And on August 30 come meet David Cassuto, Esq., our 2012 candidate for Austerlitz Town Judge, and Cheryl Roberts, our neighbor running for the NY State Assembly. (event details to follow).
David, a long time resident of Spencertown, received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He is a Professor of Law at Pace University and teaches in the areas of property, professional responsibility, environmental law, water law, animal law, and international comparative environmental law. He also directs the Brazil American Institute for Law and Environment (BAILE), a cooperative endeavor with the Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Prior to joining the faculty at Pace, David was in private practice, specializing in complex civil litigation. He also clerked for the Honorable Rosemary Barkett on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is widely published and a frequent speaker on issues ranging from corporate criminal law to environmental and cultural studies and literary criticism (David is a former professor of English specializing in literature and the environment).
David has been a member of the community since 1972 and currently lives in Spencertown with his family. His wife, Elizabeth Downes, teaches French; his son Jesse is in the eighth grade and a member of the ski team at Jiminy Peak, where David also teaches.
For more information on David Cassuto’s professional career, please visit: http://www.pace.edu/school-of-law/faculty-0/full-time-faculty/cassuto-david-n
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