Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law - Res Nova Yearbook (New York, NY)

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EDWARD A. ZELINSKY Associate Professor of Law, B.A., 1972, M.A., J.D., 1975, M.Phil., 1978, Yale University. Professor Zelinsky was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. He also served as a teaching fellow in the Yale University Department of Economics. Professor Zelinsky served as law clerk to Judge J. Joseph Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1975-76, and was associated with the firm of Bergman, Horowitz, Reynolds, DeSarbo and Mauceri in New Haven, Conn. He is on the Executive Committee, Tax Section, of the Connecticut Bar Association, and the Committee on Employee Benefits, Tax Section, ofthe American Bar Association, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Professor Zelinsky is serving his fourth term as an alderman of New Haven. l LESTER BRICKMAN Professor of Law. B.S., 1961, Carnegie-Mellon Uni- versity: J.D., 1964, University of Floridag LL.M., 1965, Yale University. A M Professor rickman has taught courses in contracts, professional responsibility, federal jurisdiction, and fam- ily 'flaw since entering into teaching in 1965. He is a specialistin legal services delivery systems, and has written and lecturedfon lawyers'-advertising, specializa- tion, use ofpara-professionals, group and prepaid legal services, unauthorized practice, and systems ap- proaches to law practice. He is also a leading expert in the field of clinical legal education. He has consulted for the U.S. Office of Education, Ford Foundation, National Science Foundation, Councilon Legal Education for Professional Responsiblility, American Bar Association, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, and Legal Services Corporation. He served as Cardozo's acting dean from 1980 to 1982. Professor of Law. B A. 1948 J D., 1951, Universit of Chicago . , , . y . Professor deGrazia has taught at the law schools of Catholic University of America, University of Connecticut, Georgetown University, and American Uni- versity. From 1956 to 1959 he senfed with the Office of Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Parisg subse- quently, as a consultant with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Arizona Criminal Code Commission. Professor deGrazia engaged in the private practice of law for over 10 years in Washington, D.C., specializing in communications law and First Amendment litigation. During 1968-72 he was director of Georgetown University's Program for Pretrial Diver- sion of Accused Offenders to Community Mental Health Treatment Programs. grofessor deGrazia was managing editor of the University of Chicago Law eview. .

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ADJUNCT FACULTY HELAINE BAFINETT Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1960, Barnard Col- legeg J.D., 1964, New York University. Professor Barnett's professional career has been de- voted tothe Legal Aid Society. She has been associate appellate counsel in both the Civil and Criminal Appeals Bureaus. Since 1974 she has been assistant attorney- in-charge of the Civil Division. From 1976 to 1979 she served as a member of the former Committee on Griev- ances, Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professional Discipline. She has most recently been appointed to the Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, Association of the Bar of the City of New York. MARK A. BELNICK 4 A Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1968, Cornell Univer- sityg J.D., 1971, Columbia University. 1 A cum laude graduate of Cornell, Professor Belnick was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia Law School. Associated with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton 8 Garrison since 1972, he became a member of the firm in October 1979. He has extensive experience: as a litigator in many areas and most recently has become involved with matters concerning the Middle East. aoeizntw. i3EN.1AiviiN ii Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1967, Union College, J.D., 1970 University of Virginia: LL.M., 1974, New York University. Professor Benjamin is a member of the firm of Van Ginkel and Benjamin, supervising substantially all inter- national tax matters handled by the firm. He is a direc- tor of the International Tax Institute and author of arti- cles dealing with problems of international taxation. JESSICA DEGRAZIA Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.A., 1969, Uni- versity of Chicago, J.D., 1973, Yale University. Professor deGrazia directed the Felony Disposition Study for the Vera institute of Justice during 1973-74 and then joined the New York County District Attor- ney's Office, where she is now senior trial counsel and director of hiring. From 1978 to 1981 she served as director of training for the District Attorney's Office. ln 1980 she lectured at Yale Law School. JOHN H. GROSS Adjunct Professor of Law. BS., 1964, .Univeristy of Pennsylvania, 1967, George Washington Universi- ty. . r . 1 Vg ,A . V Professor .Gross was an associate with Sullivan 81 Cromwell, New York City, for two years after' graduating from George Washington, where he was a member of the Law Review. From 1969 to 1975 he served as an .Assistant UnitedtStates.Attorney, Southern District of New York, and in -1975 was the assistant chief of the Criminal Division. Since 1975 he has been a member of the firm of'Anderson, Russell, Kill Sr Olick, New York City. ln 1979 the was associate special' counsel, U.S. Department of Justice fCarter's Warehouse Investiga- tionj. .He has participated in trial advocacy programs at Harvard Law School and for the District Attorney of New York County. A