Mintz Levin's Jeffrey A. Moerdler Appointed as Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
4/14/2010
New York, NY – Jeffrey A. Moerdler, the New York Practice Leader of Mintz Levin's Real Estate and Communications practices, has been appointed by New York State Governor David Paterson and confirmed by the New York State Senate to serve as Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Port Authority owns and operates Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark, Stewart and Teterboro Airports, the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, all the bridges and tunnels between New York City and New Jersey, the two Port Authority Bus Terminals, various marine terminals, the PATH Trains and their stations, the World Trade Center site and various industrial parks. Mr. Moerdler will serve a five-year term.
Mr. Moerdler has been a general commercial real estate attorney for almost 30 years, having represented large national companies, particularly in the high-tech, telecommunications, financial services, health care, supermarket and oil and gas sectors. He has developed a unique specialty leading a large practice in the intersection of real estate and communications issues.
Mr. Moerdler is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association and has been elected as a member of the American College of Real Estate Attorneys.
In the past, he has served in numerous governmental positions, including serving as the representative of the President Pro Tem of the New York State Senate on the New York State Financial Control Board which provides review and oversight with respect to the financial management of the New York City government and related public authorities; a member of the New York State Banking Board (New York's bank regulatory authority), appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the New York State Senate; a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division, First Department, of the New York State Supreme Court (appointed by the Appellate Division to the attorney disciplinary authority for Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester); Assistant to the First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York and Assistant to the Deputy Borough President of the Borough of Manhattan.
Mr. Moerdler attended the Horace Mann School and was awarded his B.A. by Columbia College of Columbia University and his J.D. by the New York University School of Law. From 1981 to 1982, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles L. Brieant, United States District Judge and later Chief Judge for the Southern District of New York.
