Background
Marks, Leonard M. was born on January 24, 1942 in New York City. Son of Harold and Jeanne (Farkas) Marks.
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Leonard M. Marks
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City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1962). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).
Career
Worked at Gold, Farrell & Marks (New York, NY) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice, Trials and Appeals, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Securities, Computer, Technology, Antitrust, Corporate, Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1965, New York and United States. Court of Appeals, Second and Eleventh Circuits.
1966, United States. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1970, United States. Supreme Court. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1964-1965.
Co-author: "Entertainment Depositions," Matthew Bender, 1988. Member, Board of Editors, Entertainment Law and Finance Journal, 1987. Lecturer: Practising Law Institute.
Texas Bar Association. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. "Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry," "Intellectual Properties," 1982.
Vice President Board of Directors Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, 1987. Chair, New York Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Control Arms, 1986. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Chief, Swiss Bank Investigations, Southern District of New York, 1968-1970. Watergate Special Prosecution Consultant, 1975. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
New York State and American (Member, Section on Criminal Justice and Trial Lawyers) Bar Associations.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors, vice president Laywers' Alliance for World Security, Washington, since 1985, chairman New York chapter, since 1983. President Temple of Understanding, New York City, since 1984. Regent Cathedral St. John the Divine, New York City, since 1987.
Founder Co-Existence Center at Baruch College, CUNY, 1996. With United States Army, 1965-1966. Member American Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York, New York County Lawyers' assosiation, New York State Bar Association, Lotos Club, Players' Club.
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Married Sara Ginsberg, April 4, 1965 (divorced 1982). Children: Gabrielle, Amy.
