NYCLA Bids Farewell to Michael A. Cardozo

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NYCLA Bids Farewell to Michael A. Cardozo

Michael A. Cardozo, the City's 77th and longest serving Corporation Counsel, has died at 84.
Written by: New York County Lawyers Association
Published On: Jul 30, 2025
Category: Statements & Letters

NYCLA notes with sadness the passing of Michael Cardozo, a giant of the bar. Cardozo, a distant relative of Benjamin Cardozo, was a Chair of Proskauer’s litigation department; a president of our colleague association the City Bar; and the longest serving Corporation Counsel during Mayor Bloomberg’s years. His professionalism, ethics and devotion to the practice of law in the public interest will be missed.