Background
Kaplan, Myron was born on April 17, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Kaplan, Myron was born on April 17, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1966). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1969).
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, 1970, New New York Company-Author: "Purchasing Recycled Paper," 58 American Bar Association Journal 851, August, 1972.
Member, Board of Directors, Public Action Coalition on Toys, 1976-1983.
Trustee, 1979-1991, 1993, Member, Executive Committee, 1993, Vice President, 1995, The Jewish Braille Institute of America. Trustee, 1991, Member, Executive Committee, 1992, and Chairman, Exhibition Committee, 1992, Children"s Museum of Manhattan.
Lecturer: Hedge Fund Services Seminar, 1994, Managed Account Reports, Incorporated., Conference on Alternative Investments, 1995, and Institute for International Research Conference on Financial Products, 1995. Member: Board of Directors 1993, Executive Committee, 1996and Chairman, Compensation Committee, 1996, Transport World Airlines, Incorporated.
Member: American Bar Association (Member: Committees on Sherman Acting, 1981-1985 and Franchising, 1981-1985, Anti-trust Law Section.
International Law Section). 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).
Member, Board of Directors, Public Action Coalition on Toys, 1976-1983. Trustee, 1979-1991, 1993, Member, Executive Committee, 1993, Vice President, 1995, The Jewish Braille Institute of America. Trustee, 1991, Member, Executive Committee, 1992, and Chairman, Exhibition Committee, 1992, Children"s Museum of Manhattan.
