Walden, N.Y. (April 28, 2011) – Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP is pleased to announce that Gerald N. Jacobowitz will be honored for his 52 years of service by the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) during the 100th Annual Awards & Business Dinner Meeting on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at The Fountains at Wallkill Golf Club.
- Gerald N. Jacobowitz
Mr. Jacobowitz is a graduate of Walden High School, and Colgate University, magna cum laude – Phi Beta Kappa. Gerald received his Juris Doctor degree in 1958 from the New York University School of Law, where he was a John Ben Snow Root Tilden Scholar.
Today as senior partner at Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP he works in the Environmental/Land Use, Real Estate, Municipal and Business Law areas. He has also been attorney for villages and towns throughout the Hudson Valley. On behalf of private clients, he has helped bring to fruition numerous successful projects, including Rural Ridge subdivision, Harriman Business Park, Wind Ridge Village, Harriman Hills, Harriman Commons, Walden View Apartments, and Millpond Condominium.
Long committed to community service, Mr. Jacobowitz served as a founding director of the Orange County Pro-Bono Legal Services, Inc., has been a member of the Orange County Planning Board since 1997 and was vice chairman of the Orange County Charter Revision Commission, 1994-1996. He has been a director of the Walden Federal Savings and Loan Association for forty years, and is a director of the Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Charitable Foundation. He is president of the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan.
Mr. Jacobowitz is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Municipal Law Section, having previously served as Chairman of that section. He is a former president, director, treasurer and vice-president of OCBA, and was the original co-editor of Orange County Lawyer, the official publication of OCBA.
The OCBA is one of the most influential bar associations in the Hudson Valley with 413 members. Its mission is to help lawyers help people, promoting high standards of learning, professional skill, ethics, and public service.
