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| | Location: Centroplex-123 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10601, (Westchester Co.) | | |
(Main Office)
| Danziger & Markhoff LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Pension and Profit Sharing, Estate Planning, Probate, Health Care, Professional Corporations, General Corporate, Real Estate. | | Year Established: 1960 | Firm Profile:
Danziger & Markhoff LLP was founded in 1960 and has maintained its office in White Plains, New York continuously since that time. The firm was established with concentration in the areas of pension and profit-sharing plans (the firm has a full service pension administration department including four full time enrolled actuaries), estate planning, probate, health care, professional corporations, general corporate and real estate law. The firm requires all partners and associates to attend continuing legal education programs and several partners and associates of the firm lecture extensively in the areas of pension and profit-sharing plans, estate planning, health law and tax law. | | Firm Size: 13 | References:
Chase Manhattan Bank, White Plains, N.Y. (Trust Dept.); Bank of New York County Trust Region; Lazard Freres & Co. | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | —————————— | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Joel Danziger (Member) born New York, N.Y., October 17, 1932; admitted to bar, 1958, New York and Connecticut; 1964, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Columbia College (B.A., 1953); Yale University (LL.B., 1956). Director, Yale Law School Moot Court Competition, 1955-1956. President, Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, 1971-1972. Member: Westchester County (Chairman, Section of Taxation, 1967-1970), New York State and American (Member, Section of Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Pension and Profit-Sharing Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Tax Law. | | Harris Markhoff (Member) born New York, N.Y., December 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, New York. Education: Columbia College (A.B., 1960); Columbia University (LL.B., 1963). President, Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc., 1975-1976. Director, Estate Planning Council of New York City, Inc., 1989-1992. Listed in Superlawyers - Taxation Category. Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Trusts and Estates and Corporate Categories. Listed in Westchester Magazine: Top Lawyers in 21 Specialties (Corporate and Trusts and Estates). Member. President, Benjamin Cardozo Society, UJA Federation, 1997-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Westchester Holocaust Education Center. Member: White Plains (President, 1990), Westchester County (Chairman, Section of Taxation, 1973-1976; Chairman, Section of Trusts and Estates, 1995-1996; Director, 1989-1995), New York State (Member, Estate Planning Committee, Trusts and Estate Section, 1978-1979) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Pension and Profit-Sharing Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Tax Law. Email: Harris Markhoff | | Ira Langer, (P.C.) (Member) born New York, N.Y., November 13, 1938; admitted to bar, 1966, New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1960); Columbia University (LL.B., 1965). Phi Beta Kappa. Stone Scholar. Author: "The Tax Planner," National Tax Training School, 1976. Member, New York State Tax Advisory Committee, 1976-1984. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation). Practice Areas: Tax Law; Pension Law; Employee Benefits Law. Email: Ira Langer, (P.C.) | | Joshua S. Levine (Member) born New York, New York, September 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1976); New York University (J.D., 1979). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Business and Health Law Sections); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Health Law. Email: Joshua S. Levine | | Robert B. Danziger (Member) born Mt. Kisco, New York, August 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Connecticut; 1988, New York; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Clark University (B.A., 1984); Pace University (J.D., 1987). Business Development Board Member, Mahopac National Bank. Member: Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc.; Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council; Town of North Salem Zoning Board of Appeals, 1995-1997. Board of Trustees and Temple Attorney, Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, Inc., Chappaqua, New York. Counsel, Ninth District Dental Association (1998—). Member: White Plains (President, 1995-1996), Northern Westchester, Westchester County (Member, Sections on: Tax; Trust and Estates), New York State (Member: Committee on Qualified Plans; Tax, Trust Law and Estates Sections) and American (Member, Committees on: Employment Benefit Tax Problems; Estate Planning and Drafting) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Law; Pension Law. Email: Robert B. Danziger | | Michael Markhoff (Member) born Mt. Vernon, New York, April 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Columbia College (B.A., 1987); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1990). Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates Category. Member, Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc, (Board of Directors, 1998-2001; President, 2007-2008). Member: Estate Planning Council of Rockland County, Inc. Member, Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council (Board of Directors, 2003—). Member, Society of Financial Service Professionals (Westchester Chapter Board of Directors, 2001-2005). Member, Bedford Free Library (Board of Directors, 2006—). Member: White Plains (President, 2004-2005), Northern Westchester (President, 2001-2002), Westchester County (Member, Sections on: Tax; Trusts and Estates; Chairman, Trusts and Estates Section, 1998-2000), Connecticut (Member, Estates and Probate Section), New York State (Member: Trusts and Estates Law Section; Executive Committee, 2000-2005; Ninth District Delegate, 2003-2005; Delegate, Ninth Judicial District House of Delegates, 2005—) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts Law; Estates Law; Tax Law. Email: Michael Markhoff | | Gregory R. Tapfar (Member) born Oceanside, New York, August 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1975); New York University (M.P.A., 1977); St. John's University (J.D., 1981). