{"id":7840,"date":"2024-06-27T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T17:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/people\/gregory-diskant\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:34:06","slug":"gregory-diskant","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/people\/gregory-diskant\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Diskant"},"template":"","class_list":["post-7840","person","type-person","status-publish","hentry","person_type-national-governing-board"],"acf":{"details":{"first_name":"Gregory","last_name":"Diskant","title":"Miyembro","organization":"","headshot":5338,"high_res_headshot":"","person_type":4,"hide_bio_page":false,"issues":false,"email_address":"","helper_social_links":null},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2>Meet Greg...<\/h2>\r\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Greg Diskant<\/span> is a senior litigator at Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler, LLP, where he served as chair from 1997-2007. \u00a0Prior to joining Patterson Belknap Greg served as Assistant United States Attorney and as Chief Appellate Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 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