John M. Brickman
Great Neck, New York
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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- New York City Board of Correction, Executive Director,
1971
-
1975
- Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Associate,
1970
- 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
- Phi Sigma Delta
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Epsilon Pi
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