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

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RICHARD N PAPPER Adjunct Assrstant Professor of Law B A 1968 Harvard Unrver srty J D 1972 Yale Unrversrty Professor Papper was on the Board of Drrectors Yale Legal Ser vrces Organrzatron whrle at Yale Law School From 1972 to 1974 he was law clerk to Chref Judge Joseph S Lord III of the Unrted States Drstrrct Court Eastern Drstrrct of Pennsylvanra He was an assocrate wrth the frrm of Webster and Sheffreld New York Ctty from 1974 to 1977 Srnce 1977 he has been an Assrstant Unrted States Attorney Southern Drstrrct of New York MICHAEL H POSNER Ajunct Assrstant Professor of Law BA 1972 Unrversrty of Mrchrgan J D 1975 Unrversrty of Calrfornra at Berkeley Professor Posner has been executrve drrector ofthe Lawyers Com mrttee for lnternatronal Human Rrghts srnce 1978 Prror to thrs he was an assocrate at Sonnenshern Carlrn Nath 8: Rosenthal Chr cago Professor Posner has represented the Lawyers Commrttee and the lnternatronal League of Human Rrghts at many rnterna tronal meetrngs and he has testrfred on rnternatronal human rrghts and on rmmrgratron refugee and asylum laws before numerous Congressronal commrttees He rs the author of many artrcles on rnternatronal human rrghts vrolatrons and rs a member of the boards of drrectors of Amnesty lnternatronal IU S A 1 Amerrcas Watch Internatronal League for Human Rrghts and Human Rrghts Internet DEN NIS RAPPS Adjunct Professor of Law B A 1964 M A 1967 Brooklyn Col lege J D 1971 New York Unrversrty Professor Rapps rs currently executrve drrector of the Natronal Jewrsh Commrssron on Law and Publrc Affarrs QCOLPAJ a volun tary assocratron of attorneys seekrng to facrlrtate tl'e reasonable accommodatron of relrgrous needs when those needs conflrct wrth standard socretal practrces FREDERICK P SCHAFFER Adjunct Assocrate Professor of Law B A 1968 J D 1973 Har vard Unrversrty Professor Schaffer served as edrtor and senror edrtor of the Har vard Law Revrew After graduatron he clerked for Judge Francrs L Van Dusen of the Unrted States Court of Appeals for the Thrrd Crrcurt He was Assrstant Unrted States Attorney fCrvr1 Drvrsronj and chref of the Tax Unrt Offrce ofthe Unrted States Attorney for the Southern Drstrrct of New York From 1979 to 1981 he was on the full trme faculty of Cardozo before jornrng the frrm of Pollack 8: Kamrnsky New York Crty MELVIN SCHWECHTER Adjunct Assrstant Professor of Law B J Ed 1968 Hebrew Col lege B A 1969 Branders Unrversrty M A 1971 Harvard Unr versrty J D 1974 New York Unrversrty Professor Schwechter jorned the law offrces of Robert M Gott schalk P C rn 1979 after servmg as an attorney advrser for frve years at the U S Department of Commerce rn Washrngton D C he rs an expert rn rnternatronal trade law wrth specral rnterest rn U S trade wrth the Sovret Unron PINCHAS SHIFMAN Vrsrtrng Professor of Law LL B 1966 LL M 1969 J D 1973 Hebrew Unrversrty On recervrng hrs law degree Professor Shrfman clerked for Justrce Selberg Deputy Presrdent of the Supreme Court of Israel He has lectured at both Bar Ilan Unrversrty and Hebrew Unrversrty 41973 775 He was a Vrsrtrng professor at New York Unrversrty School of Law 1977 78 He rs currently a senror lecturer at He brew Unrversrty Faculty of Law DAVID S SINGER Adjunct Professor of Law B A 1970 New York Unrversrty .I D 1973 Georgetown Unrversrty Professor Srnger rs an attorney for theater and motron prcture producers an mdependent theatrrcal producer and agent for wrrt ers drrectors and choreographers He prevrously worked as an assocrate at Cleary Gottlreb Steen 8a Hamrlton New York Crty after hrs graduatron from Georgetown where he was a member of the Law Revrew DAVID J STERN Adjunct Professor of Law B A 1963 Rutgers Unrversrty LL B 1966 Columbra Unrversrty Professor Stern rs executrve vrce presrdent for busrness and legal affarrs for the Natronal Basketball Assocratron whrch he jomed rn 1978 as general counsel Prror to that he was a member of the frrm of Proskauer Rose Goetz 84 Mendelsohn He recerved hrs law degree from Columbra Unrversrty where he served as wrrtrng and research edrtor of the Law Revrew Specralrzrng rn sports antr trust lrtrgatron and communrcatrons law Professor Stern recently represented the NBA rn rts four year collectrve bargarnrng agreement CHARLES E STIVER JR Adjunct Professor of Law B A 1971 J D 1974 Stanford Unr versrty LL M 1975 New York Unrversrty Professor Strver graduated from college wrth honors rn humanrtres and polrtrcal scrence and was note edrtor of the Stanford Law Revrew He has been wrth Davrs Polk 84 Wardwell New York Crty srnce recervrng hrs master s degree rn taxatron He has experr development bonds and munrcrpal finance DAVID M TRUBEK Vrsrtrng Professor of Law B A 1957 Unrversrty of Wrsconsrn LL B 1961 Yale Unrversrty Professor Trubek served as notes and comment edrtor for the Yale Law Journal After graduatron he clerked for Judge Charles Clark Unrted States Court of Appeals for the Second Crrcurt He bagan hrs teachrng career as assrstant professor of law at Yale rn 1966 and was named assocrate professor rn 1967 a posrtron he held untrl 1973 He has been professor of law at Unrversrty of Wrscon srn Law School srnce 1973 and also serves as assocrate dean for research development Hrs areas of expertrse are admrnrstratrve law real property and land use He has served as a member of the Unrted States Commrssron on Crvrl Rrghts JONATHAN A WEISS Adjunct Professor of Law B A 1960 LL B 1963 Yale Unrversrty Professor Werss has been drrector of legal servrces for the elderly poor rn New York Crty srnce 1969 Prror to that he served as managrng attorney at two legal servrces offrces and as an attorney at the Center on Socral Polrcy and Law at Columbra Unrversrty Professor Werss rs an honors graduate of Yale College was elected to the Law Revrew at Yale Law School and spent a year as a Fulbrrght Scholar rn Italy He has served as a consultant to numer ous publrc rnterest and government orgamzatrons rncludrng the Office of Economrc Opportunrty Natronal lnstrtute for Mental Health of Chrldren and Presrdent s Commrssron on Crvrl Drsor ders Professor Werss has appeared as a guest speaker at many educatronal rnstrtutrons and professronal organrzatrons and on sev eral radro and televrsron programs 2 - -. . 