Mr. Baum has served as CLE chair of the New York County Lawyers Association’s Environmental Law Committee, and, inter alia, chaired an Evening Forum at the Home of Law on legal issues relating Lead Poisoning, including the prosecution and defense of lead claims, insurance coverage, the statutory scheme and abatement. He has been qualified as a New York City Department of Health Speaker on Lead Poisoning.
PROFESSIONAL and EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Mr. Baum is a graduate of the Fordham University School of Law, where he was Commentary Editor of the Fordham International Law Journal, and received his B.A., cum laude, and M.A., with distinction, in the Comparative Study of Religion from Colgate University. He speaks Spanish and Japanese.