Background
Damashek, Philip Michael was born on May 18, 1940 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Esther (Sassower) Damashek.
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Philip Michael Damashek
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Bar: New York 1969, United States District Court (southern and eastern districts) New York 1977. Lawyer, Cosmopolitan Mutual Insurance Company. New York City, 1969-1970, Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz & Damashek, 1971-1973.
Senior partner Philip M. Damashek, Professional Corporation, New York City, 1974-1989.
Partner Damashek, Godosky & Gentile, 1989-1994. Managing partner Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Damashek & Shoot, 1994.
Chairman Combined Bar Associations Judicial Screening Panel, New York City, 1983-1988.
Trustee LawPac, 1989-1991.
Legislation appointment member Committee to ReviewAudio-Visual Coverage of Court Proceedings, 1993-1994. Executive appointed to Governors New York Judicial Screening Committee, 1997, advisory board New York Israel Economics Development.
Career
Lawyer, Cosmopolitan Mutual Director Vice-President for government.
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Membership
Member Indiana Judicial Screening Panel, New York County Democratic Committee. Member malpractice panel Supreme Court of the the State of New York, County of New York, 1990-1991. Fellow American Board Trial Advocates (life), American Judicature Society, American Bar Foundation, Roscoe Pound Foundation, Association Trial Lawyers American (Wiedemann Wysocki citation of excellence 1990, Board of Governors 1990-1992, state relations com.1990-1992, no-fault coordinating committee 1990-1992).
Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (court administration committee, committee judicial administration 1990), Association of Bar of City of New York, Westchester County Bar Association, White Plains Bar Association, Metropolitan Women Bar assosiation, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (president 1990-1991, board directors, trustee), Association Trial Lawyers City New York (board directors), New York County Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (sustaining), Jewish Lawyers Guild (Board of Governors).
Connections
Married Judith Ellen Gold, December 3, 1967. Children: Alan South., Jonathan South., Harris R. Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Miami, 1964.
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American
Awards
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Recipient: Lawyer of the Year, Institute of Jewish Humanities, 1990. Wiedemann Wysocki Citation of Excellence. Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyer Section, UJA Federation, 1993. Listed in: Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Who's Who in American Law. Who's Who in the East. Trustee, New York Law School, 1996. Legislative Appointment: Member of the Committee to Review Audio-Visual Coverage of Court Proceedings, 1993-1994. Appointment by the Chief Administrator of the Courts of the State of New York to Committee on Standards and Goals, 1993. Legislative Appointment: Governor's Judicial Screening Panel-Designated to 2nd Judicial Department. Executive.Recipient: Lawyer of the Year, Institute of Jewish Humanities, 1990. Wiedemann Wysocki Citation of Excellence. Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyer Section, UJA Federation, 1993.
Listed in: Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Who's Who in American Law. Who's Who in the East.
Trustee, New York Law School, 1996. Legislative Appointment: Member of the Committee to Review Audio-Visual Coverage of Court Proceedings, 1993-1994. Appointment by the Chief Administrator of the Courts of the State of New York to Committee on Standards and Goals, 1993.
Legislative Appointment: Governor's Judicial Screening Panel-Designated to 2nd Judicial Department. Executive.