Constance Laurel Royster

Background

Royster, Constance Laurel was born on February 7, 1949 in New Haven. Daughter of Marshall Thomas and Eunice (Baker) Royster.

Education

Wheaton College; Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972). Harvard University, Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course (Diploma, 1972). Rutgers University (Juris Doctor, 1977).

Career

Worked at Cooper, Liebowitz, Royster & Wright (New York, NY. Also Elmsford) specializing in Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1978, New York, United States.

District Court, Southern District of New York and United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1981, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New York.

Recipient: Leopold Schepp Foundation Fellowship. Bates Fellowship; Scholarship, Yale University. Scholarship, Wykeham Rise School.

Myron Harkavy Trial Attorney Prize. Notes and Comments Editor, 1976-1977 and Member, Editorial Staff, 1975-1976, Rutgers Law Review. Editor, Rutgers Journal of Public Advocacy.

Editor, Women's Rights Law Reporter. Law Clerk: Honorary Damon J. Keith, Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Chief Judge, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Author: "Federal Regulation of Television Broadcasting," Rutgers Law Review, Volume 29, No.

4, Summer 1976. Guest Lecturer, Trial Practice, Pace University Law School, 1990-1991. Editorial Researcher, Letters Correspondent, Time Magazine, 1972-1974. Assistant United States.

Attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1979-1981. Member: Board of Trustees, Wykeham Rise School, 1969-1979, 1984-1988. Board of Directors, Chiropractic Education Foundation of New York, Inc., 1986-1991.

Board of Governors, Association of Yale Alumni, 1972-1976. Member: New York State (Past Member, Committee to Evaluate Legal Representation of Indigents) and American (Member: Criminal Justice Section. General Practice Section.

Torts and Insurance Section) Bar Associations. Westchester County Women's Bar Association. National Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1992, Assistant Treasurer, 1991, and Treasurer, 1992, Commercial Law Section).

(Also in Elmsford, New York Office).

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1978, United States District (southern district) New York 1978, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1978, United States District Court (eastern district) New York 1981.

Membership

Member: Board of Trustees, Wykeham Rise School, 1969-1979, 1984-1988. Board of Directors, Chiropractic Education Foundation of New York, Inc., 1986-1991. Board of Governors, Association of Yale Alumni, 1972-1976.

Member: New York State (Past Member, Committee to Evaluate Legal Representation of Indigents) and American (Member: Criminal Justice Section. General Practice Section. Torts and Insurance Section) Bar Associations.

Westchester County Women's Bar Association. National Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1992, Assistant Treasurer, 1991, and Treasurer, 1992, Commercial Law Section). (Also in Elmsford, New York Office).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling, gardening.

Connections

Married Laurence B. Liebowitz, May 4, 1979.

Father:

Marshall Thomas Royster

Mother:

Eunice (Baker) Royster

Spouse:

Laurence B. Liebowitz