Education

Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1988), Managing Editor, Fordham International Law Journal

Columbia University (A.B. 1985)

Admissions

New York, Connecticut, Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Associations/
Professional Affiliations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Federal Legislation, 2000 – 2003)

New York State Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section)

American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Litigation), The Copyright Society of the USA

Paul D. Getzels

Counsel
Phone: (212)-930-3605

Education

Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1988), Managing Editor, Fordham International Law Journal

Columbia University (A.B. 1985)

Admissions

New York, Connecticut, Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Associations/
Professional Affiliations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Federal Legislation, 2000 – 2003)

New York State Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section)

American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Litigation), The Copyright Society of the USA

Paul has had a wide-ranging practice in state and federal court for more than three decades. He has been a trusted advisor to the firm’s clients and his colleagues in the firm’s family law and commercial litigation practice since 1998. Paul began his legal career with the firm of Werner & Kennedy, concentrating on reinsurance and general commercial litigation and arbitration. His publications include the New York law chapter (written with John M. Teitler and Nicholas W. Lobenthal) in Family Law: A Global Guide from Practical Law (Thomson Reuters, London, 2011 to present) (formerly known as Family Law: Jurisdictional Comparisons) and the 1996-1999 annual updates to Peter Jakab, William M. Audet & Kimberly A. Fanady, Handling Federal Discovery (James Publishing, Costa Mesa, CA, 1995 to present). He has served on the New York City Bar Association’s Federal Legislation, Copyright & Literary Property, and City Bar Chorus (Co-Chair) Committees, and is also a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Paul is a member of the bar of the States of New York and Connecticut; the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut; and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Paul is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1988), where he served as Managing Editor of the Fordham International Law Journal, and Columbia University (A.B. 1985).