Background
Kurnit, Richard A. was born on March 22, 1951 in New York, New York, United States.
Kurnit, Richard A. was born on March 22, 1951 in New York, New York, United States.
Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1972). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1975).
Worked at Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz, A Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in Advertising and Marketing, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Copyrights, Privacy and Publicity. Admitted to the bar, 1976, New York and United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
1977, United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1980, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Articles Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: "Regulating the Internet: A Panel Discussion," 14 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Lord Justice 601, 1996. "Identity Crisis: A Vision for the Right of Publicity," (Symposium) 20 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and The Arts 1, 1995.
"Libel Claims Based on Fiction Should Be Lightly Dismissed," 51 Brooklyn Law Review 401, 1985.
"Enforcing the Obligation to Present Controversial Issues: The Forgotten Half of the Fairness Doctrine," 10 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 137, 1975. "Truth in Advertising," Ad Age July 21, 1986.
"The Right of Publicity," American Bar Association Entertainment Lawyer, 1986. "First Amendment Protection for Commercial Speech," New York Law Journal, June 17, 1985.
"Clarifying the Right of Privacy," New York Law Journal, December 7, 1984.
Member of the Faculty: Course on Advertising Law, The New School, 1981, American Bar Association/American Law Institute Course on Product Distribution and Marketing, 1990. Member, Legal Affairs Committees: American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of American Publishers, Promotion Marketing Association. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Consumer Affairs Committee, 1989-1992.
Communications Committee, 1995).
American Bar Association (Member: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section. Forum on Communications Law).
Author: "Regulating the Internet: A Panel Discussion," 14 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment L.J. 601, 1996. "Identity Crisis: A Vision for the Right of Publicity," (Symposium) 20 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and The Arts 1, 1995. "Libel Claims Based on Fiction Should Be Lightly Dismissed," 51 Brooklyn Law Review 401, 1985.
"Enforcing the Obligation to Present Controversial Issues: The Forgotten Half of the Fairness Doctrine," 10 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 137, 1975. "Truth in Advertising," Ad Age July 21, 1986. "The Right of Publicity," American Bar Association Entertainment Lawyer, 1986.
"First Amendment Protection for Commercial Speech," New York Law Journal, June 17, 1985. "Clarifying the Right of Privacy," New York Law Journal, December 7, 1984. Member of the Faculty: Course on Advertising Law, The New School, 1981?, American Bar Association/American Law Institute Course on Product Distribution and Marketing, 1990?.
Member, Legal Affairs Committees: American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of American Publishers, Promotion Marketing Association. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Consumer Affairs Committee, 1989-1992. Communications Committee, 1995).
American Bar Association (Member: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section.
Forum on Communications Law).