Background
Solkoff, Jerome Ira was born on February 15, 1939 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Dorothy (Krovetz) Solkoff.
Solkoff, Jerome Ira was born on February 15, 1939 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Dorothy (Krovetz) Solkoff.
Bachelor of Science School Industrial Relations and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1961. Juris Doctor, University Buffalo, 1964.
Associate Nusbaum, Tarricone, Weltman, Bilgore & Silver, Rochester, New York, 1964-1966, Mousaw, Vigdor, Reeves, Heilbronner & Kroll, Rochester, 1966-1970. Senior municipal attorney Urban Renewal Agency, 1970-1973. Sole practice, 1970-1973.
Chief legal counsel Arlen Realty Management, Inc., Miami, Florida, 1973-1975. Associate Britton, Cohen, Kaufman, Benson & Schantz, 1975-1976. Chief legal counsel First Mortgage Investors, Miami Beach, Florida, 1976-1979.
Partner Cassel & Cassel, P.A., Miami, 1979-1982. Sole practice Deerfield Beach, Florida, since 1982. Lecturer on foreign investment practices in the United States, England, 1981, estate planning, since 1982, medicaid law and elder law, since 1988.
Board directors Broward Homebound Program, 1990-2001, president 1998-1999. Board directors Jewish Community Centers of South Broward, Florida, 1979-1990, North-East Alzheimers Daycare Center, Inc., 1990-1992. Member executive board directors Broward Alzheimers Association, since 1995.
Co-chair Florida Alzheimers Public Policy steering committee, 1999-2001. Member American Bar Association (member sections real property, trust and probate law), Florida Bar Association (sections real property, trust and probate law, vice-chairman committee on the elderly 1987-1991, lecturer estate planning for the aging and disabled since 1989, founder, chairman elder law section 1994-1995, elder law section, chairman ethics committee 1998-2000), National Academy Elder Law Attorneys, Elder Law Attorneys, Florida Academy Elder Law Attorneys.
Married Doreen Hurwitz, August 11, 1963. Children: Scott Michael, Anne Lynn.