Background
Finkelstein, Bernard was born on January 21, 1930 in New York City. Son of Irving and Sadie (Katz) Finkelstein.
Finkelstein, Bernard was born on January 21, 1930 in New York City. Son of Irving and Sadie (Katz) Finkelstein.
University College of New York University (Bachelor of Arts, 1951). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1954).
Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York, NY) specializing in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law. Admitted to the bar, 1954, New York. 1970, District of Columbia.
Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1953-1954. Member, Practising Law Institute, Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning Advisory Committee, 1983-1996, Trustee and Member, Altman Foundation.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogates Courts, 1967-1970, 1976-1979 and 1986-1989). New York State (Chairman, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxes, Tax Section, 1978-1980) and American (Chairman, Committee on Predeath Planning, 1986-1988, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
The New York Bar Foundation.
Trustee, member Altman Foundation, New York City, since 1985. Fellow American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (estate and gift tax committee 1987-1993). Member American Bar Association (commission on pre-death planning, probate and trust division of section on real property, probate and trust law 1985-1988), New York State Bar Association (chairman gift and tax committee of tax section 1978-1980), Association of Bar of City of New York (trusts, estate and surrogate's court committee 1986-1989), New York Bar Foundation, Yale Law School Association (Executive Committee 1983-1986), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, Order of Coif.
Married Adele S. Levine, June 29, 1952. Children: Sharon Ann, Marcia Lyn.