Richard A. Kurnit

Conflict, Mediation
488 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022


Conflict

Admitted

1976, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, 1975

Law School Graduation Year

1975

College

Columbia University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1972

Memberships

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Communications Committee, 1995—; Consumer Affairs Committee, 1989-1992); American Bar Association (Member: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section; Forum on Communications Law).

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1974-1975. Author: Regulating the Internet: A Panel Discussion, 14 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment L.J. 601, 1996; Identity Crisis: A Vision for the Right of Publicity, (Symposium) 20 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and The Arts 1, 1995; Libel Claims Based on Fiction Should Be Lightly Dismissed, 51 Brooklyn Law Review 401, 1985; Enforcing the Obligation to Present Controversial Issues: The Forgotten Half of the Fairness Doctrine, 10 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 137, 1975; Truth in Advertising, Ad Age July 21, 1986; The Right of Publicity, ABA Entertainment Lawyer, 1986; First Amendment Protection for Commercial Speech, New York Law Journal, June 17, 1985; Clarifying the Right of Privacy, New York Law Journal, December 7, 1984. Member of the Faculty: Course on Advertising Law, The New School, 1981—, American Bar Association/American Law Institute Course on Product Distribution and Marketing, 1990—. Member, Legal Affairs Committees: American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of American Publishers, Promotion Marketing Association.

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