 for each day's work in court. Ris largest fee is stated to have been one of over $750,000 for work on behalf of the Nevada Consolidated Companies.
He not only attained a great reputation as an astute counsel in commercial cases but was also known throughout the world as a champion of Zionism.
The son of a Jewish Virginian planter, he was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, on June 6, 1858. Brought up by his parents to become a Rabbi, he was educated in New York, where he lived from the age of eleven and later at Columbia University, where he obtained a degree in law. His family poverty forced him to give up a religious career, and he was admitted to the bar when 21, serving as a junior under two well-known Jewish lawyers.
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