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Lans, Deborah E. was born on October 26, 1949 in New York, New York, United States.
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Deborah E. Lans, American lawyer, specializing in the field of Federal and State Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Aviation, Contract, Trial, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Environmental. Member of Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership.
Education
Smith College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971). Boston University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974).
Career
Worked at Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice. Corporate, Financial, Securities, Insurance, Real Estate, Labor, Tax, Trusts and Estates and Matrimonial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, New York, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1983, United States. Supreme Court.
1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1986, United States. Tax Court. Company-author: with Honorary Sharon East. Grubin "Removal," Federal Civil Practice, New York State Bar Association, 1989 and 1993 Supplement.
Company-author: with Robert South. Duboff, "Jury Selection," Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, West Publications 1995. Member, Commercial and Securities Panels of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, 1981-1983.
Member: Executive Committee, 1985-1989. Judiciary Committee, 1984-1985. Council on Judicial Administration, 1996.
Joint Committee on Fee Disputes, 1982.
Special Committee on Membership, 1982-1985. Delegate to New York State Bar Association House of Delegates, 1984-1987.
Committee on Bioethical Issues, 1992). New York State (Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1990.
Judiciary Committee, 1993.
Company-Chair, Women in Courts Committee, Family Law Section. Member, Environmental Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Federal Bar Council.
Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership is a full-service law firm providing a broad spectrum of legal services.
Its areas of practice include contract, securities, commercial, aviation, first amendment and defamation, partnership, insurance, real estate, copyright and trademark litigation (both trial level and appellate and before arbitration tribunals). Corporate and commercial transactions (both domestic and international) including securities, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint venture and technology transfer, computer and licensing transactions.
Administrative practice before regulatory agencies. Insurance matters; family law matters including divorce, custody and adoption.
Labor and employment.
Entertainment. Taxation. Real estate. Trusts and estates.
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Membership
Member, Commercial and Securities Panels of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, 1981-1983. Member: Executive Committee, 1985-1989.
Judiciary Committee, 1984-1985.
Council on Judicial Administration, 1996. Joint Committee on Fee Disputes, 1982.
Special Committee on Membership, 1982-1985. Delegate to New York State Bar Association House of Delegates, 1984-1987.
Committee on Bioethical Issues, 1992).
New York State (Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1990. Judiciary Committee, 1993. Company-Chair, Women in Courts Committee, Family Law Section.
Member, Environmental Law Section) and American Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council.
