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| | Address | | 666 Fifth Avenue | | New York, New York 10103-0084 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
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| Phillips Nizer LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Corporate and Business Law, Litigation and Appeals, Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy, Reorganization, Labor and Employment, Banking, Intellectual Property, Insurance, Technology, Not-for-Profit, Internet Law, Computer Law, Environmental, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Governmental Relations, Telecommunications, Trusts and Estates, Health, White Collar Criminal Defense and International, including Asian and European practices. | | Year Established: 1926 | Firm Profile:
Phillips Nizer LLP has been engaged in a wide-ranging international and domestic legal practice for over 80 years. Our size and diversity of our practice enable us to be a full-service law firm in virtually all areas of law while affording clients close contact and working relationships with the firm's partners and associates. Phillips Nizer attorneys focus on the realities of our clients' continually evolving business needs. Whether we are working with individual clients, a small start-up company or an international corporation, we use teamwork to respond to these issues with practical, cost-effective and innovative legal solutions.Today, Phillips Nizer's attorneys serve corporate counsel worldwide from offices in midtown Manhattan, Garden City, Long Island and Hackensack, New Jersey. | | Firm Size: 69 | Languages:
French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian and Yiddish. | Law Firm Affiliations:
LAWORLD: A WORLD WIDE ASSOCIATION OF LAW FIRMS |
Other Office Locations of Phillips Nizer LLP
Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Garden City, New York, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | George Berger (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1960, New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York. Education: New York University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1957; J.D., 1960). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, New York University Law Review, 1959-1960. Editor, "Hazardous Waste and Toxic Torts: Law and Strategy," 1987-1991. Distinguished Neutral, Center for Public Resources, 1992-1993. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association (TIPS Section). (Also at Garden City Office). Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Arbitration; Business Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: George Berger | | R. Brian Brodrick (Partner) born Manhasset, New York; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: Queens College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Cornell University (J.D., 1981). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law. Email: R. Brian Brodrick | | Jon Schuyler Brooks (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, New York. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1980); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: New York State Bar Association. (Also at Garden City Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law. Email: Jon Schuyler Brooks | | D. Andrew Byrne (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee; 1991, Florida, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. (Not admitted in New York). Education: University of Tennessee; Memphis State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1985); National Institute for Trial Advocacy (1987); Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Co-Author: "Tennessee Workers Compensation: Where is the Proper Venue?" 20-2 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 159, 1990; Contributor Benchmarking-Action Plans & Legal Issues, Bureau of Business Practice, 1994. Contributor, Overstaying Their Welcome, How not getting rid of problem employees can spell disaster for your store, Automotive Executive, November 1995. Presented at the American Productivity and Quality Center 1992 Symposium, "Legal and Ethical Issues in Benchmarking," Presented at the American Productivity and Quality Center 1993 Symposium "Total Quality Management for The Corporate Legal Department," Presented at the U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Advisory Council 1992 Meeting "Efficiency in Market for Legal Services." Presented at the Florida Outdoor Advertising Association 1993 Annual Convention, "Anti-trust Issues in the Outdoor Advertising Industry." Presented at the Florida Association of Property Appraisers 1995 Pre-Legislative Conference, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace." Presented at the Community Bankers of Florida 1995 Annual Convention, "Sex Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Age Discrimination, ADA, What is an Employer to Do?." Presented at the Florida Association of Property Appraisers 1996 Pre-Legislative Conference, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace." Presented at National Business Institute Seminar, 1997, "Basic Wage and Hour Law in Florida." Presented at Lorman Education Services Seminar, 1997, "Wage and Hour Law Update." Presented at the Paralegal Association of Florida, 25th Annual Meeting, 2001, "Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law," Presented at the Council on Education in Management 2003 Seminar, "How to conduct an Internal Investigation." Co-Author: "Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"-an interactive internet-based learning tutorial, LearnSomething.com. 2000. Council Member, U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Advisory Council, District IV, 1993-1995. Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; William H. Stafford American Inn of Court (Member-Barrister, 2005—). