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class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington and Lee University</a> (<a href="/wiki/B._A." class="mw-redirect" title="B. A.">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/LL.B." class="mw-redirect" title="LL.B.">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Attorney, judge</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Joan Wolosoff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Lauren Wachtler Montclare<br />Marjorie Wachtler Eagan<br />Alison Wachtler Braunstein<br />Philip Wachtler</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Solomon "Sol" Wachtler</b> (born April 29, 1930) is an American lawyer and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> politician.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_judges_of_the_New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="List of chief judges of the New York Court of Appeals">Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals</a> from 1985 to 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wachtler's most famous quote, made shortly after his appointment as Chief Judge, was that district attorneys could get grand juries to "indict a ham sandwich".<sup id="cite_ref-ham_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ham-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He achieved national notoriety when he was charged with, and then convicted of, acts stemming from threats he made against a former lover, <a href="/wiki/Joy_Silverman" title="Joy Silverman">Joy Silverman</a>, and her daughter. Upon conviction, Wachtler served thirteen months in prison and a half-way house.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20090119_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20090119-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his release, Wachtler became an author and critic, as well as an advocate for the mentally ill. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wachtler was born in the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> borough of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, but was mostly raised in the South because his father, Phillip, was a traveling salesman.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Fay, was an immigrant from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wachtler is <a href="/wiki/American_Jews" title="American Jews">Jewish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wachtler graduated with both a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_University" title="Washington and Lee University">Washington and Lee University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Great_Neck,_New_York" title="Great Neck, New York">Great Neck</a> on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>, near his wife's family, where he worked as an attorney.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He began his political career in 1963, when he was first elected to be a councilman, then Town Supervisor of the Town of <a href="/wiki/North_Hempstead,_New_York" title="North Hempstead, New York">North Hempstead, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968—after a failed bid for Nassau County executive—Republican Governor <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller" title="Nelson Rockefeller">Nelson Rockefeller</a> appointed him to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court" title="New York Supreme Court">New York Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="New York Court of Appeals">New York Court of Appeals</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he served for nearly 20 years and authored close to 400 opinions. In January 1985, Democratic Governor <a href="/wiki/Mario_Cuomo" title="Mario Cuomo">Mario Cuomo</a> appointed him Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.<sup id="cite_ref-Vile_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same month as his appointment, Wachtler was quoted by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York <i>Daily News</i></a> as saying that "district attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that 'by and large' they could get them to 'indict a <a href="/wiki/Ham_sandwich" title="Ham sandwich">ham sandwich</a>.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-ham_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ham-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-popik_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popik-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This quote was then used by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wolfe" title="Tom Wolfe">Tom Wolfe</a> (and attributed to Wachtler) in Wolfe's 1987 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bonfire_of_the_Vanities" title="The Bonfire of the Vanities">The Bonfire of the Vanities</a></i>, paraphrased into "a grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich', if that's what you wanted."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-popik_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popik-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018, the "ham sandwich" phrase remains in common usage in legal discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wachtler's 1975 decision in <i>Chapadeau v. Utica Observer</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> protected the right of the defendant newspaper (and by extension of the press in general) to cover issues of public concern without undue exposure to suits for libel. The reasoning of the <i>Chapadeau</i> decision was influential with courts throughout the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosenblatt_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosenblatt-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wachtler was a key figure in making <a href="/wiki/Marital_rape" title="Marital rape">spousal rape</a> a criminal offense. He was known for the remark, "A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity" (in <i>People v. Liberta</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wachtler wrote the majority opinion in a 1988 <a href="/wiki/Right_to_die" title="Right to die">right to die</a> case interpreting the statute's requirement of "clear and convincing evidence" that a person who can no longer communicate would have wanted to die in a particular circumstance. The majority opinion set a stricter standard of "clear and convincing" than the lower courts, and refused to let a patient's family withdraw life support. General statements by a person that he or she would not want to live in such a condition are not acceptable under the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision was criticized by right-to-die organizations as being too strict and unworkable, and taking decision-making away from family members. Wachtler was criticized for writing the decision while his own 86-year-old mother was recovering from a stroke.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His formulation of this higher standard of proof was later adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Chief Judge, Wachtler served not only as the head of the Court of Appeals, but also as the chief administrator for the state court system. He made significant administrative changes, called for the merit selection of judges, implemented streamlined procedures, reduced opportunities for "<a href="/wiki/Forum_shopping" title="Forum shopping">judge shopping</a>", and reformed the state's <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wachtler also tried to improve women's and minorities' access to justice. He created a New York State Judicial Commission for Minority Concerns, a Workforce Diversity Program, and a New York State Task Force on Gender Bias.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_charges_and_resignation">Criminal charges and resignation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Criminal charges and resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, Wachtler began an affair with Joy Silverman. At the time, Wachtler was a co-executor of the estate of Alvin Wolosoff, Silverman's stepfather and the uncle of Wachtler's wife. He was also trustee of four <a href="/wiki/Trust_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Trust law">trusts</a> stemming from Wolosoff's estate for the benefit of Silverman and her family.