Alex Roshuk

Alex Roshuk (right) and Jimmy Wales in 2006

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 [fr] 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]

References

  1. ^ "Alexis Roshuk – USA". vitheque.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. ^ "Alex Roshuk / User:Alex756". [Wikimedia-l] mail list archive. November 10, 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Ben Johnson (December 24, 2012). "Santa Claus 2.0: Building drones to replace Rudolph". Marketplace. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  4. ^ a b Hoffman, Dave (24 January 2011). "Wikipedia's First Lawyer". concurringopinions.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  5. ^ Hoffman, David A.; Mehra, Salil K. (March 5, 2009). "Wikitruth Through Wikiorder". Emory Law Journal. 59 (1). SSRN 1354424. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  6. ^ "NYFA Artists – Alex Roshuk". New York Foundation for the Arts. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.


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