David Hazan Email & Phone Number

30 Vesey Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10007

Founding Partners David Hazan and Stuart Jacobs manage every aspect of Jacobs & Hazan, PLLC, including legal representation of clients, supervision of employees, financials, marketing, recruiting, and human resources management.

Greater New York City Area

Taught courses for Lawline.com regarding Federal Civil Rights Litigation. Specifically, I taught courses that covered Civil Rights claims for false arrest and malicious prosecution brought pursuant to 42 USC Section 1983 and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

100 Church Street, New York, New York 10007

• Senior Counsel/Cluster Leader; Sept. 2007-Sept. 2010
• In addition to maintaining Assistant Corporation Counsel responsibilities and caseload, serve as the primary supervisor of entry level attorneys.
• Supervisory responsibilities include training, evaluation, reviewing all work product, and approving all submissions to Court.
• Litigate personal caseload of approximately 40 cases of alleged police or correction officer misconduct brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 in the United States District Court.
• All assigned matters handled through resolution, which has included the trial of several cases.
• Volunteer assistant with Legal Recruiting; including serving as a mentor for entering attorneys and conducting on-campus and in-office interviews;

New York, New York

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

100 Church Street, New York, New York 10007

• Worked in the Special Federal Litigation Division on § 1983 cases, drafted motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment; drafted direct and cross examinations for witnesses in an upcoming trial; second chaired.

1770 Motor Parkway, Suite 300, Islandia, New York 11749

• Summer Associate position primarily focused on the criminal defense practice area
• Researched and drafted legal memorandum regarding criminal law and constitutional law issues that arose in active criminal cases
• Researched issues involving racketeering, insurance fraud, search and seizure, attachments, and the 2001 Federal Sentencing Guidelines
• Briefed and Discussed the results of research and how it applied to active cases with Partners Raymond Perini and Maureen Hoerger on a daily basis
• Visited and interviewed clients in prison and jail
• Attended court proceedings with attorneys

767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153

• Supervised approximately 3-5 paralegals to assist attorneys with issues that arose in active "business and securities" lawsuits
• Drafted legal correspondence
• Organized and developed document tracking systems for cases that which had thousands of documents exchanged during discovery
• Document review of discovery produced by opposing parties in "business and securities litigation" lawsuits
• Supervised other paralegals in organizing and digesting large volumes of discovery produced in "business and securities litigation" lawsuits
• Assisted attorneys preparing for depositions

Washington D.C.

Trained as an Investigator by the Washington, D.C. Public Defender’s Office. Investigated the underlying crimes for which clients/criminal defendants were charged, ranging from drug related crimes to murder. As an investigator I was responsible `for Locating, interviewing and taking statements from witnesses; investigating and subpoenaing relevant.

Washington D.C.

• Notified organizations, Congressmen and Senators about the status of pending grant applications;
• Attended Congressional Hearings involving law enforcement and other Justice Department related issues, provided the Deputy Attorney General with reports about what occurred at the Hearings and drafted DOJ Press.
• Researched new technologies, case studies, and statistics related to a variety of criminal justice issues, as requested by the Deputy Attorney General;
• Read correspondence sent to DOJ from constituents, researched the answers to questions contained in the correspondence, obtained relevant publications and information requested in the correspondence, and drafted.

J.D., Constitutional Law

Activities and Societies: * Dean's List * Public Interest Law Group * Student Funded Public Interest Fellowship Program;• Street Law.

Ba/Bs, Political Science/ Biology, Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: • Student Admissions Representative, College Elections Board, Volunteer Emory, Intramural Sports• Student.

Semester In Washington D.C., Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Internship with the United States Department of JusticeSpent the Spring semester in Washington D.C. studying our.

New York State Regents Diploma

Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Fencing, County Champion Fencing (Sabre), Captain of Fencing Team, Varsity Tennis, Captain of the Tennis.