Stuart Namm

Dubbed the Serpico of Judges, Stuart Namm was the first recipient of the Justice Thurgood Marshall award, the David C. Michaels award, and a lifetime membership in the NAACP. Born in the Brooklyn tenements, he spent 16 months in Korea after graduating from CCNY. After a time in the FTC, he was elected judge in Suffolk County, NY, where he blew the whistle on Long Island's corrupt justice system. Denied renomination after 16 1/2 years on the bench, he left the law and retired to North Carolina.

Dubbed the Serpico of Judges, Stuart Namm was the first recipient of the Justice Thurgood Marshall award, the David C. Michaels award, and a lifetime membership in the NAACP. Born in the Brooklyn tenements, he spent 16 months in Korea after graduating from CCNY. After a time in the FTC, he was elected judge in Suffolk County, NY, where he blew the whistle on Long Island's corrupt justice system. Denied renomination after 16 1/2 years on the bench, he left the law and retired to North Carolina. See less