Lawrence Village Attorney Appointed to National Bar's Education Committee

Rockville Centre resident A. Thomas Levin, a lawyer at Garden City-based law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C., has been appointed to a three-year term on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Public Education.

American Bar Association (ABA) President-Elect James R. Skillenat appointed Levin to serve on the committee, which has a mission of promoting public understanding of law and its role in society.

Levin, who serves as the attorney for the Village of Lawrence, is a former president of the 77,000 member New York State Bar Association 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.

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.

Levin 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.