Jamestown, NY – Earl Pollock, Law Clerk to Chief
Justices Vinson and Warren, U. S. Supreme Court (1953-55), will complete an
historic team to speak in Jamestown on April 28, 2004, in recognition of the
50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Brown v. the Board of
Education.
According to Gregory L. Peterson, President of the Jackson Center Board of
Directors, these law clerks, also including John David Fassett, E. Barrett
Prettyman, and Frank E. A. Sander have not been together in 50 years and will
offer their unique reflections on the landmark case that is, today, considered
a giant step towards the complete desegregation of public life.
Regarding the event Peterson said, “How Chief Justice Earl Warren was
able to unify a fractured court to create a unanimous decision is as interesting
as the Decision, Brown v. Board of Education, was groundbreaking. The Roundtable,
with the help of Mr. Pollock, will examine many interesting facts in making
history 50 years ago.” Peterson added that through the Roundtable discussion
the community can remember and reflect on Chief Justice Warren’s words,
“In the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but
equal’ has no place.”
Earl Pollock has been a Partner in the Chicago firm Sonnenschein Nath &
Rosenthal since 1959. He received a B.A. degree magna cum laude, from the
University of Minnesota in 1948; obtained Juris Doctorate from Northwestern
University School of Law (Order of Coif) in 1953; honorary L.L.D. from Morningside
College in 1995.
After serving as Law Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices Vinson and
Warren (1953-55) he became a Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division (1955-56),
and Assistant to the Solicitor General (1956-59), United States Department
of Justice. Pollock served as President of the Alumni Association of Northwestern
University School of Law (1974-75). He was Chairman, Section of Antitrust
Law of the American Bar Association (1979-90).
He and his wife, Betty, currently reside in Sarasota, Florida.