Background
Rice, Thomas O. was born on December 9, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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Thomas O. Rice
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Fordham University (Bachelor of Science, 1966). St. John's University (Juris Doctor, 1968). New York University (Master of Laws, 1977).
Career
Worked at Wingate, Kearney & Cullen (Melville, NY) specializing in General charitable organizations and religious institutions practice, general financial institutions practice with emphasis on secured transactions, banking regulation, tax-exempt finance, creditors' rights, consumer financial services, administrative law, general corporate and commercial law, labor and employment law, tax law, real estate and construction finance, trust and estate planning and administration, and corporate, construction, real estate and commercial litigation in all state and federal courts. Admitted to the bar, 1969, New York. 1972, United States. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1973, United States. Supreme Court. 1977, United States. Tax Court.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Long Island University Brooklyn Center, 1977-1978. Member, Appellate Division, Second Department Joint Committee on Grievances for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, 1981-1989. Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, 1969-1970.
Member: Brooklyn (Member: Grievances Committee, 1976-1981. Surrogate's Committee, 1973-1980. Banking Committee, 1974.
Chairman, Seminar on 1976 Tax Reform Act, 1977. Trustee, 1979-1980; Chairman, Taxation Committee, 1980-1981), Nassau County (Member, Banking Law Committee, 1990), New York State (Treasurer, 1993. Vice President, Second Judicial District, 1986-1992.
Member: Executive Committee, 1986-1992, 1993. House of Delegates, 1984-1992. 1993; Business Law Section, 1987.
Committee on Judicial Selection, 1987 and Chairman, Finance Committee, 1991-1993. Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Fiduciary Compensation, 1993-1994) and American (Member, Business Law Section, 1987) Bar Associations. Wingate, Kearney & Cullen combines the practices of Wingate & Cullen founded 1864 and Hurley, Kearney & Lane founded 1892, two of New York's oldest firms.
The firm serves a client base of charitable organizations, religious institutions, financial services institutions and private and corporate clients, in the areas of corporate and commercial law, real estate, religious and charitable organizations law, banking, tax law, labor law, estate planning, trust and estate administrative, and litigation.
Membership
Member, Appellate Division, Second Department Joint Committee on Grievances for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, 1981-1989. Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, 1969-1970. Member: Brooklyn (Member: Grievances Committee, 1976-1981.
Surrogate's Committee, 1973-1980. Banking Committee, 1974. Chairman, Seminar on 1976 Tax Reform Act, 1977.
Trustee, 1979-1980; Chairman, Taxation Committee, 1980-1981), Nassau County (Member, Banking Law Committee, 1990), New York State (Treasurer, 1993. Vice President, Second Judicial District, 1986-1992. Member: Executive Committee, 1986-1992, 1993.
House of Delegates, 1984-1992. 1993; Business Law Section, 1987. Committee on Judicial Selection, 1987 and Chairman, Finance Committee, 1991-1993.
Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Fiduciary Compensation, 1993-1994) and American (Member, Business Law Section, 1987) Bar Associations.
