John D Feerick was born on July 12,1936 and is a law professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York City.
11 Facts About John Feerick
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John Feerick served as the school's eighth dean from 1982 to 2002.
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John Feerick joined the firm in 1961 and became a partner in 1968.
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John Feerick chaired the New York State Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections, which sought to reform the nomination, campaigning, election, and retention of state judges in the wake of such scandals as the bribery investigation of former judge Gerald P Garson.
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From 2003 to 2005, Feerick served on the special master panel in the McCain v Bloomberg homeless rights litigation.
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John Feerick has been a member of the New York State Law Revision Commission, the New York State Judicial Salary Commission, the New York State Committee to Promote Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System, the New York State Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee, and the Chief Judge Judith Kaye's Corporate Advisory Group.
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John Feerick has been president of the American Arbitration Association and still serves as an honorary board member.
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John Feerick is Director of the John Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution at Fordham Law School.
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John Feerick graduated in 1958 from Fordham University and obtained his law degree from Fordham Law School in 1961.
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John Feerick is the recipient of many awards, including the Law and Society Award from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, the 1999 Citizen Achievement Award from the New York State League of Women Voters, the American Irish Historical Society Gold Medal, and the New York State Bar Association Gold Medal.
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John Feerick was primarily responsible for the composition of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.