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Address
145 East 57th Street
New York, New York 10022 (New York Co.)
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(Main Office) John Silberman Associates PC was founded in 1996 by John Silberman, who had been a partner in the Entertainment Department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison since 1985. The firm provides comprehensive legal services to clients in the arts and entertainment fields and personal representation of wealthy individuals. Areas of specialty include contract and corporate matters, copyright and intellectual property, tax and estate planning (including wills and trusts), the administration of trusts and estates, and non-profit organizations law. Statement of PracticeArt Law, Entertainment Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trusts and Estates, Non-Profit Organizations Law. Firm Size: 7
Address145 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022, (New York Co.)
PhonePhone: 212-319-3737
Fax: 212-319-8188
John Silberman (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, September 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1973); Harvard University (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1985-1996. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Art Law; Entertainment Law; Trusts and Estates.Email: John Silberman
Martha Gray Billman (Member) born Great Lakes, Illinois, October 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1974); University of Virginia (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1986). Order of the Coif. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogates' Courts, 1993-1996 and 2002; Member, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 1999-2002; Liaison to Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 1998-1999; Member, Committee on Nonprofit Organizations, 1996-1999 ); New York State (Member, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Committee on Taxation, 1995) and American (Member, Real Property and Probate Section) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Counsel to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1990-2000; University Counsel, Princeton University 1981-1982. Co-Author: "Give to Get: How to Maximize Your Tax Benefit When Donating Art to Charity," The Art Newspaper, 2000. Author: "Qualified Personal Residence Trusts," Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal, 1995; "Qualified Personal Residence Trusts," Financial Planning Journal, 1995; "IRC §2702: Special Valuation Rules in Case of Transfers of Interests in Trusts," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1995; "GRITs, GRATs, GRUTs and QPRTs," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1996; "IRC §2702: A Discussion of GRITs, GRATs, GRUTs, and QPRTs," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1998. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Law; Charitable Giving; Taxation; Non-Profit Organizations Law.Email: Martha Gray Billman
Lynn Saidenberg (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, September 17, 1938; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Barnard College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1959); Hunter College of the City University of New York (M.A., 1966); New York University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor, New York University Law Review, 1981-1982. Special Counsel to Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel until 1998. Author: "Estate Planning and Creditors' Rights," Understanding Basic Estate Planning (Practicing Law Institute 1993). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 2002); New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation.Email: Lynn Saidenberg
Donn Zaretsky (Member) born Bronx, New York, November 29, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1995, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1987); Yale University (J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Overview of U.S. Copyright Law," in Dear Images: Art, Copyright and Culture, 2002. Tax and Litigation Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison until 1997. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Art Law, 1999-2002). Practice Areas: Art Law; Entertainment Law; Taxation; Litigation.Email: Donn Zaretsky
——————————Amy J. Roberts (Associate) born New Rochelle, New York, May 12, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Connecticut; 1994, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Personal Planning.Email: Amy J. Roberts
Tara L. Kaplan (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, December 9, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.S., with honors, 1998); New York University (J.D., 2001). Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP 2001-2007. Co-Author: "New York Statute Eases Estate Planning With Grantor Trusts," New York Law Journal, 2005. Author: "Grantor Trusts: An Overview," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2006. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 2004-2008); Member; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Law.Email: Tara L. Kaplan
OF COUNSELKaren J. Levinson (Of Counsel) born London, England, January 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: University of London, England (B.A., 1972); University of British Columbia (M.A., 1977); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). Entertainment Associate, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1983-1990. Vice President, Business Affairs, Home Box Office, 1990-1999. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law.Email: Karen J. Levinson
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