Attorney Profiles

LAWRENCE M. GORDON has been practicing law for over 35 years. His practice areas include Estate Planning and Estate Administration, Commercial Transactions, Personal Injury Law and Civil Litigation. He is a former Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney, as well as former Corporation Counsel for the City of Long Beach and former Village Prosecutor for the Incorporated Village of Lawrence, and is counsel to the City of Glen Cove Police Benevolent Association. Mr. Gordon is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association, the Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations with an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, the American Association for Justice, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Torts, Compensation and Insurance Law. In addition, Mr. Gordon is a continuing legal education lecturer and has published several learned treatises.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Administration & Planning
• Commercial Transactions
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1974
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1975
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1975
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1975
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1977

Education

• St. John's University School of Law, Queens, New York, 1973
  J.D.
  Law Review: Federal Case Review, St. John's University Press, Editor in Chief, 1972 - 1973
  
  
• Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1970
  
  

Published Works

• How to win Your next Soft Tissue, NBI, Inc., 2004
• How to Try First Case, NBI, Inc., 2002

Representative Clients

• Wells Fargo Bank
• Plaza Realty
• Power Motors

References

• Morgan Stanley
• HSBC Bank N.A.

Classes/Seminars Taught

• How to win Your next Soft Tissue, NBI, Inc., 2004
• How to Try First Case, NBI, Inc., 2002

Honors and Awards

• AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell, New York State Bar Association
• Jurisperitus Award (Court Employees of Nassau County)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Arbitration Association
  Member, Panel of Arbitrators
  
  
• Nassau County Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• New York State Bar Association
  Member, Torts Committee
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  
  
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  
  
• New York State Bar Association
  Member, Torts, Compensation and Insurance Law Committee
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Office of Suffolk County District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, 1973 - 1974
• City of Long Beach, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1974 - 1975
• New York State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Public Corporation, Counsel, 1975 - 1977
• Incorporated Village of Lawrence, Village Prosecutor, 1981 - 1987

Pro Bono Activities

• Nassau County 18-B Panel, 1975 - 1995