Background
Feldhaus, Stephen Martin was born on January 12, 1945 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lawrence Bernard and Margaret Martha (Holthouse) Feldhaus.
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Stephen Michael Feldhaus
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Stephen Martin Feldhaus, American Lawyer. Bar: Texas 1973, District of Columbia 1984, United States Tax Court. Board of directors District of Columbia Downtown Partnership, Washington, 1988-1992; Member American Bar Association, International Bar Association, International Fiscal Association, District of Columbia Bar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum Washington-Baltimore, City Club of Washington.
Education
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1966). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1969).
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, 1969, New York. 1976, Florida.
Author: "Current Developments in Estate and Gift Taxation," New York State Bar Association Trust and Estates Law Section Newsletter (Summer, 1995).
"Income and Estate Tax Planning for distributions from Qualified Plans and IRA's," New York State Bar Journal, May/June, 1994. "How to Avoid Estate Tax on Non-Qualified Plan Benefits," Taxation for Accountants, April, 1986, Taxation for Lawyers, September/October, 1986. "Tax Planning for the Corporate Executive," New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, Research Institute of America, 1984 Tax Conference Series.
"An Estate Planners View of Spouse-Owned Life Insurance," Trusts and Estates Magazine, August, 1975. New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section: Member, Executive Committee, 1983. Chair, Estate Planning Committee, 1979-1982.
Committee on Life Insurance and Employee Benefits, 1990-1993. Vice Chair, Committee on Practice and Ethics, 1993. Member, Committee on Personal Service Organizations, American Bar Association.
Member: American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. (New York, N.Y. 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.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Leukemia Society, United Jewish Federation Buffalo Inc., Jewish Center Greater Buffalo Inc., Temple Beth Zion. Board directors, chapter chairman, Executive Committee American Jewish Committee, Buffalo chapter. Active Volunteer Action Center United Way of Buffalo and Erie County.
Fellow American College Trusts and Estates Council. Member American Bar Association (personal service corporations committee tax section), New York State Bar Association (treasurer trusts and estateslaw section), Princeton Club of Western New York (school committee).
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Married Allis Rennie, August 18, 1968 (divorced December 1980). 1 child, Rennie Elizabeth. Married Marcia Virginia Hughes, December 30, 1980.
Stepchildren: Matthew Rankin FitzSimmons, Ryan Ford FitzSimmons.
