About Claude

Claude M. Millman is a former Assistant United States Attorney (S.D.N.Y.) and New York City government contracting chief who litigates complex commercial disputes; advises clients on government procurement and contracting, land use, and environmental issues; and handles internal investigations and white-collar defense. Formerly a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, Mr. Millman joined Kostelanetz LLP in 2011.Mr. Millman came to Kostelanetz to lead the firm's commercial civil litigation efforts. He has also developed its government procurement and contracting practice and continues to advise clients on land use and environmental matters and on dealing with regulatory agencies, such as the New York City Business Integrity Commission.Background Partner, Proskauer Rose, LLP, 2003-2011Counsel, Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, 2000-2003Commissioner, N.Y.C. Charter Revision Commission, 2001New York City Chief Procurement Officer & Director, N.Y.C. Mayor's Office of Contracts (now Mayor's Office of Contracts Services), 1998-2000Executive Director, New York City Charter Revision Commission, 1999Deputy Commissioner, Litigation & Rate Regulation, New York City Trade Waste Commission (now Business Integrity Commission), 1996-1998Chief, Environmental Protection Unit, United States Attorney's Office, S.D.N.Y., 1994-1996Assistant United States Attorney, S.D.N.Y., 1989-1994Law Clerk, Honorable William C. Conner, United States District Court, S.D.N.Y., 1988-1989Speaking Engagements Panelist, New York City Bar, Construction Industry Investigations and Prosecutions, 2011Panelist, New York City Bar, Representing Clients Before State and City Agencies: Tips and Techniques for Effective Criminal Advocacy, 2008Adjunct Associate Professor at Brooklyn Law School, 1996-2005Instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1996

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Education

• Stanford University, BA, graduated 1985
• Stanford University, MA, graduated 1985

Bar Admissions

• New York, New York State Bar Association

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