About Dan

Dan Schorr is the Inspector General for the City of Yonkers and a former criminal prosecutor in Westchester County and New York City, specializing in the prosecution of domestic violence, sex crimes, child abuse, and homicides.  He hosts Crime and Justice with Dan Schorr on WVOX radio, which tackles major topics and cases with leading figures in the world of criminal justice.  The Business Council of Westchester recently named him one of its “2011 Rising Stars – Westchester’s 40 Under 40.”

Dan is also an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School, teaching Special Victims: Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes.  He previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Writing at Pace Law School. In addition, through a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, he taught Chinese judges and lawyers about principles of U.S. criminal justice and trial advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

An active member of the Westchester community, Dan spent two years on the White Plains Planning Board and six years as a youth basketball coach with the White Plains Department of Parks and Recreation. He is a member of Temple Israel Center in White Plains and serves on the Board of Directors of the Westchester Jewish Council and UJA-Federation’s Westchester Business and Professional Division.

Dan earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his M.A. and B.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.  He lives in White Plains with his fiancé, Jen, a clinical psychologist at the Westchester Medical Center.