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STATE BAR MOURNS PASSING OF PAST PRESIDENT STEVEN C.
KRANE
Krane, 53, served as 104th President of State Bar
in 2001-2002
With great sadness and regret, the New York State Bar Association
mourns the passing of Past President Steven C. Krane of New York
(Proskauer Rose LLP). Krane served as the 104th President of the State
Bar Association from 2001-2002 and was the youngest attorney to hold the
office. During his tenure as president, Krane led the State Bar’s
efforts to assist victims of the September 11th attacks and created the
Special Committee on Student Loan Assistance for the Public Interest
(SLAPI) that provides grants to defray loans for lawyers working in the
public sector.
“Today is an extremely sad day for members of the New York
State Bar Association and throughout the entire legal profession. I have
lost a treasured friend, and the State Bar has lost one of its greatest
leaders and finest gentlemen in Steve Krane,” said State Bar
President Stephen P. Younger of New York (Patterson Belknap Webb &
Tyler LLP). “Steve was a true lawyer’s lawyer and one of the
nation’s foremost and widely recognized leaders in the field of
legal ethics and professional responsibility, and worked tirelessly
during his career to promote legal reform. We wish to extend our deepest
sympathies to Steve’s family and friends during this most
difficult time, and we always will remember Steve’s lasting
contributions and distinguished record of excellence in his service to
the State Bar and to the legal profession.”
Krane was a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, concentrating his practice in
representing lawyers and law firms in legal ethics and professional
liability matters. He co-chaired the firm’s Law Firm Practice
Group and served as general counsel for the 700-lawyer firm. He
previously served as a law clerk to Hon. Judith S. Kaye, retired Chief
Judge of the State of New York, from 1984 to 1985.
Within the State Bar Association, Krane recently chaired the
Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct (COSAC), which drafted the
Rules of Professional Conduct. He previously served as chair of the
House of Delegates, Nominating Committee, International Section,
Resolutions Committee, Special Committee to Review the Code of
Professional Responsibility, Special Committee on Cross-Border Legal
Practice, and the Special Committee on Multi-Disciplinary Practice and
the Legal Profession. He is a past vice-chair on the Special Committees
on Law Governing Firm Structure and Operation and the Future of the
Profession.
He was a past member of the State Bar’s Finance Committee,
Membership Committee, Strategic Financial Planning Committee, Committee
on Professional Ethics, Committee on Mass Disaster Response, Committee
on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction, the Electronic Communications
Committee, Special Committee on Issues Affecting Same-Sex Couples,
Special Committee on Law Practice Continuity, and the Task Force on
Simplification.
Krane also was a member of the American Bar Association’s Board
of Governors and of the Policy Committee of the Bar Issues Commission of
the International Bar Association. Krane received his undergraduate
degree from Stony Brook University and earned his law degree from the
New York University School of Law.
In June 2009, Krane was appointed by Governor David A. Paterson to
the New York State Commission on Public Integrity. From 1996 to 1999, he
was a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial
Department, in New York, where he served as a hearing panel member and
hearing panel chair. He also served as a hearing panel chair for the
Committee on Grievances of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York. He was a special referee for disciplinary
cases in the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. Krane has
written and lectured extensively on attorney ethics issues, and taught
professional responsibility for several years at the Columbia University
School of Law.
Founded in 1876, the 77,000 member New York State Bar Association is
the official statewide organization of lawyers in New York and the
largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. The State
Bar’s programs and activities have continuously served the public
and improved the justice system for more than 130 years.
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