George Shebitz

George Shebitz, a senior partner at Shebitz Berman & Cohen and an expert on not-for-profit and education law, died Wednesday. He was 58.

Born in Manhattan, Mr. Shebitz graduated from American University in 1969 and earned his law degree in 1975 from John Marshall Law School. He was admitted to the bar that year.

He served as counsel and deputy director of the Office of Legal Services for the New York City Board of Education, where he worked from 1978 through 1981, when he left to co-found Shebitz Berman.

Mr. Shebitz was a lecturer at the Bank Street College of Education from 1979 to 1985 and a member of Governor Mario Cuomo's 1984 Task Force on Youth and Criminal Justice. He was an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law and the recipient of numerous awards for his humanitarian activities.

He is survived by his wife Randi; two children, Adam and Daniela; a grandson; and a sister.

Funeral services were held yesterday at the Riverside Chapel in Manhattan.