Who is Norman Siegel

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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