Kramer Levin founding partner Arthur Kramer’s brother, Larry Kramer, was a founder of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and a pivotal figure in AIDS activism. Kramer Levin incorporated GMHC and continues to work with the organization to this day.
Kramer Levin name partner Judge Marvin Frankel, a celebrated legal scholar and federal judge, was a lifelong advocate for human rights, serving 24 years on the board of Human Rights First.
Kramer Levin co-chair Gary Naftalis co-wrote with Judge Marvin Frankel on the article "Sentencing: Helping the Judges Do Their Jobs" and the book "The Grand Jury: An Institution on Trial," considered a leading treatise on the grand jury.
Kramer Levin name partner Ezra Levin, inducted in 2016 to the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame, tirelessly advocated for the civil and social rights of Soviet Jews, even traveling to the Soviet Union to learn first-hand about their plight.
