Background
Reiss, Howard R. was born on July 1, 1951 in New York, New York, United States.
Reiss, Howard R. was born on July 1, 1951 in New York, New York, United States.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1973, Phi Beta Kappa). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1976). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Shatzkin & Reiss (New York, New York) specializing in General Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1977, New York and United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
1978, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of New New York 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and United States. Supreme Court.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1975-1976.
Author: "Personal Injury and Products Liability Litigation," Prentice Hall, 1987. Law Clerk to Honorary Charles M. Metzner, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New York, 1976-1977. Member: National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Panel of Mediators, Southern District of New New York
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State Bar Association. Shatzkin & Reiss was founded in 1988 by Howard Reiss and Karen Shatzkin, former classmates at Columbia Law School who also clerked for the same federal judge.
Both partners previously had large-firm experience.
The firm specializes in litigation in both federal and state courts, arbitrations, and contract negotiations in a wide range of areas, including commercial contracts, intellectual property and entertainment, reinsurance, securities, and personal injury.
Member, Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review, 1975-1976.