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New
York City's Corporation Counsel
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Michael
Cardozo
Corporation
Counsel
Michael
Cardozo is New York City's Corporation Counsel. Prior to his appointment,
Cardozo was a senior partner at Proskauer Rose, LLP, one of New York City's
largest law firms. Cardozo joined the firm in 1967 and has since been elected
to the firm's executive committee three times. He also co-chaired its Litigation
Department from 1987 to 1991. Prior to joining the firm, Cardozo was a law
clerk in the chambers of the late Honorable Edward C. McClean in the Southern
District of New York. From 1996 to 1998, Cardozo served as President of
the New York City Bar Association, where he has worked on numerous committees
for over 30 years. He is the Chair of the Fund for Modern Courts, a non-partisan
citizen organization devoted to improving New York State courts, and previously
chaired two court system task forces appointed by Governor Cuomo and Chief
Judge Wachler. He is also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
and a member of the American Law Institute, the Board of Directors of the
Federal Bar Council Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Lawyers Committee
for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Anti-Defamation League. Cardozo earned
his Juris Doctorate degree at Columbia Law School in 1966, where he was
an editor of its Law Review and is currently the Chair of its Board of Visitors.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in 1963.
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