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Administrative Litigation; Mediation; Civil Appeals; Construction Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights Section 1983; Civil Rights Defense; Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Election, Campaign and Political Law; Election Law; County Government Law; County Liability; Government Agency Practice; Government Ethics; Local Government Law; Local Government Defense; Public Officials Liability; Political Subdivision Liability; Insurance; Excess and Reinsurance; Insurance Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Insurance Agents and Brokers; Insurance Agents and Brokers Defense; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Professional Conduct; Professional Discipline; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Environmental Land Use; Affirmative Action; Age Discrimination in Employment; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Leasing; Employee Privacy; Employee Rights; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Class Actions; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Employment Termination; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Minimum Wage Law; National Origin Discrimination; Negligent Hiring; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Termination Defense. Email: D. Andrew Byrne | | Helen Davis Chaitman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., cum laude, 1963); Rutgers University (J.D., 1976). Articles Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1976. Author: "The Law of Lender Liability," Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1990. Editor: The Lender Liability Law Report, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1987-1995; "Emerging Theories of Lender Liability," Vol. I-IV, American Bar Association, 1985-1987. Author: "The Ten Commandments for Avoiding Lender Liability," U.C.C. Law Journal, Summer, 1989; "The Economics and Psychology of a Workout," NCFA Journal, March 1985; "The Equitable Subordination of Bank Claims," The Business Lawyer, August, 1984; "Enjoining Payment on a Letter of Credit in Bankruptcy: A Tempest in a Twistcap," The Business Lawyer, November, 1982; Comment, "A Remedy for Disclosure of Psychiatric Confidences," 29 Rutgers Law Review 190, 1975; Note, "Bulman v. McCrane: New Jersey Debt Limitation Provision," 28 Rutgers Law Review 485, 1975. Chairperson: "Lender Liability," Banking Law Institute, 1987; "Representing the Lender in Litigation," PLI, 1986. Panelist, "Emerging Theories of Lender Liability," American Bar Association, 1985-1988; "Business Loan Workouts," BLI, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990; "Lender Liability," New York Law Journal Seminars, 1988, 1989; "Lender Liability," PLI, 1987; "Secured Lending," Banking Law Institute, 1988; "Strategies for Non-Performing Loan Turnaround," Banking Law Institute, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990; "How to Win a Business Jury Trial," ABA, 1992; "The Woman Advocate," ABA, 1993; "Lender Liability," Uniform Commercial Code Institute, 1998, 1999 and 2000; "Supreme Court Chills Prejudgment Remedies," Banking Law Journal, July/August 1999. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law; Chair, Commercial Financial Services Committee, 1994-1997; Chairperson, Subcommittee on Lender Liability of Commercial Financial Services Committee, 1986-1990). Member, American Law Institute, 1993—. (Also at Hackensack, New Jersey Office). Reported Cases: Sinclair v. United States, 49 Fed. Cl. 274 (2001); Bank Brussels Lambert v. Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) S.A., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1438 (S.D.N.Y.); Sterling National Bank v. Longa, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13306 (S.D.N.Y.); Stochastic Decisions, Inc. v. DiDomenico, 995 F. 2d 1158 (1993); Bank of China v. Chan, 937 F.2d 780 (2d Cir. 1991); Baxt v. Liloia, 155 N.J. 190, 714 A. 2d 271 (N.J. 1998); Bevill. Bresler & Schulman Asset Mgmt. Corp. v. Spencer S&L Ass'n, 878 F. 2d 742 (3d Cir. 1989); International Minerals & Minning Corp. v. Citicorp North America, Inc., 736 F. Supp 587 (D.N.J. 1990); In re Wedgewood Realty Group, Ltd., 878 F. 2d 693 (3d Cir. 1989); Stochastic Decisions, Inc. v. DiDomenico, 236 N.J. Super. 388, 565 A. 2d 1133 (N.J. App. Div. 1989); John Doe v. United States, 520 F. Supp. 1200 (S.D.N.Y. 1981). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Lender Liability; Banking Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice; RICO. Email: Helen Davis Chaitman | | Henry Condell (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1988, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: The City College of the City University of New York (B.A., cum laude, 1978); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Co-Author: "Trademark License Agreements: The rights of a debtor/licensee to assume, or assume and assign, are uncertain," New York Law Journal, March 5, 2007. Member: Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Inc.; Association of Bankruptcy Professionals. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation. Email: Henry Condell | | Sandra J. DuBoff (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1992, Connecticut. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968; M.A., 1971); New York University (J.D./M.B.A., with distinction, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Westchester/Fairfield County, New York State and American (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations; New York Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Commercial Banking; Letters of Credit; Loans; Secured Lending; Secured Transactions; Corporate Banking Law; Health Care Finance; Leasing Leveraged Buyouts; Leveraged Acquisitions; Acquisitions; General Corporate. Email: Sandra J. DuBoff | | Monte Engler (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1966, New York; 1968, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: New York University (A.B., 1963); Cornell University (J.D., 1966). Member: The Association of Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American (Member: Forum Committee on Telecommunications, 1985—; Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Telecommunications; Corporate Law. Email: Monte Engler | | Michael S. Fischman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., with honors, 1985); New York University (J.D., 1988). Co-Author: "Divided Loyalty - Potential Conflicts Foreseeable," National Law Journal, Nov. 20, 1989; Co-Author: "'E' Is Key! Don't view e-discovery as a complicated, expensive burden, but as part of an efficient litigation system that everyone can now use," New York Law Journal, April 17, 2006. