Background
Hochfelder, John M. was born on December 25, 1951 in New York, New York, United States.
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John M. Hochfelder
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Clark University (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). New York University School of Law. University of San Diego (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
Worked at Hochfelder & Weininger (White Plains, New York) specializing in Trial and Appellate Practice. Commercial, Real Estate, Negligence Litigation, Personal Injury, Insurance, Banking, Municipal, Entertainment, Franchise, Antitrust and Trademark. Admitted to the bar, 1978, New New York
1979, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1980, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York 1982, United States. Tax Court.
Certified Emergency Medical Technician, New York State, 1995.
Author: "New York Real Property Forms," Matthew Bender & Company, Revision of Chapter on Mortgage Foreclosures, 1993. "Draft Better Mortgage Contingency Clauses," The Practical Real Estate Lawyer American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Volume 4, Number.
4., 1988. Member, San Diego Law Review, 1975-1977.
Law Clerk to Honorary Irving Ben Cooper, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1977-1978.
Special Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1979. Member: Board of Directors, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, 1988-1993.
Board of Directors, Friends of Karen, 1994-1996.
Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Deputy Town Attorney, Town of Mount Pleasant, 1990-1992. Acting Village Justice for the Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1996.
Member: Westchester County and New York State (Member, Sections on: Real Property Law.
Insurance; Negligence and Compensation Law. General Practice) Bar Associations.
New York State Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Society of Law and Medicine.
Hochfelder & Weininger was formed in 1990 by John M. Hochfelder and Robert South. Weininger, former law clerks to the United States District and Circuit Courts and litigation associates at major New York City law firms. They have developed into a major Westchester firm concentrating on civil litigation, personal injury, appeals, arbitrations and commercial transactions of all types, including franchise, antitrust, trademark, entertainment, real estate, and banking. In addition, they have succeeded in obtaining some of the largest recoveries for automobile accident victims in Westchester County.
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Membership
Member, San Diego Law Review, 1975-1977. Law Clerk to Honorary Irving Ben Cooper, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1977-1978.
Special Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1979.
Member: Board of Directors, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, 1988-1993. Board of Directors, Friends of Karen, 1994-1996.
Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Deputy Town Attorney, Town of Mount Pleasant, 1990-1992.
Acting Village Justice for the Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1996.
Member: Westchester County and New York State (Member, Sections on: Real Property Law. Insurance; Negligence and Compensation Law. General Practice) Bar Associations.
New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Society of Law and Medicine.
