Municipal Law, Land Use Attorneys - Garden City, Long Island, New York

A. Thomas Levin

Law Practice
A. Thomas Levin is a Member of the law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C. located in Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. and Chair of the firm's Municipal Law, Land Use and Environmental Compliance practice and the Professional Responsibility practice. He originated and chairs the firm's Veterans' Scholarship Program at Nassau Community College. Mr. Levin represents public and private sector clients in the fields of local government law, land use regulation, commercial litigation and matters relating to professional responsibility, ethics and disciplinary proceedings. He presently serves as Village Attorney for seven Nassau County villages and Special Prosecutor for the Village of North Hills. He serves or has served as special counsel to scores of other municipalities and school districts, including Nassau County, the City of Long Beach, the City of Glen Cove, the Town of Hempstead, the Town of North Hempstead, the Copiague School District, Rockville Centre School District, Hempstead School District, Hewlett-Woodmere School District, Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Education, Town of Brookhaven, Great Neck/North Shore Cable Commission and The Public Access Television Corporation.

Professional Profile
Mr. Levin is a former President of the 77,000 member New York State Bar Association (June 2003 - June 2004) and is a Life Member of that Association's House of Delegates. He served as a member of the NYSBA Executive Committee, as Vice President, At Large Member, and Secretary, from 1995 to 2005. He is also a member of the Executive Committees of the NYSBA Municipal Law Section, International Section and Senior Lawyers Section, and has served as Chair, member or Executive Committee Liaison to many committees of that Association, including the Law, Youth & Citizenship Committee, Special Committee on Law Firm Structure and Operations (MDP), Bylaws Committee, Committee on Legislative Policy, President's Special Committee on Access to Justice, Special Committee on Court Structure and Judicial Selection, Special Committee on Legal Issues Affecting Same Sex Couples, Special Committee on Youth Courts, and the Nominating Committee. He also served on the New York State Independent Judicial Qualification Commission for the Tenth Judicial District and as Chair of the New York State Conference of Bar Leaders.

Mr. Levin is a former President of the Nassau County Bar Association (1991-1992), and is a Life Member of that Association's Board of Directors. He served as a Trustee of the New York State Bar Foundation and is a Sustaining Fellow of that organization and the American Bar Foundation, a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates, a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association, a past President of the Bar Association of Nassau County Fund, Inc., and a co-founder and former Vice President of the Nassau Bar Tech Center, Inc. He also has served as President of the National Caucus of State Bar Associations, member of the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, member of the Brown University Alumni Association Board of Governors, and President of the Brown University Club of Long Island, Inc. He is a Trustee of the Nassau Land Trust and served as Secretary of this organization. Mr. Levin is also a Trustee of, and Counsel to, the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.

Since 1971, Mr. Levin has been the Editor of the "Bench Book for Trial Judges," first published by the New York State Judicial Conference and the Office of Court Administration, and now published by Thomson-Reuters. He is the author of numerous other legal articles, and a frequent lecturer on legal topics including commercial litigation, zoning and land use, civil rights law, municipal law, environmental quality review compliance, professional ethics and current professional issues.

Recognitions
Mr. Levin has been recognized by Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East and Who's Who in the World. He was the recipient of the "Commitment to Justice" Award presented by the Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee in 2002, recognizing the strong support he has given to pro bono services, his outstanding leadership in the legal community, and his devotion to improving the justice system on Long Island. Mr. Levin was the May 2003 Alumnus of the Month for New York University School of Law, and in 2006 he was awarded the "Public Interest Attorney of the Year" from Touro Law Center. Mr. Levin is rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest level in professional excellence, and was recognized by L.I. Pulse Magazine in 2010 and 2011 as one of the region's "Top Legal Eagles". He also received the Long Island Business News 2011 Leadership in Law Award.

Community Involvement
In the public service field, Mr. Levin has been counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the New York State Assembly, and to the Joint Legislative Committee on the State's Economy, and has been active in numerous community and charitable organizations. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Community Foundation, the Nassau Symphony Orchestra, the Nassau County Legal Aid Society and the Advisory Board member of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School. Mr. Levin is a member of the Land Use Law Center Conference Board at Pace Law School, and a member of the Advisory Council of Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, Inc. Mr. Levin is pro bono counsel to the RVC Conservancy, has been pro bono general counsel to the Day Care Council of Nassau County, Inc. and the Rosa Lee Young Childhood Center for over thirty-five years, and represents many not for profit organizations and individuals on a pro bono basis.

Admissions
Mr. Levin is admitted to practice law in New York State, the State of Florida, the United States Virgin Islands, the United States Supreme Court and before the United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.