Background
Burstein was born to Julius and Hannah Burstein on November 22, 1922 in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he graduated from Henry Snyder High School.
Burstein was born to Julius and Hannah Burstein on November 22, 1922 in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he graduated from Henry Snyder High School.
Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1949). Chairman, New Jersey Law Revision Commission, since 1987.
Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal, since 1980.
Executive Secretary, Jersey City Charter Commission, 1959-1960. Member, New Jersey General Assembly, 1971-1981.
Majority Leader, 1978-1979. Chairman, Education Committee, 1974-1975, 1980-1981.
Worked at Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli & Litt (Hackensack, New Jersey) specializing in General Practice, Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Probate, Civil Litigation, Trial and Appellate Courts, Products Liability, Negligence, Municipal Law, Land Use and Development, Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Family Law, Commercial Law, Workers Compensation, Taxation, Administrative Law, Public Utilities and Transportation Law, Environmental Law, Employment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Computer Law, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Patent, Trademark & Copyright, Banking. Admitted to the bar, 1950, New Jersey. Recipient, Bergen County Bar Association Lawyer Achievement Award, 1993.
Chairman, New Jersey Law Revision Commission, 1987.
Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal, 1980. Member, New Jersey General Assembly, 1971-1981.
Majority Leader, 1978-1979. Chairman, Education Committee, 1974-1975, 1980-1981.
Member: Supreme Court Committee on Extrajudicial Activities, 1984.
Chairman, District Ethics Committee, Bergen County-South, 1990-1991. Special Master, New Jersey Superior Court Appointment. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
American Bar Foundation.
Master Attorney, Pashman/American Inn of Court. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
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A resident of Tenafly, New Jersey, Burstein has been a partner in the law firm of Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt, & Harz, Limited liability company He served as chair of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation Review Committee, chair of the New Jersey Law Revision Commission, chair of the Bergen County IIB South District Ethics Committee as well as serving as a member of the New Jersey Law Journal editorial board. Burstein served as chair of the Education Committee, and as a member of the Election Law Revision Committee, the Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission, and the Public Employees Relations Study Commission.