Counsel
New York
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Harvard Law School, J.D., 1965
Radcliffe College, 1962
magna cum laude
New York
U.S. Supreme CourtU.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Cir.
U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
Elizabeth Holtzman serves as the co-chair of Herrick's Government Relations Practice, concentrating her practice in government relations at the federal, state and local levels, and in litigation. She joined Herrick after 20 years in government. She served for eight years as a U.S. Congresswoman and won national attention for her role on the House Judiciary committee during Watergate. She chaired the Immigration and Refugees Subcommittee and dealt directly with many foreign governments -- including Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam -- over refugee issues.
Liz was subsequently elected District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn), the only woman ever elected DA in New York City, serving for eight years. As DA, she argued successfully before the United States Supreme Court, and pioneered new strategies for the prosecution of rape and environmental crimes. She led the effort to overturn law allowing blacks to be removed from juries.
Liz was also the only woman ever elected Comptroller of New York City. She was responsible for the management of $50 billion in the city's five pension funds and the issuance of more than $20 billion in city debt. She invested the city's public funds in building thousands of units of affordable housing. A bill she authored as comptroller, which holds gun manufacturers liable for the injuries caused by illegal guns, was signed in to law 12 years later by Mayor Bloomberg.
Liz was appointed by President Clinton to the Nazi and Japanese Imperial War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group, which is overseeing the declassification of the U.S. government's secret Nazi war crimes files. She was also appointed by New York State Bar Association President Mark H. Alcott to the Special Committee on the Civil Rights Agenda.
Liz has written many op-ed stories and has appeared on TV and in movies, including two Academy Award-winning documentaries, "Hotel Terminus" on Gestapo Chief Klaus Barbie and "Women - for America, for the World" on nuclear disarmament.
342 East 72nd Street Corporation - Second Avenue Subway Entrance Relocation
Representation of 342 East 72nd Street Corporation in fighting the relocation of a new subway entrance. The original plans called for the entrance to be embedded in the basement of a building at the corner of 72nd Street and Second Avenue, but the MTA announced a new plan to move the entrance to the middle of the block on 72nd Street between First and Second Avenues—directly in front of residential buildings. Herrick is helping the local building owners fight this ill-conceived plan.
New York Fire Alarm Association - Opposition to New Fee Rules
Representation of the New York Fire Alarm Association, a trade organization comprised of companies who monitor fire alarm systems in New York City, in government relations matters. The New York City Fire Department recently published its intent to adopt new rules—which are unduly onerous and would be a major headache for the industry—regulating the fees that these companies would have to pay the city. Thanks to Herrick’s efforts, the FDNY agreed to postpone adoption of the new fee rules for a year. It also agreed to work with the industry over the next year to promulgate rules that are reasonable.
Representation of the Commission for Art Recovery in the recovery from the Hungarian government of 10 paintings that were stolen from the heirs of Baron Herzog, a Hungarian aristocrat, during the Nazi regime. At Herrick's request, Senator Hillary Clinton wrote to the Hungarian Foreign Minister in support of our efforts. Senator Clinton issued a press release regarding her letter and also posted it on her website. To date, Herrick has also garnered support from Senator Lautenberg, Senator Kennedy and Congresswoman Nita Lowey.
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