MICHAEL E. CURAN
Born New York, New York, December 2, 1931; admitted to bar, 1964, New York; 1965, U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court.
EDUCATION: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1958); Fordham University (LL.B., 1963).
EMPLOYMENT: Law Offices of Michael E. Curan, Principal, 1998-present; Curan & Troy, P.C., Principal, 1993-1998; Michael E. Curan & Associates, Principal, 1990-1993; Curan, Fader & Friedman, Senior Partner, 1988-1990; Michael E. Curan & Associates, Principal, 1984-1988; Conway, Farrell, Maloney, Stern, O'Connor & Duignan, Senior Litigation Counsel, 1980-1984.
LECTURER: Visiting Professor, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc., Medicine and Law Series, 1983-present.
RELATED INSURANCE EMPLOYMENT: Executive Director and General Counsel, New York State Insurance Brokers Association, 1979-1990; First Deputy Superintendent, New York State Insurance Department, 1975-1979; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Manager, National Litigation Section, 1969-1975; Haight, Gardner, Poor and Havens, Senior Litigation Attorney, 1963-1969.
INSURANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES: Chairman and Executive Director, Insurance Federation of New York, 1980-1985, Member/Director 1985-present. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1975-present.
MEMBER: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Administrative Law Committee, 1979-1982; Defense Association of New York; American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association.
MEDIATOR: Voluntary mediator for the Better Business Bureau.
KEITH J. AHLERS
Born Bronx, New York, January 13, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984 State of New York; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
EDUCATION: New York University (B.A. cum laude 1980); Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1983).
MEMBER: American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyer Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Legislative Committee); New York State Bar Association; Westchester County Bar Association; White Plains Bar Association; Defense Research Institute, Chairman, Ethics Committee. Founder and President, The Breadwinners Foundation, Inc; Board Member, Periwinkle Productions.
JOAN L. FIDEN
Admitted to bar 1984 New York, New Jersey, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern & Southern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court for the State of New Jersey.
EDUCATION: State University of New York, College of Oswego (B.A. 1981); New York Law School (L.L.B. 1984).
EMPLOYMENT: Bower & Gardner, Law Clerk/Associate, 1982-1989; Jones Hirsch Connors & Bull, Associate 1989-1992; Fiden & Norris, L.L.P. Senior Partner 1992-2005.
CHARLES B. NORRIS
Born December 30, 1958; admitted to bar 1985 New York, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern & Southern Districts of New York.
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A. cum laude 1981), New York Law School (J.D. cum laude 1985).
EMPLOYMENT: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Associate 1985-1991; Lester, Katz & Dwyer, Associate 1991-1992; Nancy Fairchild Sachs, P.C., Senior Associate 1992; Fiden & Norris, L.L.P. Partner 1992-2005.
MEMBER: American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater White Plains, Human Rights Committee of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Westchester, President of White Plains High School PTA; Arthritis Foundation of Westchester; Board of Directors, The Breadwinners Foundation, Inc., Board of Education of the White Plains City School District, Board of Directors of Lyndsey TCL.
STEVEN ROSS MITLITZKY
Born Brooklyn, New York, June 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; 1992, Connecticut, New York, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania; 1994 U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
EDUCATION: New York University (B.A., 1979); Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (J.D., 1990). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law.
AUTHOR: "Changes to Improve Nomination Process", New York Law Journal, October 17, 1991.
LANGUAGES: Spanish and French.
ROBERT J. EISEN
Born New York, New York May 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998 State of New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1999 State of New York.
EDUCATION: University of Rhode Island (B.A. 1993); New York Law School (J.D. 1998)
MEMBER: Westchester County Bar Association, Queens County Bar Association.
ADAM A. SHAPIRO
Born Bronx, New York, September 15, 1977; admitted to New York State Bar, 2003.
EDUCATION: Ithaca College (B.S. Cum Laude 1999); Boston University School of Law (J.D. Cum Laude 2002).
Presently on military leave.
WILLIAM F. COSTELLO
Born New York City 1946, admitted to New York State Bar 1975; admitted to the United States District Courts for Southern and Eastern District of New York 1978.
EDUCATION: Fordham University (B.A. 1969); Fordham Law School (J.D. 1974).
MEMBERSHIP: New York State Bar Association.
WENDY L. MACALUSO
Born December 23, 1970; admitted to New York State Bar, 1995; New Jersey State Bar; District of Columbia; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Albany (B.A. 1992); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D. 1995); Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure and Employment Law.
EMPLOYMENT: Fiden & Norris, L.L.P., 1996-2005.
MEMBER: Board of Trustees of the University of Daytona School of Law.
AUSTIN JACOBSON
Born March 23, 1963; admitted to New York State Bar, 1990.
EDUCATION: Middleburg College (B.A. 1986); Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1989)
MEMBER: Bronx Bar Association; Bedford Fire Department.
