Jeffrey Leon KANTOWITZ

Background

Kantowitz, Jeffrey Leon was born on February 16, 1959 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sam and Hilda (Graubart) Kantowitz.

Education

Yeshiva University (Bachelor of Arts, 1979). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1982). Law Secretary to Justice Alan B. Handler, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1982 Walter Head Foundation, Graduate Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1983-1984.

Secretary, Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Virginia Ethics Committee, 1987-1989.

Member, Borough of Fair Lawn Planning Board, since 1989. Spoken languages: Hebrew.

Career

Worked at Goldberg, Mufson & Spar, A Professional Corporation (West Orange, New Jersey) specializing in Litigation, Land Use Law, Zoning and Planning Law, Affordable Housing, Appeals, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.

1983, New New York

1988, United States. Supreme Court.

Law Secretary to Justice Alan B. Handler, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1982-1983. Walter Head Foundation, Graduate Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1983-1984.

Adjunct Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School, 1995—. Secretary, Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Virginia Ethics Committee, 1987-1989.

Member, 1989—, Vice-Chairman, 1991-1994, Chairman, 1995—, Borough of Fair Lawn Planning Board.

Company-Author: "Zoning and Land Use Litigation," Chapter 12 in Matthew Bender & Company, Incorporated., New Jersey Land Use and Environmental Law, 1993. "Developments in Affordable Housing: The Fair Housing Acting and COAH in the 1990s," The New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, September 1992. Author: "In Practice: Land Use Law," 139 New Jersey Law Journal, March 13, 1995, 131 New Jersey Law Journal 683, June 29, 1992.

Lecturer, Rutgers University Center for Government Services, Winter, 1995.

Member: New Jersey State (Member, Sections on Land Use and Local Government Law) and American (Member, Local Government Section) Bar Associations.

Achievements

• JEFFREY KANTOWITZ has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member Mizrachi New Leadership Council, New York City, since 1985. Committeeman Bergen County (New Jersey) Democratic Commission, since 1985. Delegate Fair Lawn (New Jersey) Jewish Community Council, since 1986.

Member American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (land use and local government law sections).

Connections

Father:

Sam Kantowitz

Mother:

Hilda (Graubart) Kantowitz