Bernard D'Orazio
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Phone: 212-608-5300 Ext: 108
Fax: 212-608-5398
100 Lafayette Street
Suite 601
New York, New York 10013-4400
Bernard D’Orazio is a native New Yorker who has lived in New York City for nearly 30 years. He served for eight years as an appointed member of Manhattan Community Board No. 1, which participates in City planning processes and other issues facing lower Manhattan. In addition, he was for many years a member of the Board of Managers of his 261-unit condominium building located in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan and also served as its President. Mr. D’Orazio presently is a Public Member of the Business Conduct Committee (formerly known as the Adjudication Committee) of The CME Group, which operates the NYMEX/COMEX Commodities exchanges in New York City. He is the father of two teenage boys and is an avid golfer and basketball player. Much of his time away from the office is spent at a 19th century farm house undergoing restoration in Delaware County in beautiful Upstate New York.
Education
J.D., St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York, 1985
Law Review: St. John's Law Review, Senior Member Dean’s List – all years
B.A., New York University, 1982
Cum Laude
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New York, 1986U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals – Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals – Third Circuit
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
New York State Bar Association
New York County Lawyers' Association
Commercial Law League of America
The National List of Attorneys
Published Works
"Survey of N.Y. Practice" , 59 St. John's L. Rev. 436 , 1985
Past Employment Positions
New York Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1985 - 1987