(Main Office)

Solomon Blum Heymann & Stich LLP has a diverse worldwide client base including individuals and companies, large and small. The firm's mission is to develop long term relationships with clients— to do so, we are attentive to their expectations and responsive to their goals and work styles. We assist our clients in a broad variety of domestic and international financial and legal matters and we maintain a complete roster of correspondent international counsel. The firm is an active member of the International Business Law Consortium of the Center for International Legal Studies and the Interlegal Network of law firms.

Statement of Practice

Business and Finance Law, International Commercial Law, Corporate and Partnership Law, Taxation, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Intellectual Property Law, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Banking, Legislation, Immigration and Nationality Law, Territories and Possessions Law, Commercial Litigation.

Address

40 Wall Street, 35th Floor
New York, NY 10005-1304, (New York Co.)

Phone

Phone: 888-312-4474
Fax: 212-267-2030

Website

http://www.solblum.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Office: 9720 Estate Thomas, Havensight, 00802. Telephone: 340-776-7474. Fax: 340-776-8044.

OF COUNSEL

Joseph A. Materna (Of Counsel) born Passaic, New Jersey, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, New York; 1977, Florida, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1969; J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Author: "The Living Will—An Update," The Arthritis Reporter, Summer 1988; "New U.S. Estate and Gift Tax Rules for Non-Citizen Spouses," The Arthritis Reporter, Winter 1990. Member and Chairman, Parish Wills Committee of Bequests and Planned Gifts Committee of the Archdiocese of New York, 1988—. Arbitrator, New York City Civil Court, 1977—. Alumni Class President, Columbia College of Columbia University Alumni Association. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, National Trust and Estate Associates, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Queens County, Richmond County and New York State (Member, Committee on Estate and Trust Administration, 1982—) Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers' Association (Member, Trusts and Surrogate's Court Practice, 1986—); The Florida Bar; American Judges Association; Estate Planning Council of New York City; Accredited Estate Planner of the National Association of Estate Planners. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates.Email: Joseph A. Materna

Michael J. Semack (Of Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan, January 3, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New York and New Jersey; 2006, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1992); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1996). Arbitrator, National Futures Association, 1999—. Member: New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Commercial Litigation.Email: Michael J. Semack

Edward B. Reynolds, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., November 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1986, District of Columbia; 1993, Florida and Virgin Islands. Education: Hobart College (B.A., Romance Languages, 1980); Hofstra University (J.D., 1983); University of London, London, England (LL.M., 1984). Member: New York State and Virgin Islands Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; The Florida Bar. (Also Member, Dudley Clark & Chan, LLP, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands). Languages: French and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Tax Exempt Organizations; Securities; Banking Law.Email: Edward B. Reynolds, Jr.

Ambrose M. Richardson, III (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, May 6, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, New York. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1964; J.D., 1969). Articles Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation, 1968-1969. (Also Of Counsel to Casey Mahon & Rooney, LLP, New York, New York) (Also Practicing Individually). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Commercial Litigation.

ASSOCIATES

Maria Tzokova (Associate) born Sofia, Bulgaria, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Bulgaria; 2003, New York. Education: Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria (M.A., Law, with honors, 1994); University of Iowa College of Law (LL.M., International and Comparative Law, with honors, 2002). Recipient, Z. Carrol Sample Scholar, University of Iowa College of Law. Judicial Law Clerk, Sofia City Court, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1995-1996. Chief Legal Counsel: Watersupply and Sewerage Corp., Bulgaria, 1996-2000; Sofia Water Corp., Bulgaria, 2000-2001. Research Assistant, University of Iowa College of Law, 2001-2002. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association. Languages: Bulgarian and Russian. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Employment Law.Email: Maria Tzokova

Justin B. Blackhall (Associate) born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, June 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, New York; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., 1998); Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk, Honorable Thomas B. Bennett of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Alabama at Birmingham. Student Law Clerk: Honorable Thomas K. Moore, District Court of the Virgin Islands; Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin, Southern District of New York. Practice Areas: Structured Finance; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Corporate Governance; Litigation.Email: Justin B. Blackhall

Robert A. Ladislaw (Associate) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 2004, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York and U.S. Tax Court. Education: York College of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1987); Brooklyn Law School cum laude (J.D., 2003). Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1992. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, New York County Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: International Taxation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Robert A. Ladislaw