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Leonard B Austin
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Florida
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- New York
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- 2nd Circuit
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- United States District Court for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York
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Professional Experience
- Associate Justice
- New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department
- - Current
- Adjunct Professor of Law
- Hofstra University School of Law
- - Current
- Justice
- Supreme Court
- - Current
- Dedicated Matrimonial Part - 1999 to 2000; Commercial Division - 2000 to 2009
- Private practice
- Leonard B. Austin, P.C.
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- Private practice
- Wolfson, Grossman & Austin
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- Private practice
- Stillman, Herz & Austin
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- Associate Counsel
- Speaker of the New York State Assembly
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- Counsel to the Agriculture and Commerce and Industry Committees
- Private practice
- Stillman & Austin
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- Solo practice
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- Assistant Law Librarian,
- Hofstra University School of Law
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Education
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
- J.D. (1977)
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- Georgetown University
- B.A. (1974)
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Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Current
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- New York State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Member of the House of Delegates and Past Presiding Member of the Judicial Section
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- Florida Bar Association
- Current
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- Nassau County Bar Association
- Current
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- Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County
- Board of Directors
- Current
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- New York Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
- Current
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- American College of Business Court Judges
- President and Chair of the By-laws Committee
- Current
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- Theodore Roosevelt Inn of Court
- Past President
- Current
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- Association of Justices of the Supreme Court
- Current
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- Pattern Jury Instructions Committee
- Current
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- Commercial Division Rules Revision Committee
- Current
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- Unified Court System Matrimonial Practice Committee
- Current
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- Unified Court System Commercial Division Curriculum Committee
- Current
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- Nassau County Courts Quarantine Team
- Current
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- Temple Beth Torah
- Executive Board and Past President
- Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- View From the Bench
- NYSBA Family Law Review
- The Impact of New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division on Bank Litigation
- Banking Law Journal
- Divorce Battleground: What is Your Medical License Worth Today?
- Physicians Management Magazine
- Punish Illegal Peddlers, Not Innocent Parties
- Crains NY Business
- License Status in M.D. Divorces; (Two Parts)
- American Medical News
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