Arthur Gerwin has been engaged in the practice of law since 1953, when he served as an officer in the US Air Force as a prosecuting/defense trial judge advocate and Staff Judge Advocate of a Strategic Air Command base in North Africa. After his release from active duty in 1956, while continuing to practice military law in the Air Force Reserve until his retirement from the US Air Force as a Brigadier General, he began practicing commercial law in his civilian capacity in New York City.

 

General Gerwin has served as outside general counsel to numerous family owned national corporations.  His determined and close client compliance oversight is a hallmark of his practice, and has helped clients avoid litigation in a wide range of matters.

 

General Gerwin has served in a variety of Court appointed roles, including: Referee to hear and report; referee to hear and determine; Mediator in commercial litigation and court evaluator in Supreme Court; Guardian ad litem in commercial and Surrogate's Court litigation; Article 81 Guardian for incapacitated persons; Referee in foreclosure; Referee in real estate, commercial and Surrogate's Court litigation; and Receiver in real property and corporation foreclosures.

 

General Gerwin’s professional activities have included service on the Board of Directors of the New York County Lawyers' Association and Chair of its Committee on the Supreme Court and of its Membership Committee; Chair of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Courts and the Community. He is a Life Fellow of the New York State Bar Association.

 

General Gerwin holds the academic degrees BBA (CCNY); LLB (Brooklyn Law School); LLM (NYU); and SJD (New York Law School).