Constantine N. Katsoris

Wilkinson Professor of Law
Curriculum Vitae
Telephone: 212-636-6830
Email: [email protected]
Office: Room 8-128
Hours: By Appointment Only
Faculty Assistant: Joseph Nolfo
Email: [email protected]
Research and Teaching Areas
Estates/Trusts/Wills; Arbitration; Securities; Accounting; Income and Estate Taxation
Bio
- Private practice at Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl, NYC, 1958-64.
- Legal Aid Society Volunteer, 1960-61
- Pro Bono Appointments to represent indigent defendant in criminal mass conspiracy case for jury trial and appeals: 60 Cr. 436 (SDNY March/July 1962); 319 F 2nd 916 (2nd Cir 1963) Cert. denied 375 US 940 (1963)
- Consultant, New York Commission on Estates, 1964-67
- Member of School Board of St. Spyridon G.O. Parochial School (1973-87); Chairman (1981-87)
- Awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award 1999
- Inducted Into Xavier High School Hall of Fame (2008)
- Recipient of Fordham University Bene Merenti Medals (1985) and (2004);
- Students' Medal of Achievement (1992)
- Public Interest Center's Award (1993)
- Alumni Medal of Achievement (1995)
- Dean's Medal of Achievement (1999)
- Urban Law Journal’s Louis J. Lefkowitz Award (2003)
- Fordham Law Review Association, President 1963-64
- Director, Fordham Law Alumni Association, 1972-present
- Public Member of Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration, (1977-2012); Chair (2003-2012); Emeritus Public Member (2013 to Present).
- Arbitrator at New York Stock Exchange 1971-present, and National Association of Securities Dealers, 1968-present
- Arbitrator Trainer at NASD and NYSE, 1994-present
- Mediator and Mediation Trainer at NASD and NYSE since 1997
- Private Judge, Duke Law School's Private Adjudication Center, 1989-present
- Awarded George J. Mitchell Lifetime Public Service Award (2014)
- Awarded Gov. Malcom Wilson Distinguished Alumnus Award (2015)
- Awarded Fordham Law Review Leonard F. Manning Achievement Award (2017)
Education
- Fordham, BS, 1953, JD, 1957
- New York University, LLM, 1963