Charles S. Haight, III

Charles S. Haight, III (b. 23 September 1930, New York City) is an American lawyer and jurist. He graduated from Yale University in 1952 with a BA and entered Yale Law School the following year, graduating in 1955 with a LL.B. Haight gained admission to the New York State bar and in the same year joined the Admiralty and Shipping Department of the Department of Justice as a district court trial attorney. Haight got this job on recommendation from his father, who was heavily involved in shipping affairs. He left the Department of Justice in 1957 to join his father at Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens as an associate. Haight became a partner of the firm on the death of his father in 1968 and continued the practice of law with them until...