Jack Richard Lebowitz

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Boston University School of Law. During my career as an attorney, prior to my current solo practive, I have worked as a government regulatory trial attorney for the State Public Service Commission, an in house counsel for a Fortune 100 corporation, and as a partner or counsel for a several Albany and Syracuse based medium sized law firms. I am committed to helping people and small businesses with their legal problems at a reasonable, fixed "no surprises" rate not based on the common "hourly billing" model. I am also a founder, director, officer and counsel of The Mockingbird Foundation, a charity formed by Phish fans which supports music education for children, runs the Phish.net website and has authored three books about Phish's performances, The Phish Companion series. Since it's founding in 1996, The Foundation has donated over $800,000 raised by its literary and online works to music education for underserved children. I am also a founder and officer of the Glens Falls Food Cooperative, a member-owned cooperative that distributes locally sourced organic food to its members at wholesale prices.

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  Reasonable rates and flat fee pricing possible depending on nature and complexity of matter. Rates are generally lower than "full service" law firms with a high overhead business model.

New York

Since 1976

2nd Circuit

Since 1977

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1980

Attorney and Counselor at Law

Lebowitz Legal Services, PLLC (http://jacklebowitz.com)

2011 - Current

General civil and criminal law practice with focus on environmental, land use and zoning law, and state administrative law, trials and appeals.

Counsel

Green and Seifter Attorneys (now Bousquet, Holstein)

2008 - 2011

Counsel on energy and environmental projects including hydroelectric and electric transmission line permitting projects, brownfield and general DEC permitting issues.

Member, Counsel

Lemery Greisler LLC

1999 - 2008

Environmental attorney responsible for permitting major projects in the Albany - Lake George region and defense of permitting proceedings in state trial and appellate courts, including the Saratoga County Water Supply and Transmission Project, Luther Forest Technology Campus (GlobalFoundries semiconductor "chip fab"), Six Flags Great Escape Theme Park, Scott - Finch paper company sludge landfill, Ackner Fuels LNG storage center, Spurlock Adhesives chemical production plant and the Wilton Mall at Saratoga.

Boston University

J.D. | Law

1973 - 1975

Wesleyan University

B.A. | College of Social Studies

1967 - 1971

Honors: Graduated with Honors

Paul J. Curran Award

Prisoners Legal Services of New York, Inc.

2013

Awarded annually by Prisoners Legal Services, a statewide organization that provides pro bono legal services to inmates of the State prison system, to two attorneys from small and large law firms who have provided distinguished pro bono services to prisoners in the previous year.

Certificate of Appreciation

New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section

1996

Warren County Bar Association

Member

2012 - Current

Q. Is conspiracy to commit murder is the same charge as murder in nyc

October 14, 2013

A: No they are different charges, but the conspiracy charge is a lot easier to prove and the penalties for conspiracy may be as serious as murder (well, perhaps almost as serious, one or two felony classes below murder, perhaps the same as negligent homicide). For murder, you need a dead body and some evidence of culpability. For a conspiracy charge, all you need is evidence you planned a murder with someone and took one step towards accomplishing it, whether the murder actually occurred at all or was even attempted.