Background
Asofsky, Paul H. was born on February 24, 1941 in New York, New York, United States.
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Paul H. Asofsky
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Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1962) Phi Beta Kappa. Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1965).
Career
Worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1966, New York and United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1973, United States. Tax Court. 1974, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1991, Texas, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas.
1993, United States. District Court, Northern District of Texas.
Author: "Injunctions and Declaratory Judgments in Federal Tax Controversies," 28 Rutgers L. Review 785, 1975; "Post-Mortem Tax Planning Foreign Carryover Basis Property," 31 Tax Lawyer 701, 1978. "Discharge of Indebtedness Income in Bankruptcy After the Bankruptcy Tax Acting of 1980," 27 Saint L.U.L.J. 583, 1983.
"Reorganizing Insolvent Corporations," 41 New York University Institute. on Federal
Tax"n, Church 5, 1983; Reorganizing Insolvent Corporations Today," 47 New York University Institute. on Federal Tax"n, Church 40, 1989; "Towards a Bankruptcy Tax Acting of 1993," 51 New York University Institute. on Federal
Tax"n, Church 13, 1993. Member, 1963-1965 and Treasurer, 1964-1965, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
Member, City of New York, Mayor"s Special Committee on Real Estate Tax Incentives, 1984. Member, Tax Forum, New York, 1989-1990.
Member, 1990, President, 1990-1991, The Houston Tax Roundtable. Member, Tax Club of New York, 1977.
Chairman, 1994-1995 and Member, 1989, Advisory Board, New York University Tax Institute.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Taxation, 1978-1981, 1989). New York State (Tax Section: Chairman, Committee on Bankruptcy, 1982-1984. Member, Executive Committee, 1983) and American (Member, Section on Taxation.
Company-Chair, Task Force on the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, 1997.
Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Bankruptcy Revision, 1977-1980. Vice-Chairman, Committee on Liens, Levies, Limitations and Bankruptcy, 1981-1983.
Chairman, Sub-Committee on Bankruptcy of Corporate-Stockholder Relationships Committee, 1983-1984) Bar Associations. National Bankruptcy Conference (Member.
Chairman, Committee on Tax Matters, 1986).
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1963-1965 and Treasurer, 1964-1965, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Member, City of New York, Mayor"s Special Committee on Real Estate Tax Incentives, 1984. Member, Tax Forum, New York, 1989-1990.
Member, 1990, President, 1990-1991, The Houston Tax Roundtable.
Member, Tax Club of New York, 1977. Chairman, 1994-1995 and Member, 1989, Advisory Board, New York University Tax Institute.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Taxation, 1978-1981, 1989). New York State (Tax Section: Chairman, Committee on Bankruptcy, 1982-1984.
Member, Executive Committee, 1983) and American (Member, Section on Taxation.
Company-Chair, Task Force on the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, 1997. Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Bankruptcy Revision, 1977-1980. Vice-Chairman, Committee on Liens, Levies, Limitations and Bankruptcy, 1981-1983.
Chairman, Sub-Committee on Bankruptcy of Corporate-Stockholder Relationships Committee, 1983-1984) Bar Associations.
National Bankruptcy Conference (Member. Chairman, Committee on Tax Matters, 1986).
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel, 1993. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel, 1993.
