Peter Danziger

Background

Danziger, Peter was born on January 5, 1949 in New York City. Son of Herbert and Eleanor (Rosner) Danziger.

Education

University of Vermont (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). State University of New York at Albany (Master of Science, in Education Psych. and Stat., 1977). Albany Law School of Union University (Juris Doctor, 1973).

Career

Worked at O'Connell and Aronowitz, P.C. (Albany, NY) specializing in Communications Law, Education Law, Personal Injury Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York. Member, Albany Law Review, 1971-1973.

Editor: Representing People with Disabilities, New York State Bar Association, 1989—. Author: Guidebooks on New York State's Freedom of Information Law and Open Meetings Law, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1989, 1993. "Special Education Litigation," New York State Bar Association, 1989.

Lecturer in Law for Psychologists Counsellors and Special Education Teachers at State University of New York, 1977-1987. Member: Albany County, New York State (Member, Committees on: Media Law, 1985-1992. Mental and Physical Disabilities, 1983—.

Co-Chairman, 1989-1993) and American (Member, Communications Law Committee, 1983—) Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. New York Trial Lawyers Association.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1974, United States District Court (northern district) New York 1974.

Works

• book

  • Tapping officials' secrets: The door to open government in New York

Membership

Legal counsel Jewish Family Superior vena cava syndrome of N.E. New York, Albany, since 1977. Member of New York State Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers assosiation, New York State Bar Association (chairperson commission on mental and physical disabilities 1989-1993).

Connections

Married Joan Nelick, August 15, 1970. Children: Lisa, Carrie, Beth.

Father:

Herbert Danziger

Mother:

Eleanor (Rosner) Danziger

Spouse:

Joan Nelick

child:

Beth Danziger

child:

Carrie Danziger

child:

Lisa Danziger