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BARRY L. KATZ Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.S.. 1973, J.D.. 1976. Georgetown University. A member ofthe lirm ofShereff Friedman Hoffman 8c Goodman, Professor Katz was formerly with the firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Sc Flom and served as law clerk to Judge Robert W. Sweet ofthe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A certified public accountant. he was an instructor in tinancial accounting at Georgetown University. SANFORD M. KATZ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1952, New York Uni- versity: Certificate, 1957, Academy of International Law, The Hague: LL.B., 1958, Columbia University. Professor Katz is widely known as a criminal defense lawyer, al- though he maintains a civil practice as well. He has tried scores of cases in all areas of criminal law, including approximately 15 prosecutions for murder. He is perhaps best known for his defense in the Panthers 21 Trial in 1970. He has been a lecturer with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy 119791 and the Practicing Law Institute tl973, 19751. He is chairman ofthe Central Screen- ing Committee, lndigent Defendants Criminal Defense Panel of the First Judicial Department tManhattan and the Bronxl. DONALD L. KREIN DLER Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1952, Brooklyn College, LL.B., 1954, Columbia University. Professor Kreindler is a senior partner at Kreindler Sc Relkin, New York City, and former president of the Lawyers Association of the Textile Industry. He presently sits on the boards of governors of this organization and the New York Board of Trade-Textile Section. He is the author of What the Businessman Should Know about Commercial Arbitration and What the Business Execu- tive Should Know about the Uniform Commercial Code. NORMAN MARCUS Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, B.A., 1953, Columbia Uni- versity, LL.B., 1957, Yale University. Professor Marcus has been counsel to the New York City Planning Commission since 1963, professor of planning law at Pratt Insti- tute since 1965, and an adjunct associate professor at New York University Law School since 1977. He is the author of many law review articles on zoning and urban development, and is a lecturer for the American Bar Association-American Law Institutes Practicing Law Institute. J. EZRA MERKIN Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1976, Columbia Uni- versity: J.D., 1979, Harvard University. Professor Merkin graduated from Harvard cum laude. Following an association with the law firm of Milbanik, Tweed, Hadley 8a McC1oy, he joiend Halcyon Investments, investment management firm in New York city. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. ELLIOTT l.. MEYROWITZ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1971. Lniyersity of North Carolina, NIA.. 1975. University of Pennsylvania: J.D., 1979, Rutgers University, Professor Meyrowitz is an attorney in the legal department ol' Bankers Trust Company, where he specializes in,internationa1 fi- nance and banking regulation. He previously taught international relations, international law, and American diplomatic history and foreign policy at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland in Japan, He is currently completing his doctoral dissertation in history at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published numerous articles concerning the legal implications of nuclear weapons doctrines. JEFFREY A. MISHKIN Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1969, State University at Albany: JD., 1972. Cornell University. Since graduation from law school, Professor Mishkin has regularly represented the National Basketball Association in numerous liti- gations and a variety ofother matters, including its 1983 collective bargaining agreement and drug enforcement program, He is a partner in the firm of Proskauer, Rose, Goetz 8: Mendelsohn. ARYEH NEIER Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.S.. 1958, Cornell Universi- ty, LL.D. tHon.1, 1975, Hofstra University: LL.D. tHon.l. 1979. Hamilton College. Professor Neier is currently vice chairman of Americas Watch, Helsinki Watch, and Fund for Free expression. He has also been adjunct professor of law at New York University since 1978. He previously served as director and fellow ofthe New York Institute of the Humanities 11978-811. executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union 11970-781, and executive director H965-701 and field director U963-641 of the New York Civil Liberties Union. He is the author ofthree books, Dossier, Crime and Punish- ment: A Radical Solution, and Defending My Enemy, and numer- ous articles. MITCHELL J. NELSON Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1970, Brandeis Univer- sity: J.D., 1973, University of Chicago. Professor Nelson graduated magna cum laude with honors in phi- losophy from Brandeis. On graduation from law school, he joined the firm of Wien, Malkin 8L Bettex, New York City. becoming a member in 1979. He is currently director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. JOSEPH ORTEGA Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 2976. Syracuse Univer- sity, J.D., 1979, Boston, University. Since graduating from 'law school, Professor Ortega has worked exclusively for the Office of the District Attorney, New York County, as an assistant district attorney. He has held positions in the homicide, investigations, and trial bureaus. Professor Ortega is a participant in the annual training program for new assistant district attorneys.

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