Background
Tabak, Ronald Jerome was born on July 23, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham S. and Frieda C. Tabak.
Tabak, Ronald Jerome was born on July 23, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham S. and Frieda C. Tabak.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1971; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1974.
Law clerk to honorary judge John F. Dooling Junior, United States District Court (eastern district) New York, Brooklyn, 1974-1975; associate, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York City, 1975-1983; special counsel, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York City, 1983-1985; special counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York City, since 1985. Member Executive Committee Lawyers for Legal Aid, New York City, since 1989.
President New York Lawyers Against the Death Penalty, New York City, since 1988. Vice chairperson Justice-PAC, New York City, since 1990. Board directors Appleseed Foundation, since 1995, New York Civil Liberties Union, since 1995.
Member American Bar Association (chairperson death penalty committee section individual rights and responsibilities since 1988, member section policy county since 1994), New York State Bar Association (President's Pro Bono Svc. award 1985, Outstanding Contribution to Defense Superior vena cava syndrome award 1990), Alaska Bar Association, Lawyers Alliance for New York (board of directors 1987-1991), Association of Bar of City of New York (member civil rights com.1994-1997, member commission on capital representation since 1994).
