Charles Gerard Moerdler (born November 15, 1934) is a partner in the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and has been on the editorial board of the New York Law Journal since 1986. He has served on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority since 2010 as the Chair of Bridges and Tunnels. He has also been active in public service. He has served on the New York City Housing Development Corp, New York City Board of Collective Bargaining and now is the vice chairman of the Committee on Character and Fitness of Applicants to the Bar of the State of New York. In 1986, he was appointed as a trustee of St. Barnabas Hospital. Early life and education Charles Moerdler was born in Paris, France, on November 15, 1934, to Hermann and Erna Anna (Brandwein) Moerdler. His parents were German citizens and thus without passports. A few years after he was born, the family returned to a Germany. In order to escape World War II, Charles and his mother left Gdańsk, Poland, on September 1, 1939, for England. His father was not able to escape and was murdered by Nazis in 1942. Moerdler and his mother lived in England until 1946. He attended Saint Stephens Grammar school in London and Saint Clement Danes school, graduating in 1946. In 1947, Moerdler, his mother and stepfather, Michael Schwartz, migrated to the United States. The New York State board of education did not believe that Moerdler had completed high school in England at such a young age and insisted he go back to high school. He attended Seward Park High School, graduating in 1950. He served as President of The New York Young Republican Club from 1966 to 1967. He received a B.A. degree from Long Island University in 1953 and a J.D. degree from Fordham University in 1956. In 1956, he was admitted to the New York Bar. He has been admitted to practice by the Second, Fifth, Seventh and Eight Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Claims, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Moerdler received the Walker Metcalf Award from Long Island University in 1966 and a Castle Award from Manhattanville College in 2005. Public service and career He began his law career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore as an associate from 1956 to 1964. He was appointed as NYC Commissioner of