Former Deputy Majority Leader, New York State Senate

Attorney General, State of New York, 2010-2018

Senator, New York State Senate, 1998-2010

District Leader, 67th Assembly District, 1993-1999

Founder, Attorney General's Anti-Crime Advocates

Member, Board of Citizen Action of New York

Former Member, Children and Families Committee, New York State Senate

Former Chair, Codes Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Energy and Telecommunications Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Environmental Conservation Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, New York State Senate

Member, New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform, 2007

Executive Committee, New York County Democratic Committee, 1993-1999

Principal Legal Adviser, Clean Money Clean Election, New York, 1998

Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Limited Liability Partnership, 1984-present

Statesman, Assembly Speaker Mel Miller, 1987

Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1982-1984

Deputy Sheriff, Berkshire County, 1977-1979

Former Member, Campaign for Fiscal Equity

Board Member, Citizen Action Public Policy and Education Fund

Board Member, Citizen Action of New York

Principal Legal Adviser, Clean Elections New York

Council, Clean Money Clean Election

Co-Founder, Legislators Against Illegal Guns

Lead Council, New York Urban League

Counsel, Straphangers Campaign

Counsel, Voices for Choice

Counsel, Westside Crime Prevention Program