Joan E. Pransky

Background

Pransky, Joan E. was born on April 26, 1946 in New York City. Daughter of John and Sharon (Harris) Pransky.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1967; Juris Doctor, Seton Hall U., 1974.

Career

Social worker, Department Social Superior vena cava syndrome, New York City, 1967; elementary school teacher, Virgin Islands Board Education, St. Thomas, 1968; lawyer, Essex-Newark Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1974-1983; supervising trial attorney Urban Legal Clinic, professor, Rutgers University School Law, Newark, 1983-1986; attorney in private practice, Montclair, New Jersey, since 1986; attorney, New Jersey State Bar fellow, Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice, Newark, 1992-1994. Legal counsel New Jersey Tenant Organisation, since 1984. Legal counsel, advisor City-wide Tenant Orgns., East Orange, Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Orange, Jersey City, 1976-1990.

Advisory member New Jersey State Committee on Rent Control,, New Jersey State Committee on Multifamily Dwellings, 1983-1985.

Achievements

• Joan E. Pransky has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, community organizer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors New Jersey Citizen Action, 1990-1994. Member budget advising committee Montclair Board Education, 1996. Co-founder Support Integrated Public Education, Montclair, 1996.

Co-founder, member steering committee Montclair Civil Rights Coalition, 1997. Member New Jersey State Bar, New Jersey National Lawyers Guild, New Jersey Rainbow Coalition (Fannie Lou Hamer branch).

Interests

• Avocations: singing in chorus, hiking, whitewater rafting, jogging.

Connections

1 child, Leah.

Father:

John Pransky

Mother:

Sharon (Harris) Pransky

child:

Leah Pransky