Elizabeth Lederer

Lecturer-in-Law

Office:
Tel: (212) 335 - 4028
Email: eleder@law.columbia.edu
Ms. Lederer is an Assistant District Attorney, New York County. She served as a line assistant trying misdemeanor and felony cases, handling motion practice and grand jury presentations, specializing in sex crimes and homicide cases (1979-85); Worked as Senior Trial Counsel trying homicide cases and high profile cases including the “Central Park Jogger” case and the “Prince and Princess” case; Served as Deputy Bureau Chief of Career Criminal Unit (1986-92); Served as Trial Bureau Chief (1992-2005) overseeing more than 50 attorneys and support staff in the investigation, preparation and trial of criminal cases, and the staffing of weekly in-take and Supreme Court parts. Senior Investigative Counsel, Labor Racketeering Unit, conducting long term investigations into corruption in the labor industry (2005-Present).