Background
Yankwitt, George Bruce was born on February 4, 1943 in Brooklyn. Son of Irvin and Roslyn (Smith) Yankwitt.
Yankwitt, George Bruce was born on February 4, 1943 in Brooklyn. Son of Irvin and Roslyn (Smith) Yankwitt.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, 1964. Bachelor of Laws with distinction, Cornell University, 1967.
Worked at Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1967, New New York 1968, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1982, United States. Tax Court.
1986, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
1994, United States. Supreme Court. Order of the Coif. Phi Kappa Phi. Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1966-1967.
Author: "Injunctive Relief Against a Union"s Violation of a Number-Strike Clause," 52 Cornell Law Review 132.
"New York Appellate Practice," New York State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1983. Law Clerk to Honorary Robert P. Anderson, Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1967-1968. Member: Federal Bar Council, President, 1992-1994.
President Elect, 1990-1992.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988-1990. Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, 1979-1988. Chairman, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1982-1985.
Chairman, Bench and Bar Conference, 1982.
Member: The Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Vice President, 1989-1996;Executive Committee, 1986-1996. Board of Directors, 1983-1996.
Chairman, Labor Committee, 1992-1996. Chairman, Community Law Office Council, 1989-1990.
Chairman, Personnel Committee, 1985-1987.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School. Member: Panel of Attorneys, Committee on Grievances, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1994.
Panel of Arbitrators, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1986. American Arbitration Association, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, 1982.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-1995. Committee on the Second Century, 1987-1990).
New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
Member: Federal Bar Council, President, 1992-1994. President Elect, 1990-1992. Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988-1990.
Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, 1979-1988.
Chairman, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1982-1985. Chairman, Bench and Bar Conference, 1982.
Member: The Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Vice President, 1989-1996;Executive Committee, 1986-1996. Board of Directors, 1983-1996.
Chairman, Labor Committee, 1992-1996.
Chairman, Community Law Office Council, 1989-1990. Chairman, Personnel Committee, 1985-1987. Adjunct Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School.
Member: Panel of Attorneys, Committee on Grievances, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New York, 1994. Panel of Arbitrators, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1986. American Arbitration Association, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, 1982.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-1995.
Committee on the Second Century, 1987-1990). New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
Married Adrienne G. Schwartz, November 24, 1966. Children: Ian, Russell, Craig.
