Melvin Paradise

Background

Paradise, Melvin was born on September 16, 1925 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Clara (Leibowitz) Paradise.

Education

City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1947). St. John's University (Juris Doctor, 1952). New York University (Master of Laws in taxation, 1957).

Career

Worked at Paradise & Alberts, LLP (New York, NY) specializing in Taxation, Estate Planning and Trust and Estate Administration, Corporate, Employee Benefits, Elder Law. Admitted to the bar, 1952, New York. 1975, Florida; United States.

Supreme Court; United States. Tax Court; United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1957. Contributing Author: "Estate Tax Techniques," 1958—. Lecturer in Taxation, Practising Law Institute, 1957-1967.

Adjunct Lecturer, Deferred Compensation, Baruch College Graduate School of Business, 1986, 1987. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Section on Taxation). New York State Bar Association.

The Florida Bar; Federal Bar Council.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1952, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1964, United States District Court (southern and eastern districts) New York 1976.

Membership

Sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946, PTO. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Florida Bar assosiation, New York StateBar Association, Woodmere Club, Masons.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, tennis, reading.

Connections

Married Joyce Landow, August 4, 1957. Children: Susan, Michael, Steven.

Father:

Jacob Paradise

Mother:

Clara (Leibowitz) Paradise

Spouse:

Joyce Landow

child:

Michael Paradise

child:

Susan Paradise

child:

Steven Paradise