Chester J. Straub
Lawyer
Born May 12, 1937, Brooklyn (NY). U.S.; son of Chester and Ann (Majewski); married Patricia (Morrissey); children: Chester Jr., Michael, Christopher, Robert.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), St. Peter's College, Jersey City (NJ), 1958; Juris Doktor (J.D.), University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, 1961.
Career: associate, 1963-71, partner, 1971 -, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City; mediator, Southern District of New York, neutral evaluator, Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court.
Author: contributor to legal and governmental publications.
Member of: trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital, chairman, Medical Education Committee, Joseph Collins Foundation; American Bar Association (ABA); New York State Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; chairman, Governor Cuomo's Statewide Judicial Screening Committee, and 1st Department Judicial Screening Committee; U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's Judicial Selection Committee; Cardinal's Committee for the Laity for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York; Kosciuszko Foundation; Association of Sons of Poland.
Honors: New York State Member of Assembly, 1967-72; New York State senator, 1973-75; listed in: Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in New York.
Served with: U.S. Army, Intelligence & Security Corps, 1st lieutenant, 1961-63.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Language: English.
Office: Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, 153 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.