Attorneys

John M. Brickman 
Great Neck, New York
Partner
phone (516) 829-6900
fax (516) 829-6966
email jbrickma@alcllp.com

John M. Brickman, head of the firm's litigation group, practices primarily in the area of commercial litigation.  He has tried more than 100 cases before federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals, and has argued dozens of appeals.  He devotes particular attention to contract, corporate, partnership, employment, intellectual property, unfair competition, civil racketeering, franchise, estate, real estate, and construction cases, and frequently represents parties in disputes between principals of professional practices and substantial closely-held businesses.  

Mr. Brickman is pro bono legal counsel to the Manhasset-Great Neck Community Service Center, and is active in bar association, educational, and community activities.  From 1991 to 2006, he was Adjunct Professor of Law at Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he taught the course in Pre-Trial Litigation to senior law students.    

Mr. Brickman serves as Chairman of the Correctional Association of New York, an organization founded in 1844 that visits prisons and does research and advocacy in criminal justice issues.  He is a Director of the Nassau Health Care Corporation, which operates the Nassau University Medical Center , and a Director of the Levitt Foundation.  From 1992 to 1994 he served as a Trustee of The Johns Hopkins University and President of The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association.   

Mr. Brickman received his undergraduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. degree cum laude in 1969 from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Dean's List Scholar and served as Revision Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems.  From 1971 to 1975, he served as Executive Director of the New York City Board of Correction, the agency of New York City government that oversees the operation of the New York City prison system and issues reports and recommendations for change.  Through his work with the Correctional Association and otherwise, he continues his involvement with administration of correctional and criminal justice agencies.

Bar Admissions:
New York, 1969
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1970
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1973
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1975
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1992
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2001
Education:
Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1969
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Honors: Dean's List Scholar
Law Journal: Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems, Revision Editor, 1968 - 1969


Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1966
B.A.
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
A Lawyer at a Price People Can Afford, Summary of Conclusions of Equal Justice Under Law Conference, The New York Bar Foundation, 1975


Book Review, The New Red Barn: A Critical Look at the Modern American Prison, (Nagel), 19 New York Law Forum 433, 1973


Prison and the Courts, (Co-author), New York Law Journal, December 28, 1972


Representative Cases:
Posner v. Posner, 280 A.D.2d 318 (App. Div. 1st Dept. 2001)
Mollin v. Lerner, 258 A.D.2d 444, 684 N.Y.S.2d 606 (App. Div. 2d Dept. 1999)
Swift v. Choe, 242 A.D.2d 188, 674 N.Y.S.2d 17 (App. Div. 1st Dept. 1998)
Enquire Printing & Publishing Co. v. Vantage Graphics, Inc., 245 A.D.2d 259, 666 N.Y.S.2d 9 (App. Div. 2d Dept. 1997)
Shaffer v. RWP Group, Inc., 169 F.R.D. 19 (E.D.N.Y. 1996)
The Paddington Corporation v. Attiki Importers & Distributors, Inc., 996 F.2d 577 (2d Cir. 1993)
Silverman v. Trustees of Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation, 317 Md. 306, 563 A.D.2d 4029 (Md. Ct. of Appeals 1989)
Nicoleau v. Brookhaven Hospital, 181 A.D.2d 815, 581 N.Y.S.2d 382 (App. Div. 2d Dept. 1992)
Sussex Leasing Corp. v. U.S. West Financial Corp., 877 F.2d 200 (App. Div. 2d Cir. 1989)
Michele Amoruso e Figli v. Fisheries Development Corp., 499 F. Supp. 1074 (S.D.N.Y. 1980)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor of Law, Touro Law School, 1991 - Present


Long Island Program Chair, How to Try a Commercial Case, CLE Program, New York State Bar Association, May 30, 2001


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Corrections, 1998 - Present
Member, 1983-86, 1991-94


Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Conditions of Confinement, 1998 - 2001


Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Special Committee on Criminal Justice, 1976 - 1979


Chair, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Special Committee on Criminal Justice, Subcommittee on Research and Publications, 1976 - 1979


Member, New York State Bar Association, Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1998 - Present


Member, New York State Bar Association, Special Committee on Delivery of Legal Services, 1974 - 1977


Member, New York State Bar Association, Committee on State Legislation, 1974 - 1976


Member, New York State Bar Association, Committee on Federal Judiciary, 1989 - 1994


Trustee, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992 - 1994


President, The Johns Hopkins University, Alumni Association, 1992 - 1994


Member, Great Neck Library Nominating Committee
(Elected 1999, Re-elected 2001), and Chair, 2001 - Present


Director, The Correctional Association of New York, 2000 - Present


Past Employment Positions:
New York City Board of Correction, Executive Director, 1971 - 1975


Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Associate, 1970


Pro Bono Activities:
Member, Civil Pro Bono Panel of Volunteer Attorneys, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1986 - Present
Participating Attorney, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1979 - Present
Pro Bono Counsel, Manhasset-Great Neck Economic Opportunity Council, 1997 - Present
Pro Bono Counsel, Great Neck United Community Fund, 1996 - Present
Arbitrator, U.S.D.C., E.D.N.Y., 1989 - Present
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Sigma Delta
Pi Sigma Alpha
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Epsilon Pi

Ackerman, Levine, Cullen, Brickman & Limmer, LLP
1010 Northern Boulevard, Suite 400
Great Neck, NY 11021

Phone: 516-829-6900 (Ext. 407)
Fax: 516-829-6966

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