Background
LESSER, JOSEPH was born on January 16, 1925 in New York, New York, United States.
LESSER, JOSEPH was born on January 16, 1925 in New York, New York, United States.
Columbia Unviersity (Bachelor of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1948).
Worked at Waters, McPherson, McNeill, Professional Corporation (Secaucus, New Jersey. Also New York, New York) specializing in Public Law, Appellate Practice, Litigation, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Admitted to the bar, 1948, New New York
1949, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New New York 1950, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1954, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
1964, United States.
Supreme Court (Not admitted New Jersey). Adjunct Professor of Real Estate, Land Use Regulation, New York University, 1973. Lecturer, Local Government and the Federal Anti-Trust Laws, Practicing Law Institute, 1982.
General Attorney/Deputy General Counsel, 1987.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Aeronautics Committee, 1983-1986. Municipal Affairs Committee, 1980-1983).
American Bar Association (Chairman, Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law, 1970-1971. Member, House of Delegates, 1972-1974).
Military: With United States.
Army, 1943-1946. First lieutenant, United States. Army, 1949-1954.
"The Course of Federalism in America—An Historical Overview," appearing in Federalism: The Shifting Balance, Janice C. Griffith, Education, American Bar Association Press, 1989. "The Aircraft Noise Problem: The Past Decade—Still Federal Power and at Least for a While Longer, Local Liability," 13 Urban Lawyer 285, 1981. The Aircraft Noise Problem: Federal Power but Local Liability," 3 The Urban Lawyer 175, 1971.
"The Dilemma of Airport Zoning—The Constitutionality of Police Power Regulation vs. The Necessity of Eminent Domain Acquisition," Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, 1973. Co-author: with V.D. Bernstein, "The Evolution of Public Purpose, General Welfare and American Federalism,' 19 Urban Lawyer, 603, 1987.
Adjunct Professor of Real Estate, Land Use Regulation, New York University, since 1973. Lecturer, Local Government and the Federal Anti-Trust Laws, Practicing Law Institute, since 1982. General Attorney/Deputy General Counsel, 1987.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Aeronautics Committee, 1983-1986. Municipal Affairs Committee, 1980-1983). American Bar Association (Chairman, Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law, 1970-1971.
Member, House of Delegates, 1972-1974).
Military: With United States. Army, 1943-1946; First lieutenant, United States.
Army, 1949-1954.