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Liability; Insurance Litigation; Complex Litigation; Business Litigation; Will Contests. Email: Michael S. Fischman | | Barry H. Fishkin (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1966, New York. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.A.E., 1961); New York University (LL.B., 1965; LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Secured Lending; International Corporate Law; International Corporate Taxation; Pacific Rim Trade; Intellectual Property Law. Email: Barry H. Fishkin | | Perry S. Galler (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1972, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., cum laude, 1967); New York University (J.D., 1971). Currently, Managing Partner of the firm and Chairman of the Executive Committee. Arbitration Day Speaker, American Arbitration Association. Honorary President, Yeshivah of Flatbush. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Civil Appeals; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: Perry S. Galler | | Michael W. Galligan (Partner) born Raleigh, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., summa cum laude, 1969); Yale University (Ph.D., 1973); Columbia University (M.I.A., 1984; J.D., 1985). Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Berger Prize in International Law. Editor, Columbia Law Review. Author: "International Charitable Giving and Planning Under U.S. Tax Law," Tax Management, Gifts and Trusts Journal, May-June 2004, 151-164; "Making Sense of Four Transatlantic Estate Tax Treaties: US-Netherlands, US-Germany, US-France and US-UK," "International Law Practicum," (NYSBA) Spring 2004, 47-54; "The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on Their Recognition," Journal of Asset Protection 70, September-October 1999; "Foreign Trusts and U.S. Estate Planning: A Client-Centered Analysis," Journal of Asset Protection 24, July-August 1999; "Maintaining a Trust's U.S. Tax Status," New York Law Journal, March 25, 1999; "The 1988 Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons," New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter 6 (Spring 1991); "The Kosovo Crisis and Human Rights in Yugoslavia" (with Jacobs, Panner and Stern), The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, April 1991; Note, "Judicial Resolution of Intra-Church Disputes," 83 Columbia Law Review 2007 (1983). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law, 1990-1995; Committee on International Human Rights, 1987-1990); New York State Bar Association (Treasurer, International Law and Practice Section, 1999, Co-Chair, Committee on International Estate and Trust Law of the International Law and Practice Section, 1993—; Vice Chair, Committee on International Estate Planning of the Trusts and Estates Section, 1998—); American Immigration Lawyers Association (Co-Chair: Committee on Asylum and Refugees, 1991-1993); American Society of International Law; American Foreign Law Association; The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow, 2002—). Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; International Trusts and Estates; Estate and Trust Litigation; Charitable Foundations and Trusts; Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Michael W. Galligan | | Richard Hagouel Langsam (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Syracuse University; State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1975); State University of New York at Buffalo; Fordham University (J.D., 1979). Member, Buffalo Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Richard Hagouel Langsam | | Thomas G. Jackson (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1975, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Co-Author: "'E' Is Key! Don't view e-discovery as a complicated, expensive burden, but as part of an efficient litigation system that everyone can now use," New York Law Journal, April 17, 2006. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Antitrust and Trade Regulation, 1989-1993 and Sub-Committee on Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, 1990-1993); American Bar Association (Member, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, Section on Antitrust Law, 1981— and Premerger Notification Sub-Committee, 1983—); Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Arbitration; Antitrust Law; Computer and Technology Law. Email: Thomas G. Jackson | | Neil C. Kleinhandler (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1967, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Econ., 1963); New York University (J.D., 1966; LL.M., Taxation, 1969). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Corporate Law. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: ERISA; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Federal Taxation; Tax Planning; Estate Planning; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans. Email: Neil C. Kleinhandler | | Jeffrey B. Kolodny (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.S., 1989); New York University (J.D., 1995; LL.M., Taxation, 1998). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Jeffrey B. Kolodny | | Stephen D. Kramer (Partner) born Oceanside, New York; admitted to bar, 1975, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1979, Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1980, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., cum laude, 1971; J.D., 1974). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi. Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1974. Assistant Counsel, New York State Commission of Investigation, 1974-1975. Assistant Attorney General, New York State, 1975-1978. Panelist, American Arbitration Association International Panel. Member: New York State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants; Union Internationale des Avocats. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; French Practice; International Corporate Law; International Corporate Taxation; International Corporate Finance. Email: Stephen D. Kramer | | Donald L. Kreindler (Partner) born Brooklyn, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1956, New York. Education: Brooklyn College (A.B., 1952); Columbia University (LL.B., 1954). Author: "The Convergence of Arbitration and Bankruptcy," Arbitration Journal of the American Arbitration Association, April, 1971. "The UCC and Priority Rights Between Seller in Possession and a Good Faith Third-Party Purchaser," Commercial Law Journal, March, 1977; "Write Your Own Remedy," Litigation Magazine, Fall 1983; "Arbitration Practice Under Federal Law," The Forum, published by the American Bar Association, Winter, 1983. Co-Author: "What the Business Executive Should Know About the Uniform Commercial Code," New York Credit and Financial Management Association, 1966; "What the Businessman Should Know About Commercial Arbitration," New York Credit and Financial Management Association, 1974; Co-author: Legal Column, "The Legal Issue 'in' Credit Executive," bi-monthly publication of New York Credit and Financial Management Association, 1980-1988. Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, New York University Law School, 1984—. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law and Regulation in The Textile and Apparel Industry, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1983—. Member, Law Committee, 1971— and National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: New York State (Chairman, Committee on Arbitration, 1989-1994) and American (Member, Committee on Commercial Arbitration, Section of Business Law, 1981—) Bar Associations; Lawyers' Association of the Textile Industry (President, 1978-1980). Practice Areas: Arbitration; Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Donald L. Kreindler | | Marc A. Landis (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey; 1988, New York; 1990, District of Columbia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1984); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1987); New York University, School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1994). Email: Marc A. Landis | | Elliot H. Lutzker (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, New York, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1974); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Co-Author: "Chinese Firms' U.S. Financing: Changing Chinese Regs," New York Law Journal, Outside Counsel, June 1, 2007. Attorney, New York Regional Office, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1978-1981. Associate, Bachner Talley Polevey Misher & Brinberg, 1981-1985. Partner, Snow Becker Krauss P.C. 1985-2004. Counsel, Robinson & Cole LLP, 2004-2006. Member: The Florida Bar; New York State (Member, Committee on Securities Regulation) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Elliot H. Lutzker | | Kevin B. McGrath (Partner) admitted to bar, 1961, New York. Education: St. Michael's College and Villanova University (B.S., 1957); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1960). Contributing Author to New York Civil Practice (Text SCPA) by Cox, Arenson and Medina, 1974. Lecturer, Practising Law Institute, 1986-1990. Partner, Shea & Gould, 1970-1994. Member: Zoning Advisory Counsel, 1986—; Regional Board of Directors of The Bank of New York, 1986-1998; Board of Directors of Inward House and Trustee for the Pension Fund for the Employees of Inward House, 1986—; Board of Directors of The Children's Museum of Manhattan, 1986—. Member of Board of Directors of the New York City Convention Center, 1975-1976. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Bronx and New York State Bar Associations; New York City on Condemnation Tax Certiorari. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Land Use; Real Estate; Zoning; Environmental; Alcoholic Beverages. Email: Kevin B. McGrath | | Donald P. Perry (Partner) admitted to bar, 1968, New York; 1969, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Syracuse University; Knox College (A.B., 1964); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Member: New York State (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Taxation) and American Bar Associations; Estate Planning Council of New York City, Inc. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Trusts and Estates Law. Email: Donald P. Perry | | Jeremy D. Richardson (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1995, New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1989); Rutgers University (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitration; Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights. Email: Jeremy D. Richardson | | Sandra A. Riemer (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1981, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: New York University (B.A., 1974); Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1977). New York State Regents Scholar. Adjunct Instructor and Supervising Attorney, Antioch School of Law, 1977-1979. