Background
Kruger, Lewis was born on November 14, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Barnet and Sara (Denburg) Kruger.
Kruger, Lewis was born on November 14, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Barnet and Sara (Denburg) Kruger.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard University, 1956; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1959.
Worked at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1959, New New York Lecturer in Law, Columbia University School of Law, 1972.
Assistant Counsel to the President pro tempore and Majority Leader of New York State Senate, 1965.
Associate Counsel to Minority Leader, New York State Senate, 1966. President, 1967-1970 and Chairman of the Board, 1970-1977.
Citizens for Clean Air, Incorporated. Vice Chairman, Manhattan Community Planning Board #8, 1968-1970.
First Vice Chairman, Manhattan Community Planning Board Number.
7, 1972-1974. Consultant on Corporate Reorganization to the United States Senate, Subcommittee on Anti-Trust and Monopoly, 1976. Member, Community Services Board, New York City, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services, 1981.
Member, Board of Directors, Restaurant Associates, Incorporated., 1988-1990.
Chairman of the Board, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, 1987-1992. Member of the Board, American Craft Museum, 1991. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Banking, 1974-1975 and 1980-1981.
Bankruptcy Law, 1975-1978).
Commercial Law League of America (Member, Committee on Bankruptcy Law, 1981). Military: Judge Advocate, United States.
Army Reserve, 1959-1965. 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, Community Services Board, New York City, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services, 1981. Member, Board of Directors, Restaurant Associates, Incorporated., 1988-1990. Chairman of the Board, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, 1987-1992.
Member of the Board, American Craft Museum, 1991.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Banking, 1974-1975 and 1980-1981. Bankruptcy Law, 1975-1978).
Commercial Law League of America (Member, Committee on Bankruptcy Law, 1981). Military: Judge Advocate, United States.
Army Reserve, 1959-1965.
Married Laura Kruger, June 16, 1957. Children– Hillary Ann, Alix Elisabeth.