Charles Platto

Background

Platto, Charles was born on November 19, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Mollie Platto.

Education

University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1969). New York University (Master of Laws, 1974).

Career

Worked at Brooks McNally Whittington Platto & Vitt, P.C. (Norwich, Vermont) specializing in General Practice. General Litigation, Taxation, Corporation, Environmental, Estate Planning, Legislative, Administrative, Probate, Real Estate and Bankruptcy Law. Trials.

Admitted to the bar, 1970, New York.

1976, France (as Conseil Juridique). 1992, Vermont and New Hampshire. Editor, University of Michigan Law Review, 1968-1969.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Insurance Law, New York University School of Law, 1990-1994, Vermont Law School, 1992—. Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow, 1969-1971. Chairman, Committee on Commodities and Futures Law, 1984-1986, Member, Executive Committee, Banking Corporation and Business Law Section, 1983-1990 and Member, House of Delegates, 1987-1990, New York State Bar Association.

Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on Transnational Claims and Litigation, 1987-1988 and Chairman, International Litigation Committee, 1988—, International Bar Association. Associate and Partner, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York, N.Y., 1971-1991. (Also Member of Salans, Hertzfeld & Heilbronn, New York, New York).

Brooks McNally Whittington Platto & Vitt is a regional firm of experienced attorneys, many of whom were partners in major urban firms before relocating to New England. Attorneys in the firm are licensed in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Illinois, Georgia and Pennsylvania. The firm conducts a broad based general commercial practice, including sophisticated civil litigation, representation of substantial corporate, banking, insurance and accounting interests, as well as real estate and trust and estate matters.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1970, Vermont 1992, N.H. 1992, United States District Court (southern and eastern districts) New York 1972, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1974, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1974, United States Tax Court 1989, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1990, United States District Ct.N.H., Vermont, 1992.

Membership

Member, Executive Committee, Banking Corporation and Business Law Section, 1983-1990 and Member, House of Delegates, 1987-1990, New York State Bar Association. Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on Transnational Claims and Litigation, 1987-1988 and Chairman, International Litigation Committee, 1988—, International Bar Association. Associate and Partner, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York, N.Y., 1971-1991.

(Also Member of Salans, Hertzfeld & Heilbronn, New York, New York).

Connections

Married Leslie Joan Stoller, March 19, 1969. Children: Jamie, Carey, Jody, Terry.

Father:

Irving Platto

Mother:

Mollie Platto

Spouse:

Leslie Joan Stoller

child:

Jody Platto

child:

Carey Platto

child:

Jamie Platto

child:

Terry Platto