Michael J. Nassau

Background

Nassau, Michael J. was born on June 3, 1935 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1956. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1960).

Career

Worked at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New New York Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.

Note and Comment Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1959-1960.

Recipient, Jewell Prize and Cardozo Prize, Yale University. Contributor: "Employee Stock Ownership Plans," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party), 1979.

Author, "Deferred Compensation: Design Issues and the Constructive Receipt Doctrine," Executive Compensation, Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1996. Chairman, Seminar, "Complying with the New Nondiscrimination and Minimum Coverage Regulations," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party), 1991.

Lecturer: "Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans," 1989 Employee Benefit Compliance Conference, Prentice Hall, Law and Business.

"Management Fiduciaries-Representing the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Plan Committee," Employee Stock Ownership Plan"s in Financial Transactions, New York Law Journal, 1987. "New Coverage, Nondiscrimination and Vesting Rules," Pension Practice under the New Tax Law, New York State Bar Association, 1986. "Section 401(k) Plans," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Seminar on Flexible Compensation Plans, 1986.

Author: "The Impact of Pension Reform on New Plans: Funding, Vesting and Termination Insurance," 33 New York University Institute on Federal Taxation 477, 1975.

"Mergers and Acquisitions: Multiemployer Plan Issues," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Seminar, 1983. "Creating Employee Stock Ownership Plan"s in Leveraged Buyouts," Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Governance Law Reporter, 1989.

Law Clerk to Judge Charles East. Clark, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1960-1961.

Member, Pension Liaison Group of District Director, Brooklyn Key District, Internal Revenue Service, 1992—.

Director, WEB, Incorporated., New York Chapter, 1990—, President, 1993-1994. Member: Advisory Committee, New York University Institute on Employee Plans and Executive Compensation, 1976-1979. Steering Committee, American Pension Conference, 1981-1983.

Editorial Board, M & A and Corporate Governance Law Reporter, 1989—.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Employee Benefits, 1987-1992. Chairman, Sub-Committee on Pension Legislation, 1975-1976.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Foundation Provisions of the Tax Reform Acting of 1969. Committee on Taxation, 1975-1976).

New York State (Company-Chairman, Committee on Employee Benefits, Section of Taxation, 1976-1979) and American (Member, Section of Taxation, Committee on Employee Benefits) Bar Associations.

Achievements

• Michael J. Nassau has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author, "Deferred Compensation: Design Issues and the Constructive Receipt Doctrine," Executive Compensation, Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1996. Chairman, Seminar, "Complying with the New Nondiscrimination and Minimum Coverage Regulations," PLI, 1991. Lecturer: "Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans," 1989 Employee Benefit Compliance Conference, Prentice Hall, Law and Business.
    
    "Management Fiduciaries-Representing the ESOP Plan Committee," ESOP's in Financial Transactions, New York Law Journal, 1987. "New Coverage, Nondiscrimination and Vesting Rules," Pension Practice under the New Tax Law, New York State Bar Association, 1986. "Section 401(k) Plans," PLI Seminar on Flexible Compensation Plans, 1986.

Membership

Member, Pension Liaison Group of District Director, Brooklyn Key District, Internal Revenue Service, 1992—. Director, WEB, Incorporated., New York Chapter, 1990—, President, 1993-1994. Member: Advisory Committee, New York University Institute on Employee Plans and Executive Compensation, 1976-1979.

Steering Committee, American Pension Conference, 1981-1983.

Editorial Board, M & A and Corporate Governance Law Reporter, 1989—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Employee Benefits, 1987-1992.

Chairman, Sub-Committee on Pension Legislation, 1975-1976. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Foundation Provisions of the Tax Reform Acting of 1969.

Committee on Taxation, 1975-1976).

New York State (Company-Chairman, Committee on Employee Benefits, Section of Taxation, 1976-1979) and American (Member, Section of Taxation, Committee on Employee Benefits) Bar Associations.