Background
Praag, Alan Van was born on March 6, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Leopold Marcus and Rose (Wexell) Van Praag.
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Alan Van Van Praag
Edit ProfileAdmiralty International private Bankruptcy lawyer
Education
Hunter College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Career
Worked at Snow Becker Krauss P.C. (New York, NY) specializing in Corporate, Securities, Real Estate, Litigation, Trials and Appeals, Arbitration, Taxation, Estates, Trusts, Probate, Domestic Relations, Admiralty, International Law and Bankruptcy. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New York. Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1970-1971.
Author: "Recent Developments in the Excess Judgment Suit," 36 Brooklyn Law Review 464, 1970. "Professional Incorporation: The New York View," 37 Brooklyn Law Review 159, 1971. "How Have the 1985 Amendments To Rule B(1) Worked in Practice," American Bar Association Section on Litigation, August 1986.
Member: Advisory Committee, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1995. Joint Committee, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York on Revising Local Court Rules, 1995. Member: New York County Lawyers Association. Maritime Law Association of the United States (Vice Chairman, East Coast Practice and Procedure Committee, 1984.
Chairman, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy, 1987. Chairman, Subcommittee Concerning the Hague Convention for the International Enforcement of Money Judgments, 1995). Formed by Charles Snow and Jack Becker in 1977, Snow Becker Krauss P.C. has grown substantially over the past decade.
The firm is engaged in the general practice of law, with particular concentration in legal and business issues governing the securities and financial services industries. Primary areas of practice entail corporations, securities, underwritings, securities and commodities brokerage firms, investment advisors, condominiums, cooperatives, general and securities litigation, arbitrations, Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD, NFA, CFTC and Stock Exchange practice, investigations and disciplinary proceedings, real estate, real estate tax certiorari, tax, trusts and estates, insurance law, international law, admiralty law, commercial and international banking and bankruptcy.
Membership
Member: Advisory Committee, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1995. Joint Committee, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York on Revising Local Court Rules, 1995. Member: New York County Lawyers Association. Maritime Law Association of the United States (Vice Chairman, East Coast Practice and Procedure Committee, 1984.
Chairman, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy, 1987. Chairman, Subcommittee Concerning the Hague Convention for the International Enforcement of Money Judgments, 1995).
Connections
Married Lynne Diamond, November 24, 1991. 1 child, Melissa Rose.
