Background
Lerner, Jonathan J. was born in 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Lerner, Jonathan J. was born in 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Bachelor, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1970. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, 1973.
Partner, corporation, securities and commercial litigation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York City. Lecturer business judgement rule and federal practice and procedure Practising Law Institute and bar associations conferences. Lecturer at law Columbia University School of Law, 1989—1992.
Member Department Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, 1983—1990, 1993, hearing panel chairman, 1984—1990, since 1992. Adjunct professor Brooklyn Law School, since 2000.
Member of Association of the Bar City New York (member committee on professional and judicial ethics 1981-1984, member committee on the federal courts 1989-1992, chairman 1999—2002).