Background
Lazer, Leon D. was born on July 4, 1921 in New York, New York, United States.
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Leon D. Lazer
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City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Specialized Studies, 1942). New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1948).
Career
Worked at Lazer, Aptheker, Feldman, Rosella & Yedid, LLP (Melville, NY) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy and Workouts, Corporate, Sales and Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Zoning and Land Use, Foreclosures, Computer, Intellectual Property, Tax, Trusts and Estates, Patent, Trademark and Copyright. Admitted to the bar, 1948, New York. Town Attorney, Town of Huntington, 1960-1964.
Supreme Court Justice, Suffolk County, 1973-1978. Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department, 1978-1986. Professor, Touro Law School, 1987.
Director, Institute for Local and Suburban Law, Touro Law School, 1987. Chairman, New York State Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, 1978. Instructor, Annual Judicial Seminars for New Judges, 1978.
Chairman, Judicial Hearing Officer Selection Committee, 10th Judicial District, 1990. Member, Temporary State Commission on Tax Reduction for Long Island, 1991-1993. Member, Governor's Task Force for Creation of Commercial Court, 1992.
Member: Suffolk County, New York State and American Bar Associations. New York State Association of Supreme Court Justices. American Law Institute.
Military: With United States. Army, 1942-1945
Lazer, Aptheker, Feldman, Rosella & Yedid, LLP, is committed to providing high quality legal services in the wide-range field of commercial law. Originally concentrated in the area of commercial litigation, our practice has grown and expanded into virtually all areas of commercial law.
Today, our practice includes civil litigation, general corporate and finance, real estate, appellate and criminal law.
Membership
Member, Temporary State Commission on Tax Reduction for Long Island, 1991-1993. Member, Governor's Task Force for Creation of Commercial Court, 1992. Member: Suffolk County, New York State and American Bar Associations.
New York State Association of Supreme Court Justices. American Law Institute. Military: With United States.
Army, 1942-1945.
