Ernest J. Collazo Managing Partner Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Partner, 1981-1991 and Associate, 1977-1981; Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1974-1977 E: ejcollazo@cfk-law.com Columbia Law School, J.D., 1974 Hunter College, B.A., 1971 New York, 1975 District of Columbia, 1975 Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, 2008 to present. Director, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. 2005 to present. New York Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2005 to present. Advisory Committee to the Rules Committee of the Second Judicial Circuit of the United States, 1999 to present. NYS Management Attorneys Conference, 1980 to present. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Delegate to the NYSBA House of Delegates, 2007 to present ; Member: Executive Committee, 2001 - 2005; Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, 1997 - 2000; Committee on Labor and Employment, 1990 - 1993; Committee to Encourage Judicial Service 1989 - 1993; Committee on Minorities in the Courts, 1992 - 1995). New York State Bar Association (Member, 2009 and 2010 Nominating Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, Committee on Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace). American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections). Federal Bar Council (Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1999 - 2004). Master, Federal Bar Council Inn of Court, 2000 to present. Labor Advisory Council (to the Health Care Industry), 1998 to present. Advisory Board to the NYC Commission on Human Rights, 1990 - 1991. Recipient of the 2010 Smith/Stanley Award from the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island, Inc. AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell New York Super Lawyers, 2009 Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers The September 11th Fund, 2001 - 2005, Director. Distribution Committee of The New York Community Trust, 2001 to present, Member. The James Foundation, 2001 to present, Director. VIP Community Services, Inc., 1999 - 2004, Director. United Hospital Fund of New York, Inc., 1994-2007, Director. Lehman College Foundation, Inc., 1991-1997, Director and Secretary. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc., 1991-1997, Director. New York Alliance for the Public Schools, Member of the Selection Committee for the Revlon Harmony Awards, 1990-1991. Public Advisory Council, New York State Ethics Commission, 1989-1991, Member. Selected by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States in 1989 and 1990. Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Director, 1983-1997; Chairperson, 1989-1992. Director, Washington Office on Latin America (2009 to present). Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2008 to present). Member, National Council, The United Nations Association of the USA, Inc. (1990 - 1994). Patron for over 20 years of the Petroushka Ball, the primary annual fundraising event for the Russian Children’s Welfare Society, Inc., an organization dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged Russian children in Russia and in the West. (www.rcws.org). Sponsor of a scholarship fund for blind young girls in Sierra Leone to attend private schools through Youth Action International, an organization dedicated to helping alleviate the suffering of children affected by war or living in difficult circumstances in Africa. (www.youthactioninternational.org). Bronx, New York, September 27, 1949