Background
Leichter, Franz S. was born on August 19, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Otto and Kathe (Pick) Leichter.
Leichter, Franz S. was born on August 19, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Otto and Kathe (Pick) Leichter.
Swarthmore College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1952). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1957).
Member, New York State Assembly, Albany, 1969-1974; member, New York State Senate, Albany, since 1975; ranking member environmental conservation committee, New York State Senate, Albany, since 1986; ranking member judiciary committee, New York State Senate, Albany, since 1991; partner, Wachtell, Manheim & Grouf, New York City, 1974-1988; of counsel, Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green, New York City, since 1988. Chair New York State Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 1983-1990.
Member, Temporary State Commission to Revise the Penal Law. Temporary State Commissioner on Cultural Resources. Member, Hudson River Valley Greenway.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York State Bar Association.
Married Nina Williams, July 3, 1958 (deceased February 1995). Children: Katherine, Joshua. Married Melody Anderson, August 23, 2001.