Justin L. Vigdor
Areas Of Practice
Business, Corporate & Securities
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Education
LLM, New York University
LLB, magna cum laude, St. John’s University
B.S., University of Maryland
Professional Affiliations
As a member of the Monroe County Bar Association, Mr. Vigdor served as its President (1977), was Chairman of its Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section (1972-1973) and was President of its Foundation. He has served as President of the New York State Bar (1985-1986), has been President of its Foundation and has served as a member of its House of Delegates since 1977. Mr. Vigdor was also a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association from 1984 to 1996 and was a Trustee of the National Conference of the Bar Foundations. He is a Life Fellow of both the New York Bar Foundation and the American Bar Foundation. For five years from its inception, he chaired the Board of the New York IOLA Fund. He is a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, an Official Referee of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct and a Director of the Committee for Modern Courts. He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Monroe County. He is a director of IEC Electronics Corp. and was the President of the U.S. Arbitration and Mediation Service of Upstate New York. He is a Trustee of the Ames-Amzalak Charitable Trust. As one of four New York State Uniform Law Commissioners, Mr. Vigdor has served on the Executive Committee of the National Conferences of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and has chaired several Uniform Law Drafting Committees. He is also admitted to the Florida Bar and numerous federal courts and commissions.
Professional Honors and Achievements
Mr. Vigdor has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in the World and New York Super Lawyers for many years and has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Rodenbeck Award for Service to the Community and Legal Profession; the Nathaniel Award for Community Service and Professional Accomplishments; Board Leadership Award from the United Way and Rochester Business Journal, the Humanitarian Award from the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar, and awards from the Al Sigl Center, Mary Cariola Children’s Center, Quad A for Kids, Brighton Chamber of Commerce, Association of County Clerks, Jewish Community Federation and U.S. Committee on Sports for Israel. An annual “Justin L. Vigdor Award” to New York State Banks has been established in his honor by the New York IOLA Fund. Mr. Vigdor recently received a 2009 Philanthropy Award from the Rochester Area Community Foundation, and was also honored with the Woerner Kollmorgen Award for community leadership by Nazareth College. He has served as a panelist on numerous topical and professional subjects and has contributed published articles to various periodicals.
