EDUCATION

• Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1976, J.D.
• C.W. Post / Long Island University, 1973, B.S.

LICENSES

New York State Attorney at Law

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Law Office of Lawrence F. DiGiovanna:     Admitted to the New York State Bar in February, 1977. Also admitted to practice in Federal Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Practice concentrates heavily on cooperative and condominium law including submissions to the Real Estate Financing Bureau of the Department of Law of the New York State Attorney General on behalf of real estate developers and converters. Currently represents approximately 30 cooperative apartment corporations and condominium associations as General Counsel and Transfer Agent. Practice also includes general real estate transfers and litigation related to real estate and cooperative and condominium law issues.

Frequent lecturer on the topic of cooperative and condominium law to bar associations, realtor groups and the general public, including Bay Ridge Community Council; Brooklyn Board of Realtors, Continuing Education program; Bay Ridge Real Estate Board; Flatbush Real Estate Board; Bay Ridge Lawyers Association; Brooklyn Bar Association; and Attorney General Dennis Vacco's Purchaser's Guide to Coop and Condos (1998).

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Chairman, State of New York Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts:
Appointed February, 1998 by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department to serve as a member of the Grievance Committee with jurisdiction over complaints against members of the Bar in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Appointed Chairman, November, 2002. Term expired October 30, 2006.

Civil Court of the City of New York:
Small Claims Court Arbitrator, Kings County,
1999 to 2002.

GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES

New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation:
Member, Board of Directors, September, 1996 to Present. Chair, Audit Committee, 1998 to present. Term expires December 31, 2011. Appointed by Governor Pataki with State Senate confirmation. EFC is a public authority which lends to New York State municipalities for construction and rehabilitation of their water and sewer facilities. It presently has approximately $12 Billion in assets and loans to municipalities.

ADVISORY BOARDS

Attorney General of the State of New York,
Martin Act Task Force, Member, February, 1996 to 1998.

Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco Statewide Transition Committee, Subcommittee on Structure and Personnel, 1994 to 1998.

Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, New York Alumni Association, Board of Governors, 1984 - Present Secretary, 1989-93. Recipient, 1999 Special Award for Service.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Brooklyn Bar Association, President, June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006.
• President-Elect, 2004-2005; First Vice President, 2003-2004;
• Second Vice President, 2002-2003; Secretary, 2001-2002;
• Treasurer, 2000-2001; Trustee, 1996 -2000.
• Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, 2000.
• Chair, Real Property Section, 1999 to Present.
• Chair, Committee on Cooperatives and Condominiums, 1997 to Present.
• Chair, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law,
  2002 to 2005.
• Chair, Committee in Association with Brooklyn Board of Realtors, 1988 to 2000.
• Recipient, 2007 Freda Nisnewitz Award for Pro Bono Service

Bay Ridge Lawyers Association

President 1988-89; Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1988 and 1993 to 1999. Chair, Long Range Planning, 1994 to Present, and Annual Winter Seminar, 1999 to Present. Recipient, 2004 Distinguished Service Award.

New York State Bar Association, Sustaining Member.

• Member (currently), Real Property Section, Subcommittee on Cooperatives and
• Condominiums, and Environmental Law Section.
• Member, Committee on Professional Discipline, 2001-04;
• Committee on Judicial Appointments, 2004-06
• Delegate, House of Delegates, 2004-2007.
• Member, Nominating Committee, 2005-2006.
• Recipient, 1999 President's Award for Pro Bono Service (2nd Judicial District).
• Fellow, The New York Bar Foundation.

Catholic Lawyers Guild of Brooklyn, Member.
2006 Recipient of St. Thomas More Award

American Trial Lawyers Association, Member,
1998 to 2004.

Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn, Member, 1978 to Present; Director, 2007-2010.

Association of Arbitrators, Small Claims Part, NYC Civil Court, Member, 1999 to Present.

American Bar Association, 2002 to Present.

Nathan Sobel Kings County American Inns of Court, Member, 2001-Present

Brooklyn Board of Realtors, Member, Board of Directors, 1984-87.

National Italian American Bar Association, Member,
1998 to Present.

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc., Vice President, Trustee, 1999 to Present. Kings County's Pro Bono Legal Services Program.

St. Vincent's Services Inc., Brooklyn, New York, Member, Board of Directors. A not-for-profit child care agency providing foster boarding home, group home, intermediate care and public education services to approximately 2,000 youngsters and their families in the New York Metropolitan area. 1997 to Present.

Victory Memorial Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, Member, Board of Trustees. 2001 to 2002.