Ronald B. Ravikoff

Background

Ravikoff, Ronald B. was born on April 1, 1948 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1970; Material Requirements Planning, Cornell Univercity, 1972; Juris Doctor cum laude, U. Miami, 1977.

Career

Worked at Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Litigation (Civil, White Collar Criminal), Bankruptcy and Workouts, Taxation, Real Estate, Partnership, Corporate and Commercial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Florida (Approved areas of Practice under Florida State Bar Designation Plan. Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law).

1978, District of Columbia, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1982, United States. Supreme Court.

1988, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida. 1992, New York.

Editor-in-Chief, University of Miami Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Land Use Planning," 31 University of Miami Law Review 1119, 1977.

"Scope of Tax Benefit Rule Limited," 32 University of Miami Law Review 487, 1978. "Investment Motive Recludes Ordinary Loss Treatment," 30 University of Miami Law Review 760, 1976. "Controlling the Tax Effects of Transfers of Life Insurance or Annuities in Divorces," 47 Journal of Taxation 92, 1977.

"Organizational Support to Fund Environmental Litigation," 6 Environmental Affairs 457, 1978. "Social Responsibility in Investment Policy and the Prudent Man Rule," 68 California Law Review 518, 1980. "Establishing An Antitrust Compliance Program," 57 Florida Bar Journal 254, 1983.

"American Bar Association The Antitrust Health Care Handbook," 1988. "Using Experts in Business Valuation Cases," Florida Bar Quarterly, 1989. "Litigating Claims Against Failed Financial Institutions," (Fla.

Bar 1991); "Attorney-Client and Work-Product Privilege Issues in Failed Financial Institution Litigation," (American Bar Association 1991). "Attorney-Client and Work-Product Issues in Financial Institutions," (USLSI 1991). "Making Claims Against Failed Financial Institutions," 66 Florida Bar Journal 40, 1992.

Special Counsel to Metropolitan Dade County, 1981-1982. President, University of Miami Law Alumni Association, 1994-1995. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.

Dade County and American (Member, Commercial Litigation and Banking Committee) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section, Business Litigation Committee, Chair, 1992-1993, Grievance Committee 11 "H", 1985-1988). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. (Resident, Miami, Florida Office). Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P. is a national law firm based in Washington, D.C., with offices in Miami, Tampa, Baltimore and New York.

The firm's clients include corporations, partnerships and individuals located throughout the United States and abroad. The firm's litigation practice emphasizes white collar criminal defense, federal enforcement representation and the prosecution and defense of a wide variety of complex civil actions (e.g., securities fraud class actions, savings and loan litigation, malpractice litigation, antitrust, tax and commercial litigation). The firm also has an emphasis in the creditor-debtor rights area, with a concentration on major bankruptcy reorganizations, business counseling and out-of-court workouts.

The firm's business and tax groups emphasize commercial and real estate transactions, tax counseling, estate planning, and the formation, sale and merger of business entities.

Achievements

• Bar: Florida 1977, District of Columbia 1978, United States District Court (southern district, southern district trialbar) Florida, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit), United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit), United States Court Appeals (11th circuit) 1981, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1982, United States District Court (middle district) Florida 1988, New York 1992.

Membership

Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Dade County and American (Member, Commercial Litigation and Banking Committee) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section, Business Litigation Committee, Chair, 1992-1993, Grievance Committee 11 "H", 1985-1988).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. (Resident, Miami, Florida Office).