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American (Member: Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1982—; Chapter 11 Subcommittee, 1982—; Avoiding Powers Subcommittee, 1982—; Ad Hoc Committee on Bankruptcy Legislation, 1984; International Bankruptcy Committee, 1988—) Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Debtors' and Creditors' Rights; Bankruptcy; Corporate Reorganization and Workouts. Email: Sandra A. Riemer | | Irwin M. Rosenthal (Partner) admitted to bar, 1953, District of Columbia; 1954, New York. Education: New York University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1949); Yale University (LL.B., 1952). Founder, American Digestive Disease. Co-Founder and National Trustee, Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. [Captain, U.S. Air Force, Korean War, 1952-1954]. Email: Irwin M. Rosenthal | | Tiberio Schwartz (Partner) born Barranquilla, Colombia; admitted to bar, 1977, Florida and New York; 1979, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Hebrew Theological College; Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1973); Hofstra University (J.D., with distinction, 1976); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1977). Law Clerk to Bankruptcy Judge C. Albert Parente, Eastern District of New York, 1976. Member: New York State Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Business Law; Estate Planning; International Tax Planning. Email: Tiberio Schwartz | | Alan Shapiro (Partner) admitted to bar, 1964, New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1961); Institut d'Etudes Sciences Politique, Paris, France; Columbia University (LL.B., 1964); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1967). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; General Business Law. Email: Alan Shapiro | | Michele A. Silva (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Pace University (B.A., cum laude, 1988); Hofstra University (J.D., 1991). Lecturer, Trusts and Estate Litigation and Medicaid Fair Hearings and Appeals, National Business Institute. Member: Westchester County and Northern Westchester County Bar Associations; Westchester Women's Bar Association (Committee Member). Reported Cases: Treppeda v. Treppeda, 622 NYS 2d, 749 (1995). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Guardianship; Spousal Support; Child Custody; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Michele A. Silva | | Stuart A. Summit (Partner) admitted to bar, 1960, Ohio; 1961, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fifth Circuits and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., 1957; J.D., summa cum laude, 1959). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Counsel, New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination, 1978—. Law Secretary to Appellate Division Justice Charles D. Breitel, 1962-1963. Executive Secretary, Mayor's Committee on the Judiciary, 1966-1977. Member: 1970—; Executive Committee, 1971-1977, National Council of The Ohio State University College of Law. President, The Ohio State University Law Alumni, 1979. Member, 1982-1986, 1988-1992 and Chairman, 1984-1986 The Ohio State University Alumni Advisory Council. Member, Board of Trustees The Ohio State University Development Fund, 1987-1988. Trustee, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 1987-1992. Member, Fashion Institute of Technology, Presidential Advisory Board, 1994-1997. Lead Editor, Federal Litigation Guide, New York and Connecticut (Matthew Bender, 1998). Author: "The Witness Needs Help," Litigation, Journal of the American Bar Association, Winter, 1977; "Conducting The Oral Deposition," Litigation, The Journal of the ABA Section of Litigation, Spring, 1975. Co-Author: "An Innovative Approach to Resolving Disputes— But Will it Succeed?" The National Law Journal, April 30, 1984; "Using Rule 9 (b) to Challenge Securities Fraud Actions," The National Law Journal, Dec. 24, 1984; "The Insider Trading Panic - the Overlooked Element of Scienter," New York Law Journal, Dec. 10, 1986; Effective Case Management in New York State and Federal Court Systems (Matthew Bender, 1998); Chair: Pretrial Tactics and Techniques in Corporate Litigation, 1976-1978, The Planning and Management of Corporate Litigation, 1972, 1974 and Discovery Techniques, 1974, Practising Law Institute. Co-Chair: The Art of Taking and Defending Depositions in Corporate Litigation, 1980, 1981 and Tactics and Strategy in Major Litigation, 1982-1984, Practising Law Institute. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Judicial Selection and Tenure, 1971-1975; State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 1976-1978; Federal Courts, 1979-1982; Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution, 1985-1989; Women in the Profession, 1990-1992); New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Antitrust Law) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Council (Chair, Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 1983-1986). Trustee, Federal Bar Foundation (1994-2001). Practice Areas: Civil Trials and Appeals; Complex Litigation; Accountants Liability; Securities Litigation. Email: Stuart A. Summit | | Jonathan Ross Tillem (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1978, New York. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1974); Harvard University (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Speaker, Practising Law Institute, 1997, 1998, Drafting, Negotiating and Enforcing Trademark, Copyright and Software Licensing Agreements. Practice Areas: Licensing; Franchise Law; Corporate Law. Email: Jonathan Ross Tillem | | Andrew J. Tunick (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1968, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1964); Columbia University (LL.B., 1967). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Licensing; General Practice. Email: Andrew J. Tunick | | Bruce J. Turkle (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: American University (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Syracuse University (M.A., 1979); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law. Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges or Universities. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Entertainment Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: General Practice and Litigation); Federal Bar Council; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Bruce J. Turkle | | Martin B. Wasser (Partner) born Monticello, New York; admitted to bar, 1974, New York, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1970); Harvard University (J.D., 1973); Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (Honours Diploma in Historical Studies, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Law Clerk to Justice Robert C. Williams, New York State Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Special Assistant to the Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 1975-1977. Editor: "Hazardous Waste and Toxic Torts: Law & Strategy," 1987-1993; "Environmental Compliance and Litigation Strategy," 1993-1996. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Compliance; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Real Estate; Hazardous Waste Liability; Superfund. Email: Martin B. Wasser | | Elliot J. Wiener (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Boston University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1973); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1976). Author: "Reforming The Language Of 'Custody' Law: Let's remove that term as well as 'visitation'," New York Law Journal, August 7, 2006. Co-Author: "Court-Ordered Psychotherapy In Custody Disputes," New York Law Journal, July 30, 2007; "Collecting Support from a Payor Who Has Filed Under Chapter 11," The Matrimonial Strategist (an ALM Law Journal Newsletter), November 2007. Clinical Instructor, New York University Law School, 1982. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section; Member, Executive Committee); New York County Lawyers' Association (Co-Chair, Matrimonial Section). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Immediate Past Co-Chair, Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and Family Law. Member, Board of Editors, The Matrimonial Strategist, ALM Law Journal Newsletter. Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Child Custody; Visitation Rights; Adoption Law; Guardianship; Child Protection. Email: Elliot J. Wiener | | Marc B. Zimmerman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1995, New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., with honors, 1991); Fordham University (J.D., 1994). Member, Fordham International Law Journal. Member: New York State Bar Association (Committee on Labor Arbitration and Collective Bargaining). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Related Litigation on Behalf of Management. Email: Marc B. Zimmerman | | COUNSEL | | Robert L. Bachner (Counsel) born New York, N.Y., June 20, 1934; admitted to bar, 1959, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1955; J.D., 1958). Member, National Council of Environmental Defense Fund, 1992—. Member, Law Committee, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, 1977—. Director, The Appleseed Foundation, 1994—, Uris Brothers Foundation, 1976-1998, Robert I. Wishnick Foundation, 1981—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Robert L. Bachner | | Howard Bindelglass (Counsel) born Passaic, New Jersey, November 2, 1929; admitted to bar, 1955, New York; 1981, Florida. Education: Union College (B.S., 1951); New York University (LL.B., 1954). Note Editor, New York University Law Review, 1953-1954. Law Assistant, Surrogate's Court, Queens County, 1957-1959. Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, 1963-1985. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 1990-1992; Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogates' Courts, 1969-1970); New York State Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Wills, Estate and Gift Taxation; Surrogates Court Practice. Email: Howard Bindelglass | | George R. Fearon (Counsel) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1971, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1967); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1970). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association (Member, Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1984—); New York County Lawyers Association; Copyright Society of the U.S.A. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Music Law; Music Publishing; Intellectual Property Infringement; Civil Litigation. Email: George R. Fearon | | Morton Freilicher (Counsel) born Brooklyn, N.Y., June 23, 1931; admitted to bar, 1957, New York. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1953; LL.B., 1956). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Editor-in-Chief, Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter for the Elderly and Disabled, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1987-1990. Author: Estate Planning Handbook with Forms, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970, 2nd Ed., 1975. Adjunct Professor of Law, Decedent's Estates and Wills, Fordham University Law School, 1982-1992. Listed in: Who's Who In America. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Trusts, Estates and Surrogate's Court Committee, 1973-1976; Committee on Uniform State Laws, 1978-1981); New York State (Member, Estate Planning Committee, 1979—) and American Bar Associations. Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Trusts Law; Estates Law; Estate Planning Law. Email: Morton Freilicher | | Robert Horan (Counsel) born Brooklyn, N.Y., April 22, 1928; admitted to bar, 1953, New York; 1956, U.S. Tax Court. Education: College of the City University of New York (B.B.A., 1950); St. John's University (J.D., 1953); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1958). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Estate and Trust Administration, 1990—). Practice Areas: Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Robert Horan | | Eugene M. Kline (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1935, New York, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1933; LL.B., 1935). Phi Beta Kappa. Kent Scholar, 1935. Contributor, Columbia Law Review, 1933-1935. