Nathan Lewin has argued 28 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and drafted and filed more than 235 briefs in that Court.

I was on a conference call with him today about get legislation.

Our draft bill seeks to address the problem of Orthodox Jewish women whose husbands are denying them a get, a religious divorce. Senator Cheryl Kagan and Delegate Dalya Attar will be the lead sponsors.

Under Jewish law, no one, including a rabbi, can pressure a man to agree to a get.

You may remember that several years ago I introduced legislation to address this problem.

It failed because of First Amendment concerns.

Nat Lewin drafted the get law that the New York legislature passed 40 years ago.

He believes that we need to make a significant change in our bill.

“Why is our bill drafted this way?” one of the other legislators on the call asked me.

“I defer to Nat Lewin,” I replied. “We should make the changes he proposes.”

When my colleagues and I meet with key legislators to discuss the bill, I will ask Nat Lewin to join us.