Reuben Oppenheimer was among the states foremost members of the bar. renowned not only for his superlative legal scholarship and lucid prose. but for his dedication to public service that extended well past the age when most men are happily enjoying retirement. Judge Oppenheimer (everyone used the title. though he retired from the bench in 1967) did not gain appointment as a Judge until he was nearing 60. Yet he already had established himself as a national expert on deportation laws and administrative laws. had been chief attorney for the state Office of Price Administration during World War II and had run the states corrections department. Even after his retirement from the Court of Appeals at age 70. Judge Oppenheimer continued in public service. becoming the first chairman of the state Ethics Board. a panel with little legal status that developed considerable clout because of its chairmans reputation.
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