Burton B. Roberts

Judge, Deceased Person

1922 – 2010

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Who was Burton B. Roberts?

Burton Bennett Roberts served as Bronx district attorney before his election as a judge, later serving as the chief administrative judge for the New York Supreme Court in the Bronx until his retirement in 1998 after 25 years on the bench. His no-nonsense manner as a prosecutor and in court made him the model for the character Myron Kovitsky in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.

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Born
Jul 25, 1922
Also known as
  • Burton Roberts
Profession
Education
  • Cornell Law School
Died
Oct 24, 2010

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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