Henry Frederick Werker

Henry Frederick Werker (April 16, 1920 – May 10, 1984) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born in Glendale, a neighborhood of Queens, New York, Werker received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from New York University in 1941. He received a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1946. He was a United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant from 1942 to 1958. He was in private practice of law in New York City from 1946 to 1958. He was in private practice of law in Greenville, New York from 1958 to 1968. He was in private practice of law in Catskill, New York from 1961 to 1968. He was a social services attorney and assistant county attorney of Greene County, New York from 1967 to 1969. He was a county judge, surrogate and family court judge for the Greene County court from 1969 to 1974. Federal judicial service