Background
Downey, James F. was born in 1931 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
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James F. Downey
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Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1955).
Career
Worked at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1956, New York and United States. Tax Court.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Surrogates" Courts, 1959-1962, Atomic Energy, 1965-1966 and Civil Rights, 1966-1968).
New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts, 1958-1962, 1970.
Chairman, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 1974-1976). Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Founded in 1876, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is a 360-attorney full service law firm with particular expertise in corporate law, litigation, securities law, international commercial transactions, intellectual property, labor, insolvency and workouts, real estate tax, trusts and estates, product liability and insurance law. The firm is headquartered in New York and has offices in Boston, Budapest, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, District of Columbia
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Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Surrogates" Courts, 1959-1962, Atomic Energy, 1965-1966 and Civil Rights, 1966-1968). New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts, 1958-1962, 1970. Chairman, Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, 1974-1976).
Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
