Background
Abrahams, Robert M. was born on November 21, 1948 in New York, New York, United States.
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Robert M. Abrahams
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Hobart College (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). Hofstra University (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1976).
Career
The Bank of Tokyo Trust Company v. The Urban Food Malls, Ltd., A.D. 2d, 650 N.Y.S. 2d 654 (1st Dep't 1996); Gould v. Harris, 929 F. Supp 353 (C.D.Cal. 1996); First Nationwide Bank v. Brookhaven Realty Association, A.D. 2d 637 N.Y.S. 2d 418 (2d Dep't 1996); Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 692 F. Supp. 1488 (S.D.N.Y. 1987), aff'd, 878 F.2d 620 (2d Cir. 1989); I. Meyer Pincus & Associates, P.C. v. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., 1989 Fed. Secretary L. Rep. (CCH) 94, 366 (S.D.N.Y. March 30, 1989); aff'd, 936 F.2d 759 (2d Cir. 1991); United States. v. Regan, 858 F.2d 115 (2d Cir. 1988); B.F. Hirsch, Inc. v. Enright Refining Company, Inc., 577 F. Supp. 339 (D.N.J. 1983), aff'd in part 751 F.2d 628 (3d Cir. 1984), on remand 617 F. Supp. 49 (D.N.J. 1985).Worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Corporate, Banking, Securities, Bankruptcy and Debt Restructuring, Commercial Finance, Environmental, Equipment Financing and Leasing, Insurance, Litigation, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Real Estate, Tax, Family Law and Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1977, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1980, United States. Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Editor-in-Chief, Hofstra Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "Document Discovery," Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts," West 1995.
"Provisional Remedies Affecting Financial Institutions in the United States," International Banking and Financial Law, December 1993. "Foreclosure Reform: A Necessity to Maintain the Availability of Commercial Credit in New York," NYSBA Real Prop. Section Newsletter, April, 1992.
Speaker, Nottingham Law School Centre of Advanced Litigation, October 1993. Instructor, Trial Advocacy Program, Hofstra Law School, 1984-1988. Lecturer: New York State Bar Association, "Real Estate Titles and Transfers," May 1996.
New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, "Foreclosure and Workout Strategies," 1990, 1991. Practising Law Institute Seminar on Civil RICO, 1984. Civil Procedure, New York Council of Law Associates, 1984-1987.
Chairman: Board of Zoning Appeals, 1982-1997, Village of Thomaston, New York. Member: New York State (Member, Task Force in Foreclosure Reform, 1992) and American (Member, Litigation Section, Trial Practice Committee) Bar Associations. Founded in 1969, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP is a 200 lawyer firm with offices in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida.
The firm represents a wide range of institutional, business and individual clients, including leading investment and securities firms, public and private corporations, domestic and international commercial banks, international real estate investment and development firms, fiduciaries and individuals.
Achievements
Membership
Active Thomaston, New York Planning Board, since 1980, New York Board Zoning Appeals, 1982-1988, chairman, since 1989, New York Building Congress, since 1988. Member American Bar Association (litigation section, trial practice committee, RICO subcommittee since 1984), New York Bar Association (real property section litigation section, lecturer, trial practice committee, RICO subcommittee since 1984, lecturer real property law section at practicing law institute seminar on civil RICO 1984).
Connections
Ralph M. and Mathilda (Moses) A. Married Carol J. Popkin, August 8, 1970. Children: Kathryn, Emily, Daniel.
