For much of David Leichtman’s early years, education and the arts held a special fascination. His mother was a New York City public school teacher and he got an early taste of the theater in the first grade when he wrote and put on a play about robots on the moon.
Those strands come together in Leichtman’s pro bono work. A founding partner of Robins Kaplan’s New York office, Leichtman has been a board member of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts since 2003 and its chairman since 2008. The organization helps working artists make a living, assisting with such issues as contracts and intellectual property rights.
