John M Leventhal

New York State Bar (Second Judicial Department)

Since 1980

2nd Circuit

Since 1988

United States District Court: E.D.N.Y

Since 1980

United States District Court: E.D.N.Y., S.D.N.Y.

Since 1980

Associate Justice

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department

2008 - Current

Justice

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial District, Brooklyn, New York

1996 - 2008

Partner

Rosenthal, Vallario, Leventhal & Coffinas, Esqs., Brooklyn, New York

1989 - 1994

Private Practitioner

Law Office of John M. Leventhal

1982 - 1989

Law Assistant to Civil Court Judge sitting in Criminal Court

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York

1980 - 1982

Brooklyn Law School

J.D. (1979)

City University of New York - Hunter College

M.S. (1974) | Urban Affairs

Case Western Reserve University

B.A. (1970)

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Member

2006 - Current

Appeals of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York

Commissioner

1997 - Current

Grand Lodge of South Carolina, A.F.M. near the Grand Lodge of New York

Grand Representative

1997 - Current

Association of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the City of New York

Member

1995 - Current

Activities: Treasurer (2008)

Association of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the City of New York:

Member

1995 - Current

Association of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Member

1995 - Current

Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association

Member

1980 - Current

Activities: Director (1983 - 2004)

Brooklyn Bar Association

Member

1980 - Current

Activities: Trustee (1987 - 1994)

Assigned Counsel Committee for Appellate Division, Second Department, 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts

Member

1999 - 2008

Evidence Curriculum Committee, Judicial Seminars

Member

1996 - 2005

2nd Manhattan Masonic District Blood Drive

Co-Chair

1996 - 2005

The National Conference of Specialty Court Judges, American Bar Association

Delegate

1999 - 2003

Gender Fairness Committee, Second Judicial District

Chair

1999 - 2002

Oversight Committee for Criminal Defense Organizations, for the Appellate Division, Second Department

Member

1997 - 1999

Second Judicial District Task Force on Reducing Litigation Cost and Delay

Member

1996 - 1997

Brooklyn Bar Association Grievance Committee

Member

1991 - 1994

Barrister, the legal quarterly publication of the Brooklyn Bar Association:

Editor-in-Chief

1982 - 1994

Veritas, the legal publication of Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association

Editor-in-Chief

1982 - 1984

The Admission of Evidence in Domestic Violence Cases after Crawford v. Washington: A National Survey

11 Berkeley J. of Crim. Law 77(2006)

Spousal Rights Or Spousal Crimes: When And Where Are the Lines To Be Drawn?

2006 Utah L. Rev. 351

2006

Observations of a New Country In An Old World and A New Way of Dealing With An Old World Problem

The Jurist

2004

Perspective: State’s Bail Statute Must be Amended

New York Law Journal

March 18, 2004

Judicial Selection System Under Attack: An Overview of France v. Pataki

The Jurist

1996

Do Not Open Unless . . . Review of Civil Rights Law §50-1

New York Law Journal

1995

Renunciation of Property Interests Under EPTL §2-1.11

New York Law Journal

March 23, 1995

Courtroom Show-Ups: Identification of the Worst Kind

New York Law Journal

April 27, 1994

Public Trial: Keeping the Undercover ‘Undercover,

New York Law Journal

November 3, 1992

Verdict Sheets - Objection and Appeal

ings County Criminal Bar Journal

June, 1990

A Recipe for Understanding a Defendant’s Speedy Trial Rights: Worley,Anderson, and a Touch of Gaggi

37 Barrister 101

1986

Burden of Proof and Defenses in Drug Related Forfeiture Proceedings

Kings County Criminal Bar Journal

January, 1986

Standing of a Passenger to Suppress Evidence and the New York Presumption

35 Barrister 145

1984

Alibi Witness’ Failure to Come Forward: The New York Rule

34 Barrister 104

1983

Photographs, Fingerprints and Suppression: Failure to Comply with 160.50 of the Criminal Procedure Law

Veritas

1981

Crime Prevention in New York City

Rand Institute Working Paper

1974