DAVID DUDLEY FIELD II

(David Dudley Field)


David Dudley Field II
David Dudley Field II
  • Born: February 13, 1805
  • Died: April 13, 1894
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Lawyer

David Dudley Field II was an American lawyer and law reformer who made major contributions to the development of American civil procedure. His greatest accomplishment was engineering the move away from common law pleading towards code pleading, which culminated in the enactment of the Field Code in 1850 by the state of New York.