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Taxation, Employee Benefit Laws, Corporate & Partnership Laws, Trusts and Estates

Admitted to bar: 1977, New York; admitted to U.S. District Courts (E.D.N.Y. and S.D.N.Y) and U.S. Tax Court; Certified Public Accountant, New York State

Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., cum laude, 1972); New York University (M.B.A., in Accounting, with distinction, 1973); St. John's University (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1981)

Mr. Bochner began his tax career at Deloitte & Touche in New York, where he worked extensively on federal, state and local income tax matters. His duties included an assignment to the firm's national office for preparation of publications on taxation and legislative developments and for review of innovative and technical applications. In 1981, he joined the law firm of Gifford, Woody, Palmer & Serles, which merged into Townley & Updike in 1985. At Townley & Updike, he continued to specialize in corporate taxation and employee benefit laws, becoming tax counsel in 1993.

Mr. Bochner is presently a Clinical Assistant Professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business, teaching topics in taxation. Mr. Bochner serves as Tax Counsel to Lane Sash & Larrabee LLP, consulting on the tax aspects of commercial and financial transactions, including corporate, partnership, individual, real estate, off-shore trust, estate and gift matters. He has structured corporate, partnership and limited liability company equity interests and acquisitions, stock option plans, and qualified and nonqualified employee benefit plans. He also provides litigation support in the formulation of tax and accounting-related economic issues and evidence. He has advised the media concerning newsworthy financial items, and has been featured on CNN Financial News, WCBS, CNBC, National Public Radio, Fox Business News, the Associated Press and the Daily News among others.



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