Background
Hellerstein, Alvin K. was born in 1933 in New York, New York, United States.
Hellerstein, Alvin K. was born in 1933 in New York, New York, United States.
Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, 1956).
Worked at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1956, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1960, United States.
Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. 1964, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
1980, United States.
Court of Appeals, 3rd and 9th Circuits. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit. Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1955-1956.
Lecturer on Trial Advocacy and Federal Practice and Evidence, American Law Institute and Practising Law Institute, 1972.
Law Clerk, United States. District Judge, Edmund L. Palmieri, 1956-1957.
Board of Jewish Education, New York City: President, 1978-1981, Chairman of the Board, 1981-1984. Member: Research Advisory Committee, Civil Appeals Management Plan, United States.
Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1978-1981.
Committee on the Pretrial Phase of Civil Cases, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1984-1986. Standing Committee on Improvement of Civil Litigation, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1987-1991.
Chair, 1991. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on Judiciary, 1992. Chair, Committee on Federal Courts, 1972-1975.
Member, Committees on: Securities Regulation, 1980-1983. Professional and Judicial Ethics, 1985-1987.
Executive Committee, 1987-1991.
Special Committee, Drugs and the Law, 1987-1991). New York State and American Bar Associations. Federal Bar Council (Vice President, 1985-1986.
1988-1989.
Secretary, 1990). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Founded in 1876, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is a 360-attorney full service law firm with particular expertise in corporate law, litigation, securities law, international commercial transactions, intellectual property, labor, insolvency and workouts, real estate tax, trusts and estates, product liability and insurance law.
The firm is headquartered in New York and has offices in Boston, Budapest, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, District of Columbia
Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1955-1956. Lecturer on Trial Advocacy and Federal Practice and Evidence, American Law Institute and Practising Law Institute, 1972. Law Clerk, United States.
District Judge, Edmund L. Palmieri, 1956-1957.
Board of Jewish Education, New York City: President, 1978-1981, Chairman of the Board, 1981-1984. Member: Research Advisory Committee, Civil Appeals Management Plan, United States.
Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1978-1981. Committee on the Pretrial Phase of Civil Cases, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1984-1986.
Standing Committee on Improvement of Civil Litigation, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1987-1991. Chair, 1991. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on Judiciary, 1992.
Chair, Committee on Federal Courts, 1972-1975.
Member, Committees on: Securities Regulation, 1980-1983. Professional and Judicial Ethics, 1985-1987.
Executive Committee, 1987-1991. Special Committee, Drugs and the Law, 1987-1991).
New York State and American Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council (Vice President, 1985-1986. 1988-1989; Secretary, 1990). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.