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Sale of Goods; Secured Transactions; Contracts; Licenses. Email: Eugene M. Kline | | Alfred D. Lerner (Counsel) born 1928; admitted to bar, 1951, New York. Education: Hunter College of the City University of New York; New York Law School. Chair, New York State Commission of Investigation, 2005—. Former Presiding Justice, 1998-1999 and Associate Justice, 1999-2004, New York State Appellate Division, First Department. Associate Justice, 1997-1998, New York State Appellate Division, Second Department. Member, 1957-1972, Chair, Standing Committee on Insurance, Chair, Select Committee on Child Abuse, Member, Rules Committee, Vice-Chair, Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation and Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on the City of New York, New York State Assembly. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Member: Judicial Section; Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar); New York County Lawyers' Association. [U.S. Army (Honorable Discharge); U.S. Air Force Auxillary, Col., Civil Air Patrol]. Languages: Hebrew and Spanish. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Alfred D. Lerner | | Henry A. Lowet (Counsel) born Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, August 18, 1932; admitted to bar, 1958, New York; 1966, U.S. Tax Court; 1978, Florida. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1954); Yale University (LL.B., 1957). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: New York Comments, "Drafting The Durable Power of Attorney: A Systems Approach," 1994. Co-Author, with Eugene R. Anderson, "Trustee Liability Under CERCLA and Possible Insurance Solutions," Trusts and Estates, August, 1995 and "The Fouled Fiduciary: Seeking Relief from Toxic Waste Liability," Probate and Property, Nov./Dec., 1988. Panelist: UJA-Federation, 1991-1998, Annual Conferences on Estate, Tax and Financial Planning, 2001. Planned Giving Council, Yale Law School Fund. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State (Member: Tax Section; Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation: Trusts and Estates Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Trust Law; Trusts and Estates Law; Estate Planning Law. Email: Henry A. Lowet | | Harvey F. Milman (Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, New York. Education: City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1963); New York University (J.D., 1966; LL.M., 1968). Recipient, Bancroft-Whitney Award in Taxation. Member: New York State and American (Member, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Stock and Asset Transactions; Commercial Finance; Securities Offerings; Compliance; Corporate. Email: Harvey F. Milman | | Steven H. Thal (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1969, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). Member: New York State Bar Association (International Section); International Bar Association; The American Council on Germany; Der Deutsche Verein (New York). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; International Commercial Transactions. Email: Steven H. Thal | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | John F. Wilk (Special Counsel) born Neptune, N.J., April 20, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994, New York, Pennsylvania, and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Monmouth College (B.S., Finance, cum laude, 1989); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 1993). Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to Hon. Geoffrey Gaulkin, Presiding Judge Appellate Division, New Jersey Superior Court, 1993-1994. Author, "Seeing the Words and Hearing the Music: Contradictions in the Construction of 17 USC Section 110(5)," 45 Rutgers L. Rev. 783, 1993. Legal Research and Writing Instructor, Rutgers Law School, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Entertainment; Intellectual Property. Email: John F. Wilk | | SENIOR ATTORNEYS | | Raymond W. Goldfaden (Senior Attorney) born Newark, New Jersey, July 7, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, District of Columbia; 1963, New York; 1974, Florida; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: New York University (A.B., 1958; LL.M., 1970); Harvard University (J.D., 1961). Editor, Leasing Volume, Bergermann & Roth New York Real Property Forms. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Secured Lending; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Sales; Workouts; Loan Restructuring; Intellectual Property Licensing; Cooperative Housing Law; Condominium Law. Email: Raymond W. Goldfaden | | Chryssa V. Valletta (Senior Attorney) admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., magna cum laude, 1995); Columbia University (J.D., 1998). Alpha Sigma Nu. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Production Editor, Columbia ULA Journal of Law and the Arts, 1997-1998. Member, Honors Program and Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Program, University of Scranton. Director, Jerome Michael Jury Trial Program. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Chryssa V. Valletta | | ASSOCIATES | | Elizabeth A. Adinolfi (Associate) born Brooklyn, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1999, Minnesota; 2001, New York. Education: Macalester College (B.A., 1994); Hamline University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Recipient: The M. Arnold Lyons Award for Highest Academic Performance in the Graduating Class, Hamline University School of Law; The Ronald C. Elmquist Award for Outstanding Performance in Wills and Trusts; Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy Sanctuary for Families Center for Battered Women's Legal Services, 2004. Co-Author: "'E' Is Key! Don't view e-discovery as a complicated expensive burden, but as part of an efficient litigation system that everyone can now use," New York Law Journal, April 17, 2006. