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Jacob earned a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from Brooklyn College and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law. Jacob resides in Brooklyn with his wife and children. He is a lay leader in his synagogue, Yeshiva Gedolah Ohr of Marine Park.

Jacob is currently a principal law clerk at the New York City Civil Court, Kings County. Previously, he worked as an attorney for The Law Office of Jacob Zelmanovitz, as an associate at the Law Office of Sheldon Eisenberger, as an associate at Fish & Richardson.

Jacob Zelmanovitz's campaign for Civil Court Judge in Kings Municipal Court District 5 is his first run for public office.

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As an attorney, focused on litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration panels, and administrative tribunals, and handled criminal, bankruptcy, real estate, corporate, and transactional matters.

As an attorney at The Law Office of Jacob Zelmanovitz, researched, drafted, and filed legal documents and provided defense and counsel to clients, specializing in litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration panels, administrative tribunals, criminal, bankruptcy, real estate, corporate, and transactional matters.

As a principal law clerk, drafts legal opinions, conducts court conferences with parties and attorneys, and acts as small claims court arbitrator and referee.

- As an attorney at The Law Office of Jacob Zelmanovitz, researched, drafted, and filed legal documents and provided defense and counsel to clients, specializing in litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration panels, administrative tribunals, criminal, bankruptcy, real estate, corporate, and transactional matters.
- As a principal law clerk, drafts legal opinions, conducts court conferences with parties and attorneys, and acts as small claims court arbitrator and referee.

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As of September 24, 2024, Jacob Zelmanovitz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Provided counseling services to individuals dealing with consumer and business debts.

Volunteers for the Chevra Kadisha of Flatbush, an organization of Jewish men and women who prepare deceased bodies for burial according to Jewish tradition.

- Provided counseling services to individuals dealing with consumer and business debts.
- Volunteers for the Chevra Kadisha of Flatbush, an organization of Jewish men and women who prepare deceased bodies for burial according to Jewish tradition.

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Jacob Zelmanovitz

Has 20 years of legal experience and earned a law degree from Fordham University.

As an associate court attorney, assists a judge in a variety of litigation, drafts legal opinions, conducts court conferences with parties and attorneys, and serves as a small claims court arbitrator and referee.

Believes in resolving commercial landlord-tenant disputes, credit card and consumer debt litigation, no-fault insurance disputes, and small claims matters through ethical legal practices.

Jacob resides in Brooklyn with his wife and children.

Jacob Zelmanovitz is currently an Associate Court Attorney at the New York City Civil Court, Kings County. He has been an attorney for over 20 years, with experience in litigation in state and federal courts, as well as before arbitration panels and administrative tribunals. He has also handled criminal, bankruptcy, real estate, corporate, and transactional matters.

As of September 26, 2024, Jacob Zelmanovitz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The New York Civil Court has jurisdiction over civil cases involving amounts up to $50,000 and other civil matters referred to it by the Supreme Court.
- It includes a small claims part for informal dispositions of matters not exceeding $10,000 and a housing part for landlord-tenant matters and housing code violations.
- There are 120 judges elected to the Civil Court, but only about 50 sit in it. The remaining judges sit in other courts, such as the Criminal Court or Family Court.
- Judges are elected to 10-year terms in partisan elections.
- They are paid a salary of $216,400.