Richard Hartzman, Esq.

Mr. Hartzman has over 20 years experience as an attorney, having worked in a variety of areas of the law, including international and national security law, criminal law, commercial matters, environmental law, rent regulation, and family law.  He has litigated over 50 civil and criminal appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court, the New York Court of Appeals, and the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, including a federal RICO conspiracy case.  In addition, he has handled over 200 judicial review cases in the New York Supreme Court and litigated proceedings before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission. 

From 1987 to 1997 Mr. Hartzman was Associate Counsel for litigation at the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal where he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Commissioner of Housing for developing and implementing a computerized legal brief bank.  He was also an assistant counsel at the New York City Department of Health.  Recently, Mr. Hartzman was appointed to the New York Family Court Appeals Panel. He has been counsel to the Benardete Archive, a non-profit organization established to preserve the scholarly and philosophical work of Seth Benardete, since its inception in 2002. 

Mr. Hartzman is a member of the International Security Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association, and has served on the Military Affairs Committee of the Association for which he has prepared extensive reports on matters of national security, one of which was published in the Military Law Review.  From 1993 to 1997 he served as an Observer to the United Nations for the American Society of International Law.  His legal publications include: “John Austin,” 262 Dictionary of Literary Biography 18, 2002; “Inter Arma Silent Leges: In Times of Armed Conflict Should the Laws be Silent?,” 57 Record, ABCNY 39, Winter 2002; “Congressional Control of the Military in a Multilateral Context,” 162 Military Law Review 50, Dec. 1999; “UN Observer Report”, ASIL Newsletter, 1993-1997; "Attorney at Large" column, Meetings & Conventions Magazine, Sept. 1985 to March 1987; "Big Brother is Watching: Espionage at Technical Meetings," Meetings & Conventions Magazine, Sept. 1985; "Nuclear Energy and Civil Liberties," Privacy Report, Feb. 1977; "Private Police in America", Privacy Report, Aug. 1976. 

Mr. Hartzman earned his J.D. degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1973.  After attending the California Institute of Technology from 1964 to 1966, he received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Colorado in 1968.  He is admitted to the bar in New York and Colorado.