Melvin Schweitzer
Profile provided by the New York State Office of Court Administration.
Supreme Court, Commercial Division
60 Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
(646) 386-3306
Status: Active


Judicial Experience:
  • Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Commercial Division, Appointed, 2009 to Present
  • Judge, Court of Claims, Appointed by Governor David Paterson, 2008 to 2017
  • Judge, Court of Claims, Appointed by Governor George Pataki, 2005 to 2008


Other Professional Experience:
  • M.L. Schweitzer & Associates, P.C. to 2005
  • Associate, Partner, Counsel, Rogers & Wells LLP (now Clifford Chance US LLP) to 1999


Education:
  • JD, Fordham University, 1969
  • BA, New York University, 1966


Admission to the Bar:
  • NYS, Appellate Division, First Department, 1969


Publications/Lectures:
  • "A Matter of Judgment: Weighing Litigation Public Relations Advice", New York Law Journal, October 23, 2003
  • "SEC's New Proxy Proposal", New York Law Journal, July 21, 2003
  • "Defending Your Client Should Start Before You Enter the Court", New York Law Journal co-author with Walter Montgomery, September 13, 2001
  • "Communications Strategies for Chapter 11", New York Law Journal co-author with Walter Montgomery, May 15, 2001
  • "Financing Asia's Future", New York Law Journal, October 17, 1997
  • "To Fix Uncle Sam's Budget Do What Homeowners Do", The Christian Science Monitor, August 1, 1995
  • "Insurer Insolvencies :Next Mega-Crisis?", The New York Times, June 8, 1990
  • "Nominating A President, The Democratic Rules and their Politics", University of Virginia of Law and Politics co-author with David Schulz, 1984


Professional Civic Activities/Honors/Awards:
  • Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Member, Board of Commissioners, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1993 - 1999
  • Co-Chair, Task Force on Pension Fund Obligations, Comptroller of the City of New York, 1995
  • Member, Transition Panel, Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York, 1973
  • Member, Governor's Advisory Panel on New York's Financial Services Industry, 1988 - 1989
  • Member, Transition Panel, Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York, 1989

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