Fashion Attorney
Businessman
Philanthropist
Fashion Attorney
Businessman
Philanthropist
John Bostany grew up in both Brooklyn and the mountains of NYS, where he worked in agriculture, construction and hospitality at Hunter Mountain. Growing up, John was fascinated by copyrights that his Dad had received on designs for which he had won coveted fashion industry Tommy Awards. Joseph E. Bostany was chief designer for Cranston Print Works, one of the last remaining designed in America companies. John did well at NYU landing awards in the economics department and was recruited by the Federal Reserve before going on to law school at Boston College. Compassion for others is important to John, and he spent years volunteering as an EMT on ambulance services, an emergency vehicle driver, a lead horse walker for Gallop Equine Therapy and as President of the Board of Directors of 1 Homes at the 1 Hotel in Miami Beach.
John’s foundation is anchored to international banking which started after he graduated with high honors from NYU and was recruited by the elite Federal Reserve Bank of New York, John went on to be the most junior member of the International Banking Department of a prestigious New York law firm in the Chrysler Building.
John was fortunate to have interned and after graduation clerked for a federal judge in the esteemed United States District Court for the Southern District of New York where he participated in legal research and analysis of the some of the most exciting and high profile cases including uses of surveillance and forfeiture laws, RICO, and Securities laws.
John became a licensed Emergency Medical Technician early on and continued volunteering at Brooklyn’s BRAVO Volunteer Ambulance Service.
John Bostany devotes some time during the summer months to GALLOP Equine Therapy volunteering as a horse walker.
John is a partner in The Bostany Law Firm PLLC, which has successfully protected fashion designs, music and the rights of many in some highly publicized cases involving Victoria's Secret, Universal Records, Kanye West, Jay-Z, 50cent, American Media, Inc., Sylvester Stallone, Playboy Corporation, and others. Links to some of John's published cases can be found in the “Practices” section of Bozlaw.com and BostanyLawFirm.com. John is listed in multiple publications including FashionLawZone.com, Leagle, and Avvo. John started his law career at Townley & Updike, a highly regarded law firm in New York's Chrysler building protecting trademarks such as Tiffany, Lifesavers, and Jaguar cars.