Background
Elsen, Sheldon H. was born on May 12, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sheldon Howard Elsen
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Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Harvard University (Master of Arts, 1952. Juris Doctor, 1958); spoken languages: German and French.
Career
Worked at Orans, Elsen & Lupert Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Trials, Appeals and Arbitration of Commercial, Securities and International Civil Cases and White Collar Criminal Cases. General Practice.
Admitted to the bar, 1959, New New York Phi Beta Kappa. Company-author: with Enker, "Counsel for the Suspect," 49 Minnesota Law Review 47, November, 1964.
With Rosett, "Protections for the Suspect Under Miranda versus
Arizona," 67 Columbia Law Review 645, April, 1967. Author: "Why Can"t Business Get Its Day in Court?" Fortune, April 22, 1991.
"Securities Law Investigations," 2 Review of Securities Regulation 873, July, 1969. Lecturer in Law, 1966-1969.
Adjunct Professor of Law, 1969, Columbia Law School.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1960-1964. Consultant, President"s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 1966-1967.
Member of Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1973.
Chief Counsel, New York State Moreland Acting Commission on Urban Development Corporation, 1975-1976. Chair, Committee on Amenities in the Land Use Process (for City of New York), 1987-1988.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Vice President, 1988-1989. Chairman, Committee on Federal Legislation, 1969-1972.
Member, Committee on The Judiciary, 1972-1975.
Chair: Committee on the Federal Courts, 1983-1986. Chair: Nominating Committee, 1986-1987). Member and Panel Chair, First Department Disciplinary Committee, 1990-1996.
American Law Institute.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Founded in 1965, Orans, Elsen & Lupert Limited Liability Partnership specializes exclusively in litigation, including international disputes, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, defense of white collar criminal cases, arbitration, Surrogate"s Court and matrimonial practice, at the trial and appellate levels, as well as in the investigation and resolution of problems without recourse to litigation.
Achievements
Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Vice President, 1988-1989. Chairman, Committee on Federal Legislation, 1969-1972. Member, Committee on The Judiciary, 1972-1975.
Chair: Committee on the Federal Courts, 1983-1986.
Chair: Nominating Committee, 1986-1987). Member and Panel Chair, First Department Disciplinary Committee, 1990-1996.
American Law Institute. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Connections
M. Gerri Sharfman, 1952. Children: Susan Rachel, Jonathan Charles.
