Professional and Community Activities

New York State Bar Association
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Executive Committee, including Chair
  • House of Delegates, including Chair
  • Nominating Committee, including Chair
  • Chair and Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
  • Committee to Review Judicial Nominations
  • International Section, Vice Chair and Executive Committee
  • Dispute Resolution Section
  • Founder and Chair, International Litigation Committee of Section
  • Founder and Chair, Commercial Court Task Force of Section
  • Chair, Special Committee on Administrative Adjudication
  • Chair, Special Committee on Continuing Legal Education
  • Chair, Committee on Leadership Development
  • Co-Chair, President’s Committee on Access to Justice
  • Finance Committee
  • Fellow, New York Bar Foundation.

American Bar Association
  • Board of Governors; Profession, Public Service and Diversity Committee of Board
  • House of Delegates
  • Chair of New York Delegation
  • State Delegate for New York
  • Nominating Committee, including Steering Committee
  • United Nations Delegation: Representative to United Nations; Special Advisor to Delegation
  • ABA Day at the United Nations
  • ABA Day in Washington, including Planning Committee
  • Dispute Resolution Section
  • International Section
  • Litigation Section, including International Litigation Committee
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Fellow
  • Chair, Downstate NY Committee
  • Chair, International Committee
New York City Bar Association
International Bar Association
  • Arbitration Committee
New York County Lawyers Association
  • Special Masters Committee
Chief Judge Kaye’s Commercial Courts Task Force.  
Chief Judge Lippman’s Commercial Division Advisory Council
Commercial Bar Association of London (“COMBAR”): Honorary Overseas Member
  • Frequent Speaker and Panelist
American Jewish Committee
  • National Legal Committee
  • Regional Executive Committee
  • Regional Board
  • Konrad Adenauer Fellow
  • Diplomatic Outreach Committee
  • Chair, Learned Hand Dinner
  • Worldwide Missions to Engage Global Leaders
UJA-Federation New York: Global Safety Net Committee
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation; Board of Directors
Citizens Union: State Affairs Committee