Christopher B. Garvey
Current Occupation
Patent Attorney
Previous Occupation
Before becoming an attorney, was an engineer, sailing instructor, sail-maker, licensed charter-boat captain, commercial artist, industrial designer, telephone installer and repairman, and a medical instrument technical expert.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University (J.D., 1981)
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia College
(A.B., 1973)
Sacred Heart H.S., Yonkers, NY
Organizational Affiliation
Past Chairman of the Bar Association of Nassau County Sports and Entertainment Law Committee; and Speakers’ Bureau Subcommittee.
Member Bar Association of Nassau County – Intellectual Property Law Committee, Committee on Community Relations and Public Education, Computer Law Committee, Sports and Entertainment Law Committee
Animal Law Committee
nysafe.org, NRA, American Sailing Association,
Prior Public Experience
Past Chairman:
Suffolk County Libertarian Organization,
Suffolk Society for Individual Liberty,
Nassau Bar Ass'n Speakers' Bureau Subcommittee,
Mamaroneck Frostbite Ass'n
Political:
Libertarian Candidate for Attorney General 2018; & Reform Party Primary Candidate
Libertarian Candidate for Suffolk District Attorney: 2017, 2013 & 2009
Ron Paul Delegate Candidate in the Super Tuesday Republican primary 2008.
Libertarian Candidate for Presidential Elector – 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012
Libertarian Candidate for Attorney General of NY – 2006
Libertarian Candidate for Presidential Elector – 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012
Conservative Party Candidate for Justice of NY Supreme Court – Bronx- 2000 through 2003, 2015
Nassau Libertarian Party State Representative
Past vice-chair - Suffolk County Green Party
Candidate Statement
Libertarian Principle: People should be free to do whatever they want, except to initiate force, the threat of force, or fraud against other people or their property.
Laws & regulations should be tested against the Libertarian Principle. If a law has another purpose, such as banning hemp plants so Big Oil needn't compete with hemp Diesel oil, the law should not be enforced. As AG, I would protect people from bad laws & enforcement.
The US Bill of Rights is a good tool for protecting people from bad government.
The Attorney General can also investigate & prosecute corrupt government officials. I am not affiliated with the Democrat Party Bosses that now run this state. I owe no favors to corrupt incumbents. I will investigate & prosecute government corruption.
The NY State Constitution could also be a good tool against corruption if incumbents obeyed it. I will seek to enforce the Constitutional impediments to corrupt spending.