Background
Summit, Stuart A. was born on April 18, 1936 in Canton, Ohio, United States.
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Stuart A. Summit
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The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1957. Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1959).
Career
Worked at Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Civil Litigation, Governmental Investigations Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Ohio. 1961, New York; 1965, United States.
District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1966, United States. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. 1973, United States. Supreme Court.
1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1978, District of Columbia. Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Counsel, New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination, 1978. Law Secretary to Appellate Division Justice Charles Doctorate. Breitel, 1962-1963.
Executive Secretary, Mayor"s Committee on the Judiciary, 1966-1977.
Member: 1970. Executive Committee, 1971-1977, National Council of The Ohio State University College of Law. President, The Ohio State University Law Alumni, 1979.
Member, 1982-1986, 1988 and Chairman, 1984-1986 The Ohio State University Alumni Advisory Council.
Member, Board of Trustees The Ohio State University Development Fund, 1987-1988. Trustee, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 1987-1992. Member, Fashion Institute of Technology, Presidential Advisory Board, 1994.
Author: "The Witness Needs Help," Litigation, Journal of the American Bar Association, Winter, 1977.
"Conducting The Oral Deposition," Litigation, The Journal of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Spring, 1975. Company-author: "An Innovative Approach to Resolving Disputes But Will it Succeed?" The National Law Journal, April 30, 1984.
"Using Rule 9 (b) to Challenge Securities Fraud Actions," The National Law Journal, December 24, 1984. "The Insider Trading Panic - the Overlooked Element of Scienter," New York Law Journal, December 10, 1986.
Chair: Pretrial Tactics and Techniques in Corporate Litigation, 1976-1978, The Planning and Management of Corporate Litigation, 1972, 1974 and Discovery Techniques, 1974, Practising Law Institute.
Company-Chair: The Art of Taking and Defending Depositions in Corporate Litigation, 1980, 1981 and Tactics and Strategy in Major Litigation, 1982-1984, Practising Law Institute. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Judicial Selection and Tenure, 1971-1975. State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1976-1978.
Federal Courts, 1979-1982.
Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution, 1985-1989. Women in the Profession, 1990-1992).
New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Corporation, Banking and Business Law. Antitrust Law) Bar Associations.
American Judicature Society.
Federal Bar Council (Chair, Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 1983-1986). Trustee, Federal Bar Foundation (1994).
Achievements
Membership
Member: 1970; Executive Committee, 1971-1977, National Council of The Ohio State University College of Law. President, The Ohio State University Law Alumni, 1979. Member, 1982-1986, 1988 and Chairman, 1984-1986 The Ohio State University Alumni Advisory Council.
Member, Board of Trustees The Ohio State University Development Fund, 1987-1988.
Trustee, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 1987-1992. Member, Fashion Institute of Technology, Presidential Advisory Board, 1994.
