Nicholas Doman, at 90; lawyer had role at Nuremberg
NEW YORK -- Nicholas Richard Doman, a lawyer who specialized in claims of property seized under Nazi and Communist governments in Europe, died Jan. 25 at his home in Manhattan. He was 90.
Mr. Doman was born in Budapest and graduated in 1932 from the London School of Economics. He earned a master's degree in 1935 from the University of Colorado, where a chair in international law is named in his honor, and a doctor of laws degree in 1936 from the University of Budapest.
Mr. Doman served as a first lieutenant in the Army during World War II.
He was on the staff of Robert Jackson, chief US prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trial.
He retired from his firm Nicholas R. Doman, where he also specialized in wills, in 2002. 