Background
Schaffer, Frederick P. was born on July 18, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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Frederick P. Schaffer
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Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1968). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1973).
Career
Worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporate, Banking, Securities, Bankruptcy and Debt Restructuring, Commercial Finance, Environmental, Equipment Financing and Leasing, Insurance, Litigation, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Real Estate, Tax, Family Law and Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Pennsylvania and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1979, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1982, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
1983, United States. Supreme Court.
Editor, 1971-1972, Senior Editor, 1972-1973, Harvard Law Review. Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Honorary Francis L. Van Dusen, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1973-1974.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1974-1979. Associate Professor of Law, 1979-1981, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1981-1983, Benjamin North. Cardozo School of Law.
Associate and Partner, Pollack & Kaminsky, 1981-1985. Chief Litigating Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1985-1989, 1990-1991.
Counsel to the Mayor of the City of New York, 1989.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Executive Committee, 1995 and Committees on: The Judiciary, 1990-1993. International Human Rights, 1986-1989. Federal Legislation, 1983-1986).
New York State and American Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council (Member, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1983-1986, 1992-1994. Vice Chairman, Mayor"s Committee on the Judiciary, 1994).
Director, The Legal Aid Society, 1995. Trustee, Practising Law Institute, 1995.
Founded in 1969, Schulte Roth & Zabel Limited Liability Partnership is a 200 lawyer firm with offices in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida.
The firm represents a wide range of institutional, business and individual clients, including leading investment and securities firms, public and private corporations, domestic and international commercial banks, international real estate investment and development firms, fiduciaries and individuals.
Achievements
Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Executive Committee, 1995 and Committees on: The Judiciary, 1990-1993. International Human Rights, 1986-1989. Federal Legislation, 1983-1986).
New York State and American Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council (Member, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1983-1986, 1992-1994. Vice Chairman, Mayor"s Committee on the Judiciary, 1994).
Director, The Legal Aid Society, 1995. Trustee, Practising Law Institute, 1995.
