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Jeffrey Mead Kurzon (born 1976) is a New York City attorney and politician.
Education [ edit ]
Kurzon graduated from McGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL/LLB in 2003, after studying abroad at the University of Aix-Marseille in France.[1]
He began his career as a lawyer at Sidley Austin , which he later left to create his own law firm.[2]
Kurzon's firm represented law school graduates who sued in a class action their law schools, including New York Law School and Cooley Law School ,[3] [4] [5]
Kurzon was the lead attorney who filed a lawsuit representing a class of about 9,000 unpaid Huffington Post Huffington Post and its acquirer AOL unjustly made profits by using the unpaid writers' work.[6]
Political career [ edit ]
Kurzon became involved in New York City politics in 2007[7] Barack Obama , raising over $150,000 for the candidate[8] [9]
2014 congressional election [ edit ]
In February 2013, Kurzon announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York's 7th congressional district against 22-year incumbent Nydia Velázquez .[10] [11] [12] Financial Services Committee ) to do the same.[13] Federal Election Commission issued guidance on Bitcoin , Kurzon announced he would be the first candidate in New York to accept bitcoin donations from individuals.[14]
In the June 24, 2014 primary, Kurzon lost to Velázquez by a large margin.[15] [16]
Election results [ edit ]
In October 2021, Kurzon joined Andrew Yang 's Forward Party PAC team.[18]
External links [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "An Ideal(ist) House Candidate from NYC" . The Armenian Mirror Spectator . February 21, 2014.
^ "Cooley Law gets served some of its own medicine" . The ABA Journal . August 2011.
^ "New York Law School sued by students over claims about graduates success" . Bloomberg . August 10, 2011.
^ "Kurzon LLP sues Cooley Law school for defamation" . The ABA Journal . July 2012.
^ "Huffington Post bloggers suit against AOL" . Bloomberg . March 30, 2012.
^ "7th-district Congressional candidate refuses PAC, lobby money" . DNAinfo . 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20.
^ "David finds a new Goliath" . New York Press . February 27, 2013. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014.
^ VoterBook NYC Group
^ "Attorney announces campaign against Nydia Velázquez" . The Observer . February 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-12 .
^ "Three challenge Velazquez" . The Times Ledger . May 1, 2014.
^ "Attorney Jeffrey Kurzon announces his candidacy for Congress in downtown district" . New York Press . March 3, 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014.
^ "Nydia Velázquez unfazed by potential challengers" . The Observer . March 2014.
^ "NY Congressional Candidate Jeff Kurzon" . BetaBeat . 4 June 2014.
^ Mary Frost, Velazquez clobbers Kurzon in Democratic primary for 7th CD , Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 25, 2014).
^ a b Representative in Congress: Election Returns June 24, 2014 , New York State Board of Elections .
^ Representative in Congress: Election Returns June 28, 2016 , New York State Board of Elections .
^ "Team" . Forward Party . Retrieved 2021-10-11 .
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