Background
Leaf, Martin Norman was born on February 19, 1932 in New York City. Son of Jack and Shirley Leaf.
Leaf, Martin Norman was born on February 19, 1932 in New York City. Son of Jack and Shirley Leaf.
Bachelor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952. Juris Doctor, New York University, 1958.
Worked at Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice. Corporate, Financial, Securities, Insurance, Real Estate, Labor, Tax, Trusts and Estates and Matrimonial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1958, New New York
1964, United States.
Supreme Court, United States. Court of International Trade, United States. Court of Military Appeals and United States.
Claims Court.
Associate Editor, American Trial Lawyers Association Law Journal, 1963-1973.
Recipient, Outstanding Service Award, Veterans of Foreign War, 1985. Village Attorney, Hastings-On-Hudson New York, 1969-1982.
Special Counsel, Appellate Division, First Department, Committee on Inter-Professional Relations, 1970. Special Assistant District Attorney, Westchester County, 1974-1975.
Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Director: National Black Theatre, 1970. Trailblazers, 1974; Buckminster Fuller Institute, 1980. Windstar Foundation, 1989-1992.
Delegate, United Nations Non-Government Organization, 1983-1994.
Special Lecturer, Asian Studies, Washington University, Saint Louis, School of Law. Member: New York State Bar Association.
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, 1990-1992). New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Federal Bar Council. Congress Union Internationale Des Advocats. Military: 1st Lieutenant, United States.
Army, 1955-1957
Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, Limited Liability Partnership is a full-service law firm providing a broad spectrum of legal services.
Its areas of practice include contract, securities, commercial, aviation, first amendment and defamation, partnership, insurance, real estate, copyright and trademark litigation (both trial level and appellate and before arbitration tribunals). Corporate and commercial transactions (both domestic and international) including securities, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint venture and technology transfer, computer and licensing transactions. Administrative practice before regulatory agencies.
Insurance matters.
Family law matters including divorce, custody and adoption. Labor and employment. Entertainment; taxation.
Real estate.
Trusts and estates.
Member of New York Athletic, Union Internationale des Avocats, New York Trial Lawyers Association, New York County Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council, Doubles. Associate, St. Anthony New York City, Players.
Married Louise Sarkin, December 29, 1956. Children: Marc, Jenifer, Clifton.