Libinson Abram Sergeevich (1874-1938)

Personal data
SurnameLibinson
NameAbram
PatronymSergeevich
Birth year1874
Birth placeSurozh
Death year1938
SexM

Libinson (Libinsohn) Abram Sergeevich (Shmerkevich) (1874, Surozh, Vitebsk Governorate – after 1938) — sworn attorney.

Abram Libinson was born on April 17, 1874, in the town of Surozh, Vitebsk Governorate, into the family of a merchant, Sergei (Shmerka) Libinson. From 1901 he studied at the University of Zurich. In 1907 he entered the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University, graduating in 1911.

On December 1, 1911, he became assistant to the sworn attorney A. Rozhnovsky in Vitebsk, and from the summer of 1912 continued this work in Riga. In 1912 he served in the Russian Army, in the 3rd Finnish Rifle Regiment, from which he was discharged with the rank of corporal. In 1915 he moved to Petrograd.

In December 1920 he returned to Riga. Beginning on January 4, 1922, he was assistant to the sworn attorney M. M. Khilman in Riga. On January 17, 1923, he himself became a sworn attorney in Riga. He was active in the Russian Legal Society in Latvia. After 1934 he left for Palestine.

He married Fruma Gindina (born July 28, 1876).