Background
Feldman was born in 1960 in Long Island, New New York
Feldman was born in 1960 in Long Island, New New York
He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Penn in 1982.
After attending Lawrence Woodmere Academy, he then enrolled at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was the program director of WQHS Radio, Penn"s radio station. He then went to the University of Pennsylvania Law School, graduating in 1985. While in law school, he served as the editor in chief of the newspaper.
He also embarked on a joint venture with Howard Griboff to purchase a radio station in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Feldman was the chairman of the station while Griboff ran the station, but the station ultimately was sold at a loss. Subsequently, he worked at Pryor Cashman Limited Liability Partnership from 1988 to 1992, before starting a firm with a partner: Feldman and Ellenoff.
He left Feldman and Ellenoff in 1996 to start his own firm, which became Feldman Limited Liability Partnership. As of 2010, Feldman has been a partner at Richardson & Patel Limited Liability Partnership.
His practice focuses on corporate and securities matters and general representation of public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and high-Netto-worth individuals. He is particularly interested in issues related to formation, management and acquisition of public shell companies and implementation of reverse mergers, in which a private company becomes publicly traded through a merger with a publicly held "shell" company.
He has appeared on Bloomberg television and National Public Radio and been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times United States of America Today, Market News First, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Chief Financial Officer Magazine and others
In June 2005 he testified before the United States. Securities and Exchange Commission"s Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies. Feldman"s blog, visited by thousands of professionals each month, offers insights on reverse mergers, SPACs, other alternatives to traditional initial public offerings, the small and microcap markets and the economy. He is also a regular contributor on entrepreneurship to Slate.com"s small business site.
He also serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of Channel Capital Management Limited Liability Company, the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Woodmere Academy, and the Board of Directors of Youth Renewal Fund.
