Background
Bortnick, Jeffrey S. was born on May 23, 1958 in Queens, New York, United States.
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Jeffrey S. Bortnick
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Adelphi University (Bachelor of Business Administration, summa cum laude, 1979). New York University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982. Master of Laws in Taxation, 1986).
Career
Worked at Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice, Corporate, Securities, Investment Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation, Trusts, Estates, Taxation, Real Estate, Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Construction, Matrimonial, Insurance, Trademark, Telecommunications and International Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, New New York 1988, United States. Tax Court and United States.
Claims Court.
1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Order of the Coif; Delta Mu Delta.
Delta Tau Alpha. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Estate Planning.
Author: "Nonresident Partners in Hedge Funds May Avoid New York Tax on Services Performed There," Journal of Multistate Taxation, September/October 1993. Company-author: with James R. Cohen, "The Section 83(b) Election Is Alive and Well and Sometimes Indispensable," Taxes-The Tax Magazine, September, 1988.
Lecturer: Hedge Fund Services Seminar, 1994. Foundation for Accounting Education"s Investment Partnerships Conference: Advanced Topics, 1995.
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
Founded as a "big firm" spinoff in 1971, the firm has developed particular expertise in a variety of "niches," including representation of domestic and off-shore hedge funds, money managers, investment funds and broker/dealers. Strategic tax planning. Middle-market mergers and acquisitions.
Estate planning for business owners.
Professional firm organization and break-up. Chief Executive Officer contracts and negotiations.
Anglo-American transactions. Trademark licensing; commercial leasing.
Real estate transactions.
And litigation in the areas of corporate, securities, trade regulation, bankruptcy, creditors rights, intellectual property, telecommunications, product liability and construction. The firm engages in a diversified general counsel and transactional business practice, representing corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, investment advisors, entrepreneurs and individuals in local, state, national and international matters. (Listings of major transactions handled, administrative agencies the firm appears before, and reported judicial decisions are available upon request).
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Membership
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
