Background
Samet, Joseph was born on July 6, 1949 in New York City. Son of Morris M. and Evelyn (Goldberg) Samet.
Samet, Joseph was born on July 6, 1949 in New York City. Son of Morris M. and Evelyn (Goldberg) Samet.
Queens College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1971). Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Baker & McKenzie (New York, NY) specializing in Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1979, United States. Supreme Court. Moot Court Honor Society.
Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn Law School, 1987. Lecturer for The Practising Law Institute, The National Bankruptcy Judges Conference and CLLA Fund for Public Education, 1981. Associate Member, National Bankruptcy Conference and Bankruptcy Code Reform Project, 1985-1993.
President/Director, Commercial Law League Fund for Public Education, 1984-1990. Mediator, United States. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Bankruptcy Committee, 1977). New York State and American Bar Associations. Bankruptcy Lawyers Bar Association.
Commercial Law League of America.
Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, Commercial Law League (lecturer, board directors bankruptcy and insolvency section 1985-1991, president, board directors fund for public education 1984-1990).
Married Jeanne Friedberg, July 16, 1978. Children: Lara, Arielle Rebecca.