Edgar H. Rossbach

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Edgar Hilary Rossbach (August 20, 1903 – November 11, 1952) was an American lawyer who served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1945 to 1948.

Rossbach was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Adam J. and Rhoda Rossbach. He graduated from Colgate University in 1925 and from South Jersey Law School (now Rutgers Law School–Camden) in 1932. He joined the New Jersey bar in 1935 and worked in his father’s law practice, becoming a partner in Rossbach & Rossbach in 1936.

In 1942 he became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and in September 1945 he was promoted to U.S. Attorney after Thorn Lord resigned. During his term, he prosecuted labor leader Joseph S. Fay for income tax evasion and former New Jersey Attorney General Walter D. Van Riper for a check-kiting scheme; both were acquitted.

Rossbach resigned in May 1948. He lived in East Orange with his wife Ann. He died in 1952 at Saint Barnabas Hospital in Newark after a major operation, at the age of 49.