NEW YORK, NY - On March 29, 2012, Michael L. Moskowitz, a founding member of Weltman & Moskowitz, LLP, participated as one of the judges in the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School's 23rd Annual Moot Court Competition. The tournament was co-sponsored by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

There were approximately fifteen high schools competing and thirty-five Judges. Each school brought two or three teams of three students who competed in a trial that lasted approximately 50 minutes. There were four preliminary rounds before lunch. After lunch, the teams with the best records advanced to the semi-final and final rounds of the tournament. Each case had a judging panel of two or three judges with a greater number of judges for the later rounds.

Mr. Moskowitz is a 1975 graduate of Plainview JFK High School and is a 1982 graduate of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

Michael L. Moskowitz is a members of Weltman & Moskowitz, LLP, a business - oriented law firm having offices in New York and New Jersey. The firm handles cases involving bankruptcy and creditor's rights, bankruptcy and business litigation, technology law, real estate, dispute resolution and many types of buy-sell agreements, partner disputes, and transactional matters. Mr. Moskowitz can be reached at 212.684.7800 or 201.794.7500 or by e-mail.