Background
Rathkopf, Stephen M. was born on September 24, 1943 in New York, New York, United States.
Rathkopf, Stephen M. was born on September 24, 1943 in New York, New York, United States.
College of the City of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1968).
Worked at Herrick, Feinstein Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in LITIGATION: Commercial, Product Liability Defense, White Collar Defense, Art, Business Divorce and Bankruptcy Law. REAL ESTATE: Development, Financing, Securitization, Workouts and Foreclosures, Syndication, Land Use, Zoning, Environmental, Cooperative and Condominium Law. BUSINESS: Planning, Partnership, Corporate, Securities, Banking, Institutional Financing, International, Tax, Sports and Television Law.
ESTATES AND TRUSTS.
Admitted to the bar, 1969, New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1971, United States. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1974, United States. Supreme Court. 1994, New Jersey.
1995, Pennsylvania. Research Director, Moot Court Board.
Company-Author: "Weekly Real Estate Law Digest," New York Law Journal, 1985-1987. "The Supreme Court and Land UseA Review of the Keystone, First English and Nolan Decisions," The Connecticut Real Estate Law Journal, 1987. Lecturer: Speaker Series, The Real Estate Institute, New York University, 1992.
Mortgage Foreclosure-Complex Unresolved Issues, Unified Court System, Legal Update Series for law assistants and legal personnel, 1996.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State Bar Association.
Federal Bar Council. Founded in 1928, Herrick, Feinstein is a unique blend of legal talent and creative energy.
The firm is small enough to render the most personalized service, yet because it is so focused it can handle the most sophisticated transactions and the most complex litigation in those areas in which it concentrates.
The firm is distinguished from others by (i) its ability to create practical and imaginative business solutions to complex legal problems as a result of the partners" own varied business experiences, (ii) its willingness to staff matters so as to effect cost savings for its clients and (iii) its close knit atmosphere, engendered by the mutual respect with which its attorneys treat one another.
Stephen M. Rathkopf has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.
Co-author Weekly Real Estate Law Digest, New York Law Journal, 1985-1987.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York New York State Bar Association. Federal Bar Council.