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Elizabeth A. Adinolfi | | Brian J. Beller (Associate) born May 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, New York and New Jersey; 2006, Connecticut. Education: Indiana University (B.S., Finance, 2001); Case Western Reserve School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member, Leadership Committee, Young Layers Division, UJA-Federation of New York. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Real Property Law). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Brian J. Beller | | Bryan J. Cohen (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., 1995); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1998). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Debt and Equity Finance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Banking Law. Email: Bryan J. Cohen | | Jeffrey Deutsch (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey; 2003, New York. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.S., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1995); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Member: Brooklyn and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Asset Protection. | | Stephanie A. Evenchick (Associate) born New York, N.Y., December 24, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1995, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Emory University (B.B.A., 1991); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1994). Notes and Comments Editor, Journal of International and Comparitive Law. Recipient, Belkin Scholarship. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Stephanie A. Evenchick | | Lynne M. Figman (Associate) born Newark, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions. Email: Lynne M. Figman | | Candice F. Frost (Associate) born Brooklyn, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey; 2000, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1992); University of California at Los Angeles (M.P.H., 1996); Fordham University (J.D., 1999). New York State Supreme Court (Appellate Division, 1999-2001). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Association. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: General Litigation. Email: Candice F. Frost | | Rebeckah L. Harr (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey; 1999, New York. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., 1995); Temple University (J.D., 1998; LL.M., Taxation, 1999; LL.M., International Law, 1999; Certificate in Estate Planning, 1999). Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; International Estate Planning. Email: Rebeckah L. Harr | | Peter H. Harutunian (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida; 1998, Massachusetts; 2001, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1992); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Co-Author: "Trademark License Agreements: The rights of a debtor/licensee to assume, or assume and assign, are uncertain," New York Law Journal, March 5, 2007; Collecting Support from a Payor Who Has Filed Under Chapter 11," The Matrimonial Strategist (an ALM Law Journal Newsletter), November 2007. Member: New York State and Massachusetts Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Labor Law; Personnel Policies; Non-Compete Agreements; Collective Bargaining. Email: Peter H. Harutunian | | Christopher John Kula (Associate) born Bethesda, Maryland; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1997); Hofstra University (J.D., 2002). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Christopher John Kula | | Steven J. Rabinowitz (Associate) born Brooklyn, N.Y., June 3, 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1970); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. Email: Steven J. Rabinowitz | | Colleen M. Ryan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Massachusetts; 2004, New York. Education: Loyola University, Chicago (B.S., 1999); Boston College, Newton Centre (J.D., 2003). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York County (Member, Matrimonial Section, 2005—) and New York State (Member, Matrimonial Section, 2005—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Matrimonial. Email: Colleen M. Ryan | | Jeffrey L. Shore (Associate) born New York; admitted to bar, 1991, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1997, Florida. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.S., cum laude, 1982); Fordham University (J.D., 1990). Senior Articles Editor, Fordham University International Law Journal, 1989-1990. Author: "The PLO Observer Mission Dispute: An Argument for U.S. Compliance with the U.N. Headquarters Agreement" 12 Fordham International Law Journal, 751, 1988-1989. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Jeffrey L. Shore | | Rachel E. Small (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1995); New York University (J.D., 2000). Co-Author: "Ties to U.S. and Canada: Differences in taxation of transfers affect bequests and gifts," September 17, 2007. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Asset Protection. Email: Rachel E. Small | | Lonica L. Smith (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1998); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Litigation. Email: Lonica L. Smith | | Peter W. Smith (Associate) born Bellville, N.J.; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1998, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1993); Boston University (J.D., 1997). Member: New York State (Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 2000—) and American (Member, Sections on: Construction Industry Forum, 1998-2000; Tort and Insurance Practice, 1998-2000; Litigation, 2000—) Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Surety Bonds Litigation. Email: Peter W. Smith | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
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