Norman Siegel Speaks at the CATS Roundtable Radio Show

About Norman Siegel

Norman Siegel was the director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) , New York’s leading civil rights organization, under the umbrella of the nationwide American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Siegel served as director from 1985 until 2000. Since ending his work at the NYCLU, Siegel entered private practice. Siegel Teitelbaum & Evans, LLP. The firm handles a wide variety of legal issues. Norm Siegel is first on the scene in New York when the Civil Liberties of a New Yorker are threatened. He has argued many notable cases defending Civil and Human rights. In 2015 Siegel joined YAFFED in bringing a lawsuit against 40 Yeshivas (private Jewish schools) for inadequate secular studies. Many would suggested young graduates of many Yeshivas are ill prepared for modern life and livelihoods.