Background
Forstadt, Joseph L. was born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Forstadt, Joseph L. was born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964).
Worked at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1965, New New York 1968, United States. Supreme Court.
Recipient: Benjamin Butler Memorial Prize.
National Brotherhood Award, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Lawyers Division, June, 1987. Company-author of two Chapters: "Dealing With the Government," and "Product Liability Considerations," Handbook of Management for the Growing Business, Von Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.
Lecturer: Trial Practice, New York County Lawyers Association, Practical Legal Education Program, 1977-1979. Lecturer, Practicing Law Institute, Title Insurance Litigation, 1993-1994.
Special Legal Counsel and Law Assistant, Board of Justices, Supreme Court of New York, First Department, 1965-1967.
Acting Commissioner, New York City Department of Licenses, Department of Consumer Affairs, 1968-1969. Assistant Administrator, New York City Economic Development Administration, 1969. Mayor"s Special Advisor on Rent Stabilization, 1970-1976.
Owner Representative, New York City Rent Guidelines Board, 1984.
Arbitrator, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New New York
Special Trial Counsel, Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First Department. Member: American Judicature Society.
Federal Bar Council.
Founded in 1876, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is a 360-attorney full service law firm with particular expertise in corporate law, litigation, securities law, international commercial transactions, intellectual property, labor, insolvency and workouts, real estate tax, trusts and estates, product liability and insurance law. The firm is headquartered in New York and has offices in Boston, Budapest, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, District of Columbia
Member: American Judicature Society. Federal Bar Council.