Background
Plattner, Robert D. was born on August 31, 1950 in Long Beach, New York, United States.
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Robert D. Plattner
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Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972), Phi Beta Kappa. Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Worked at Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, LLP (Buffalo, NY) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Trial and Appellate Practice. Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Administrative, Corporation, Labor, Taxation, Corporate Financing, Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Financial Services, Health Care, Real Property, School, International, Immigration, Energy, Public Service, Securities, Family Law, High Technology, Transnational Law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law.
Insurance Law, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation, Reinsurance, Reinsurance Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, California. 1978, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Author: "FTA Recommendations on Taxing Nonresident Athletes Could Have Wider Applications," Journal of Multistate Taxation, March/April 1995 Volume 5, No. 1; "Fairness and Function in the New York State Tax Appeals System.
Proposals for Reform," 49 Albany Law Review 352 (Winter 1985). "How to Contest a Tax Assessment Before the Division of Tax Appeals," Journal of New York Taxation, Winter, 1992. Correspondent, State Tax Notes, 1991, Tax Analysts.
Contributing Editor, New York Tax Highlights, Corporate Tax Publishers, Inc., 1994. Counsel, 1982-1986 and Director, 1987-1988, New York State Legislative Tax Study Commission. Director, Bureau of Policy and Program Development, 1988-1989 and Acting Deputy Commissioner, 1989-1990, Division of Policy and Research, New York State Department of Economic Development.
(Albany Office)
Tracing its roots to 1817, Hodgson Russ is the largest law firm in Buffalo and ranks among the largest law firms in Upstate New York outside New York City.
