Alex Roshuk
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Alex Roshuk (July 14, 1956[1] – November 9, 2014[2]) was an American attorney who was the first legal advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation. He was also an electrician and worked in the entertainment industry as a director and editor.
Roshuk was born in New York City and went to Catholic school.[3]
He practiced law in New York beginning in 1998 and from 2003 to 2005 was the first legal advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation.[4] Roshuk wrote a 1,300-word summary of arbitration and mediation modes of legal dispute resolution that became the basis for the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee.[4][5] He was also a participant in the Association of Arbitrators of the New York City Civil Court.
He directed several educational television documentaries in Italian and a short film entitled The Wizard of Malta in 1981. He also founded The Standby Program, a nonprofit organization for postproduction.[6]
Roshuk was also an electrical engineer and entertained children as "Brooklyn Santa" from 1966 until at least 2012.[3]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Alex Roshuk at Justia
- Alex Roshuk at IMDb
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- Roshuk, Alexis T. at Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges (Governor General of Canada)
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