Jerome Reiss

Background

Reiss, Jerome was born on December 7, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of William and Eva (Marenstein) Reiss.

Education

Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1948. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951.

Career

Staff attorney civil branch Legal Aid Society, New York City, 1951—1954. Assistant Corporate Counsel City of New York, 1954—1958. Associate Max E. Greenberg, 1958-1967.

Senior partner Max E. Greenberg, Trayman, Cantor, Reiss & Blasky, 1967-1980, Max E. Greenberg, Cantor & Reiss, New York City, 1980-1988, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, New York City, 1989-1997, Thelen, Reid & Priest, 1997-2000, retired, 2000. General counsel Kiska Construction Company-United States of America, Inc., since 2004. Arbitrator Small Claims Court, 1960—1988.

Board advisory Federal Public, Inc. Chairman board AMT-Pacific, Israel, 2000—2002. Former member American Judges Association.

Representative various Japanese, British, Turkish, Israeli international contractors. Lecturer in construction field PLI, Florida Atlantic University. Drafter renovation contracts Statue of Liberty.

Drafter expansion contracts Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drafter construction contracts New York City Convention Center, Rockefeller University, New Park Building. Competition organizer Franklin Delano Roosevelt library, Hyde Park, New York.

With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional journals, chapters to books.

Membership

Trustee Brownsville Boys Club Alumni Association. General counsel Artist Fellowship, Inc. Fellow: American College Construction Lawyers (founding member).

Member: Washington (DC) Bar Association, New York Bar Association, International Bar Association, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Operating Corporation (board directors), Municipal Assist. Corporation City New York, American Arbitrators Association.

Connections

Married Naomi Betty Plutzik, June 15, 1947. Children: Robert Scott, Harlan Morgan, Andrea Ellen, Samantha Glynis.

Father:

William Reiss

Mother:

Eva (Marenstein) Reiss

Spouse:

Naomi Betty Plutzik

child:

Robert Scott Reiss

child:

Harlan Morgan Reiss

child:

Andrea Ellen Reiss

child:

Samantha Glynis Reiss