Elizabeth Holtzman

Elizabeth Holtzman served four terms in the House of Representatives and was the first woman elected District Attorney in New York City and NYC Comptroller. In Congress, she was a plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit to stop the bombing of Cambodia, and served on the Judiciary Committee during the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon, where she drafted the impeachment resolution (that failed) for his secret bombing of Cambodia. Holtzman also authored the extension of the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment and uncovered the presence of Nazi war criminals in the US. A graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard Law School, Holtzman practices law in New York City.