Lawrence F. DiGiovanna
Member
Email: ldgesq@ldigiovanna.com
Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Cooperative Conversion Law; Condominium Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation.
Admitted: 1977, New York; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Law School: Delaware Law School of Widener University, J.D., 1976
College: C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, B.S., 1973
Member: Brooklyn (President, 2005-2006; President-Elect, 2004-2005; Vice President, 2003-2004; Second Vice President, 2002-2003; Secretary, 2001-2002; Treasurer, 2000-2001; Trustee, 1996-2000; Chairman, Committee in Association with Brooklyn Board of Realtors, 1989-2000; Chairman, Committee on Cooperative and Condominium Law, 1997-; Chairman, Real Property Section, 1999-; Trustee, Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1999-; Vice President), New York State (Member: Subcommittee on Co-op and Condominium Law, Environmental Law Section, 1996-; Committee on Professional Discipline, 1997-2000) and American Bar Associations; Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (President, 1988-1989; Director, 1995-); Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn (Director, 2008-); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (1998-2004); Association of Arbitrators, Small Claims Part, NYC Civil Court (1999-); National Italian American Bar Association (1998-).
Biography: Recipient: Presidents Pro Bono Service Award, New York State Bar Association, 1999; 2006 St. Thomas More Award, Catholic Lawyers Guild of Brooklyn; 2007 Brooklyn Bar Association Annual Award for Outstanding Achievement. Staff Member, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1976. Member, Board of Directors, New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, 1996-. Member, New York State Attorney General's Martin Act Task Force, 1996-1998. Chair, 2002-2006 and Member, 1998-2006, NYS Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts; Member, Appellate Division, Second Department, Committee on Character and Fitness for the Second, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, 2008-; Member, Board of Directors, St. Vincent's Services, Inc. Child Care Agency, 1997-. Counsel, New York City Council Member Martin J. Golden, 1998. Member, Board of Trustees, Victory Memorial Hospital, 2001-2002. Sustaining Fellow, The New York Bar Foundation.
Born: Brooklyn, New York, February 23, 1951
ISLN: 907853617