The New York City Bar Association was founded in 1870 as a voluntary professional organization for lawyers in New York City. It is the country's oldest bar association, and with over 24,000 members, c
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 7 W 29th St, in the 1890s
Portrait of William Maxwell Evarts, the first president of the New York City Bar Association
Samuel Tilden, the first vice president of the Association
Thomas Nast cartoon of Tilden and Tweed, 1876
Conrad K. Harper is an American lawyer. He is a retired partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a former president of the New York City Bar Association, and an emeritus member of the Council of the