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTClash_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTClash-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTRole_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTRole-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trusts (in aggregate) were reported to be worth US$24 million at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTClash_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTClash-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to then-<a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Chertoff" title="Michael Chertoff">Michael Chertoff</a>, over time, Wachtler received fees of more than US$800,000 for his work as executor and trustee of the entire estate.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Silverman ended the affair in September 1991, Wachtler began to harass her.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wachtler was arrested on 7 November 1992, on charges including <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extortion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act" title="Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act">racketeering</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blackmail" title="Blackmail">blackmail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prosecutors alleged that he demanded a $20,000 blackmail payment in exchange for turning over compromising photographs and tapes of Silverman with her then boyfriend, attorney <a href="/wiki/David_Samson_(lawyer)" title="David Samson (lawyer)">David Samson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He eventually pleaded guilty to harassing Silverman and threatening to kidnap her daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20090119_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20090119-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned as a judge and from the bar, and Governor Mario Cuomo appointed <a href="/wiki/Judith_Kaye" title="Judith Kaye">Judith S. Kaye</a> to replace him as chief judge of the Court of Appeals. He served his sentence, first at the medium-security <a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Complex,_Butner" title="Federal Correctional Complex, Butner">Federal Correctional Complex</a> in <a href="/wiki/Butner,_North_Carolina" title="Butner, North Carolina">Butner, North Carolina</a>, and from December 1993 at the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Medical_Center,_Rochester" title="Federal Medical Center, Rochester">Federal Medical Center in Rochester</a>, Minnesota after he was stabbed in the shoulder while dozing in his cell in November.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20090119_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20090119-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wachtler was sentenced to 15 months, but received time off for good behavior.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20090119_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20090119-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sentence started 28 September 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT20090119_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT20090119-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released after serving 13 months.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his release from prison, Wachtler wrote a prison memoir, <i>After the Madness</i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7592-4519-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7592-4519-3">0-7592-4519-3</a>) and a book of fiction, <i>Blood Brothers</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59007-421-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-59007-421-1">1-59007-421-1</a>). He also contributed to the book <i>Serving Mentally Ill Defendants</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8261-1504-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8261-1504-7">0-8261-1504-7</a>) and has written as a critic-at-large for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> Magazine. He is currently an adjunct professor at <a href="/wiki/Touro_Law_Center" title="Touro Law Center">Touro Law Center</a> and Chair of the Law and Psychiatry Institute of <a href="/wiki/Northwell_Health" title="Northwell Health">North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital</a>. He is an advocate for the mentally ill and has received awards from the Mental Health Association of the State of New York and New York City. Wachtler's New York law license was restored by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court,_Appellate_Division" title="New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division">New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division</a> on October 2, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wachtler married his high school sweetheart, Joan Carol Wolosoff, the daughter of homebuilder Leon Wolosoff, granddaughter of lumberman <a href="/wiki/Max_Blumberg" title="Max Blumberg">Max Blumberg</a>, and niece of <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senator</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Blumberg" title="George Blumberg">George Blumberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shattering_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shattering-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four children: attorney Lauren Wachtler Montclare; Marjorie Wachtler Eagan, a <a href="/wiki/Museum_docent" title="Museum docent">docent</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>; actress and model Alison Wachtler Braunstein; and real estate developer Philip Wachtler.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter, Lauren, married attorney Paul Douglas Montclare in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, Philip Wachtler, is married to Robin Wilpon, daughter of former New York Mets owner <a href="/wiki/Fred_Wilpon" title="Fred Wilpon">Fred Wilpon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joan Wachtler died August 21, 2022. Wachtler lives in <a href="/wiki/Manhasset,_New_York" title="Manhasset, New York">Manhasset, New York</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Season 4 episode "Censure" of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order" title="Law & Order">Law & Order</a></i> is based on Wachtler's affair and conviction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nypdconfidential.com/columns/1994/940807.html">"Obsession"</a>. <i>nypdconfidential.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=nypdconfidential.com&rft.atitle=Obsession&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnypdconfidential.com%2Fcolumns%2F1994%2F940807.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASol+Wachtler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldman1992" class="citation news cs1">Goldman, John J. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Sol_Wachtler&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaher1998" class="citation book cs1">Caher, John M. (1998). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/kingofmountainri00cahe"><i>King of the mountain : the rise, fall, and redemption of Chief Judge Sol Wachtler</i></a></span>. Prometheus Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-197-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57392-197-8"><bdi>978-1-57392-197-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/38024213">38024213</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=King+of+the+mountain+%3A+the+rise%2C+fall%2C+and+redemption+of+Chief+Judge+Sol+Wachtler&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F38024213&rft.isbn=978-1-57392-197-8&rft.aulast=Caher&rft.aufirst=John+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fkingofmountainri00cahe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASol+Wachtler" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWolfe1994" class="citation book cs1">Wolfe, Linda (1994). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/doublelifeshatte00wolf"><i>Double Life: The Shattering Affair Between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman</i></a></span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 8,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=New+York+Legal+History+%2F+The+Bench+%26+The+Bar&rft.atitle=Sol+Wachtler&rft.aulast=Gould&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courts.state.ny.us%2Fhistory%2Flegal-history-new-york%2Fluminaries-court-appeals%2Fwachtler-sol.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASol+Wachtler" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>A film clip <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/openmind_ep1435">"The Open Mind - A Jurist Looks at the Law (1975)"</a> is available for viewing at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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