Alex Roshuk

Alex Roshuk (July 14, 1956[1] – November 9, 2014[2]) was an American attorney who was the first legal advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation.

[3] He practiced law in New York beginning in 1998 and from 2003 to 2005 was the first legal advisor to the Wikimedia Foundation.

[4][5] He was also a participant in the Association of Arbitrators of the New York City Civil Court.

He directed several educational television documentaries in Italian and a short film entitled The Wizard of Malta [fr] in 1981.

[6] Roshuk was also an electrical engineer and entertained children as "Brooklyn Santa" from 1966 until at least 2012.