Education
Jeff Kurzon graduated from McGill Law School in 2003, after studying abroad at the University of Aix-Marseille in France.
Jeff Kurzon graduated from McGill Law School in 2003, after studying abroad at the University of Aix-Marseille in France.
He began his career as a lawyer at Sidley Austin, which he later left to create his own law firm. Defense of indebted law students
Kurzon"s firm represent law school graduates who sued in a class action their law schools, including New York Law School and Cooley Law School, for misrepresenting their post-graduate employment statistics to lure students to take on hundreds of thousands dollars in debt. Defense of unpaid Huffington Post bloggers
Jeff Kurzon was the lead attorney who filed a lawsuit representing a class of about 9,000 unpaid Huffington Post bloggers, claiming that the Huffington Post and its acquirer America Online unjustly made profits by using the unpaid writers" work.
Kurzon became involved in New York City politics in 2007 as one of the top fundraisers for Barack Obama, raising over $150,000 for the candidate and organizing one of the earliest and largest grassroots groups in New York City in support of the candidate.
Campaign finance pledge
In February 2013, Kurzon declared his candidacy and is on the ballot for the New York City Democratic Primary of June 24, 2014, against 22-year incumbent Nydia Velázquez. Kurzon pledged to not accept any Public Affairs Committee or lobbyist money, challenging his opponent sitting in the Financial Services Committee to do the same.
Also, after the Federal Election Commission issued guidance on Bitcoin, Jeff Kurzon announced he would be the first candidate in New York to accept bitcoin donations from individuals. In June 2014, he lost the primary to Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez.