Norman Siegel was raised in Brooklyn, and graduated from Brooklyn
College and New York University Law School. He began his legal career
in 1968, accepting a position with the American Civil Liberties
Union’s Southern Justice & Voting Law Project. It was this immersion
in voting rights and civil liberties that helped forge Norman’s
abiding commitment to insure the rights guaranteed in the United
States Constitution extend to all Americans, regardless of race, age,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender. He served as Executive
Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union from 1985-2000, putting
him on the frontline in some of the city’s most critical struggles,
such as the fight for citizens' access to the steps of City Hall and
the struggle for improved community-police relations and greater
accountability on the part of the NYPD. Norman’s work in civil
liberties law has continued in private practice since 2002. He is
counsel to Tuck-It -Away in their fight against the use of eminent
domain in Columbia University's expansion plan. He has also advocated
and represented 9/11 Families, the Skyscraper Safety Campaign and
Firefighters Families, the Transit Workers Union and the United
Federation of Teachers in first amendment lawsuits, African American
and Latino Police Officers in a racial discrimination lawsuit against
NYC, New Yorkers against the extension of term limits and many other
groups and individuals. Norman and his wife live on Manhattan's Upper
West side and he is a proud grandfather.

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