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts. Member: New York State (Member, Health Law Section, 1995—) and American (Member, Health Law Section, 1997—) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate; Commercial Transactions. Email: Gregory R. Tapfar | | Stanley E. Bulua (Member) born Montreal, Canada, November 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Brandeis University (A.B., cum laude, 1976); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1979; LL.M. in Taxation, 1984). Order of the Coif. Member, New York University Law Review, 1977-1978. Contributing Author, Westchester Bar Journal, July 1985-1988 and The CPA Journal, May 1999 and August 2002. Member: Westchester County (Chair, Executive Committee, Tax Section, 1998-2001) and New York State Bar Associations; Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc. (Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2003). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law; Employee Stock Ownership Plans. Email: Stanley E. Bulua | | Jay Fenster (Member) born New York, N. Y., October 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., 1976); Fordham University (J.D., 1980); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1984). Member, Fordham Law Review. Co-Author, "Compensation Essentials," Lexis Nexis, 2004. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Tax Section). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Qualified and Non-Qualified Plans; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Taxation. Email: Jay Fenster | | Andrew E. Roth (Member) born New York, N.Y., October 12, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, New York, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: New York University College of Arts and Science (B.A., 1975); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1982). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: ERISA; Pension and Profit Sharing Law; Employee Benefit Law; Executive Compensation; Employee Benefits; Cash Balance Plans; Deferred Compensation; Employee Compensation; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Pension Plans; Profit Sharing; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans; 401(k) Plans. Email: Andrew E. Roth | | —————————— | | Martin P. Daniels (Associate) born New York, N.Y., May 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut; 1991, New York and Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Skidmore College (B.A., 1985); London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., 1986); Syracuse University (J.D., 1990). Order of the Barrister, 1989-1990. Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 1988-1990. Member, 1988-1990, Finance Director, 1989-1990, Syracuse University College of Law Moot Court Board. Recipient, International Legal Studies Award, 1989-1990. Member, Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, 1988. Member, Estate Planning Council of Lower Fairfield County. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State (Member, Trusts and Estates and Real Property Sections), Westchester County, New Canaan and Connecticut (Member, Estates and Probate, Real Estate and Planning and Zoning Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Wills and Trusts; Probate; Real Estate; Zoning Law. Email: Martin P. Daniels | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | ENROLLED ACTUARIES | | William Martin Miller born Brooklyn, New York, June 28, 1951; Education: Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1972); New York University (M.S., 1976). Enrolled with Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries under U.S. Department of Labor and Treasury, 1976 (Enrolled Actuary). Member: American Academy of Actuaries; American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries; College of Pension Actuaries. Practice Areas: Qualified Defined Benefit; Defined Contribution Pension Plan Administration; Pension Valuation for Equitable Distribution. Email: William Martin Miller | | Aileen T. Palazzo born Milford, Connecticut, May 16, 1948; Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., 1970). Enrolled by the Joint Board of the U.S. Department of Labor and Treasury, 1976 (Enrolled Actuary). Member: American Society of Pension Actuaries. Practice Areas: Qualified Defined Benefit; Defined Contribution Pension Plan Administration. Email: Aileen T. Palazzo | | Edward A. Echeverria born Port Chester, New York, July 2, 1960; Education: Siena College (B.S., 1982). Enrolled Actuary (enrolled by the Joint Board of the U.S. Department of Labor and Treasury, 1989). Member: American Academy of Actuaries. Fellow: American Society of Pension Actuaries. Practice Areas: Qualified Defined Benefit Pension Administration; Qualified Defined Contribution Pension Administration; Non Qualified Defined Benefit Pension Administration; Post Retirement Medical and Life Valuation. Email: Edward A. Echeverria | | Timothy O'Connell born New Rochelle, New York, August 23, 1962; Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., 1984). Enrolled Actuary, 1992. Associate, Society of Actuaries, 1995. Member: American Academy of Actuaries. Practice Areas: Pension Plans. Email: Timothy O'Connell | | COUNSEL | | Karen C. Hunter (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1981, Florida; 1985, New York. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1981); New York University (LL.M., Tax, 1984). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Member, Trusts and Estates Law Section); The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust and Estate Administration; Charitable Organizations. | | Irwin N. Rubin (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, New York, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., College Scholar, 1971); Duke University (J.D., 1974); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1975). Author: "Fiduciary Investment Obligations Under ERISA: How Do LBO's Fare?" New York Law Journal, July 20, 1989, p.1; New York State Banking Industry, Regulation of Retirement Plans, June 14, 1989, Syracuse, New York (Featured Speaker); "Benefits Impacting Mergers, Acquisitions," Employee Benefit News, p. 29 (June, 1988); "After Tax Reform, Part 2: Planning Executive Compensation Programs," Compensation and Benefits Review, p. 26 (January-February, 1988); "How Proposed Technical Corrections Hit Employee Benefits," The Tax Times, p. 3 (September, 1987); "The Impact of Tax Reform on Benefit Plans," The National Law Journal, p. 17 (March 30, 1987). Co-author: with Hannah B. Widlus, "Employee Benefits in Acquisitions and Divestitures," New York University Forty-Fifth Annual Institute on Federal Taxation, Chapter 11 (Matthew Bender, 1987). Director and Founder, New York Employee Benefits Group, 1987. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State (Member, Employee Benefits Committee, Trusts & Estates Law Section, 1976—) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property and Probate; Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Pension and Profit-Sharing Law; Employee Benefits Law; Tax Law. Email: Irwin N. Rubin | | David P. Gesser (Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1985). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate; Health Care; Securities. |
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