Background
Celedonia, Baila Handelman was born on January 8, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman and Ida Handelman.
Celedonia, Baila Handelman was born on January 8, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman and Ida Handelman.
Carnegie-Mellon University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1975).
Worked at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. General Civil, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Litigation before all State and Federal Courts and Trademark Tribunals. Trials and Appeals, Trademark, Copyright, Patent, Unfair Competition and Licensing, Commercial and Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate and Financing, Taxation, Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates, Creditors and Debtors Rights, Publishing, Libel, Computer Law, International Law, Matrimonial Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1983, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
1988, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh and Federal Circuits. Member, 1973-1975, and Managing Editor, 1974-1975, Brooklyn Law Review.
Law Clerk to Honorary Richard Owen, United States. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1975-1977.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, 1987-1988.
Member, Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Law School, 1984-1986. Member: American Bar Association. International Trademark Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992, Chairperson, Publications Committee, 1989-1991.
Member, Federal Legislation Committee, 1994) American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairperson, Copyright Law Committee, 1995).
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, Professional Corporation, located in the heart of midtown Manhattan, was established in 1957, and has grown to a firm of more than 40 lawyers.
Member, 1973-1975, and Managing Editor, 1974-1975, Brooklyn Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorary Richard Owen, United States. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1975-1977.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, 1987-1988.
Member, Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Law School, 1984-1986. Member: American Bar Association.
International Trademark Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992, Chairperson, Publications Committee, 1989-1991. Member, Federal Legislation Committee, 1994) American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairperson, Copyright Law Committee, 1995).
Married Arthur Celedonia, September 5, 1966. Children: Miriam Doctorate., Loren East. Bachelor of Arts, Carnegie Institute.