Mitchell Louis Erlanger

Mitchell Louis Erlanger (February 15, 1857 – August 30, 1940) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York.

Life Erlanger was born on February 15, 1857, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Leopold Erlanger and Rachel Lobenthal.

Erlanger attended public school in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied medicine at one point and was self-taught in the classics before he entered Columbia Law School. He graduated from there in 1882 with an LL.B. and spent the next two years working as a librarian in the Law School. He also lectured on real estate law and equity in the upper classes, and assisted the College Dean, Professor Dwight, with preparing opinions and examining the law. He then began to practice law for over twenty years. He retired from the bench in 1927, when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

Erlanger was a director of the Hebrew Infant Asylum, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Montefiore Home. He was a member of the United Hebrew Charities, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Jewish Publication Society. He was also a 32nd degree Freemason and a member of the Harmonie Club, the Green Room Club, and the Inwood Country Club. He attended Temple Beth-El.