Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

Founding partner Leo Glickman has a long track record of holding the powerful accountable and fighting for progressive candidates and causes. While serving as the NY State Chair of Common Cause, he spearheaded legal efforts to force the Republican-led New York State Senate to open their financial books. The case resulted in a landmark decision by the Court of Appeals, Weston vs. Sloan, that requires the State Senate to disclose its taxpayer-funded budget to the public.

He headed a division of the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB), and was responsible for training candidates in complying with the City's campaign finance law and utilizing the law to maximize the public funding of their campaigns. His nuts and bolts experience with campaign finance law makes him an effective campaign advisor and advocate before the Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, the Federal Election Commission, and the courts.

Mr. Glickman left the CFB to work for the Manhattan Borough President, C. Virginia Fields. As her Counsel, he developed civil rights policy, authored a report on discrimination in the taxi industry, and played a lead role in the Borough President's responses to the police shootings of Amadou Diallo and Patrick Dorismond. When Mayor Giuliani released the juvenile records of Dorismond, he drafted proposed legislation to strengthen the privacy rights of juvenile offenders.

Mr. Glickman represents candidates for Statewide and Citywide offices as well as many candidates for local legislative positions. He also advises political action committees (PACs) on the complex thicket of local, state, and federal election and campaign finance laws. In addition, Mr. Glickman is an experienced civil rights litigator, representing clients whose constitutional rights have been violated by members of the Police Department and the Department of Correction.

Publications:

Contributions to Campaigns of Candidates for Surrogate, and Appointments by Surrogates of Guardians Ad Litem, published in The Record of the Bar of the City of New York, January/February, 1999.

Mixing Money and Politics: How U. S. Campaign Finance Affects Democratic Governance in the U.S., published as a background paper for the United Nations Development Programme - Human Development Report 2002

Areas of Practice

• Police and Correction Misconduct
• Election Law
• Campaign Finance Law
• Governmental Services
• Criminal Defense

Representative Cases

• Weston vs. Sloan

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Administrative Investigations, Administrative Rulemaking, Regulatory Enforcement, Civil Rights, Police Misconduct, Discrimination, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Grand Jury Proceedings, Prisoners' Rights, Search & Seizure Protections, Voting Rights, Criminal Law, Election & Campaign Law, Legislative Practice, Public Law, Employee Rights -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Law Enforcement Agencies, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Municipal Employment, Municipal Liability

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1996
• Massachusetts, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Police Accountability Project
• Various Democratic Clubs

Classes and Seminars

• NYC Campaign Finance Law, Jerry Goldfeder, 2006
• Sean Bell Case Overview, Democratic Club, 2008

Past Employment Positions

• Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, Counsel, 1999 - 2003
• New York City Campaign Finance Board, Chief of Candidate Services, 1996 - 1999

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: With Honors
• Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
• London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 1986
  General Course

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Published Works

• Contributions to Campaigns of Candidates for Surrogate, and Appointments by Surrogates of Guardians Ad Litem, The Record of the Bar of the City of New York, January/February, 1999
• Mixing Money and Politics: How U. S. Campaign Finance Affects Democratic Governance in the U.S., United Nations Development Programme - Human Development Report, 2002

Address

71 Nevins Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1827

Phones

(718) 852-3710
(718) 852-0507

Faxes

(718) 852-3586

Emails

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Websites

http://www.stollglickman.com