Bar Admission: New York

Education:

• J.D., Rutgers School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 2011
• Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant, 2010-2011
• M.S. (Public Administration), Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, 1995
• Member of Pi Alpha Alpha®, Global Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration
• M.S. (Space Operations), Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, 1984
• BS (Meteorology), Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, 1981
• 4-year ROTC Scholarship

Other Education:

• Certificate of Paralegal Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2005
• Honors Graduate, Member of Lambda Epsilon Chi, National Paralegal Honor Society
• Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 1995
• Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 1986
  Distinguished Graduate

Associations:

• New York State Bar Association, Member of the Sections on Trust and Estate Law.
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member of the Committee for Military Law and Justice.
• Orion Resource Group.
• Military Officers Association of America.
• Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America, with VVA Chapter 126.

Presentations/Events:

• Moderator, Legal Issues Concerning Animals and the Military, New York City Bar, June 21, 2018
• Speaker, Is That a Service Dog, an Emotional Support Animal, or an Imposter? Ramapo Kennel Club, Pequannock, NJ, October 11, 2017

Volunteer activities:

• Participated in veteran legal services event sponsored by Fordham Law School, October 2018.
• Represents veteran seeking to upgrade less-than-honorable discharge status, ongoing.
• Advisor to Veterans Are Still Warriors, Veterans Serving Veterans, a non-profit dedicated to helping vets navigate NYC bureaucracy (e.g., housing, family), 2012-2015.
• Chair of Architecture Review Committee for Glen Wild Lake [condo] Association, responsible for preserving aesthetics around 120-acre lake. Drafted rules & regulations that improved application and authorization process as unit owners transitioned from summer cabins to year-round residents, 2008-2017.

Military decorations:

• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Air Force Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
• National Reconnaissance Office Superior Service Medal

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As an attorney with a finance background, Illana Leiser approaches the practice of law from an analytical perspective. This can be especially useful in litigated estate and trust matters involving alleged fraud or mismanagement of assets.

Ms. Leiser transitioned into law after more than a decade in finance, during which time she worked at highly regarded firms, including Neuberger Berman and Federated Investors. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Financial Planner professional (CFP®). These designations require rigorous educational requirements, testing, proven experience, and a strict code of ethics. As an equity analyst, Ms. Leiser regularly examined financial statements of major corporations and honed her ability to identify potential trouble spots.

In addition to working with our firm, Ms. Leiser also maintains a separate law practice.

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D. (Silver Pro Bono Award; CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in the Civil Practice Workshop and Information Privacy Law)
• Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University, M.S. in Mathematics
• Pace University, B.A. in Mathematics (Graduated Cum Laude)

Bar Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Affiliations

• Member, New York State Bar Association (Member of Trusts and Estates Law, Trial Lawyers, Elder Law and Special Needs, Young Lawyers, and Real Estate Sections)
• Member, American Bar Association (Member of Solo, Small Firm and General Practice, and Young Lawyers Divisions)
• Member, New York City Bar Association

Volunteer Work

Ms. Leiser believes in giving back to the community. She helps low-income New Yorkers by providing free legal assistance in matters pertaining to wills and estates through the Planning and Estates Law Project (PELP) of the New York City Bar Association.

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Early in her career as an attorney for the City of New York, handling over 100 trials engendered in Ms. Teitel a feeling that justice can and should be attained through preparation and hard work. She learned the way to strategize litigations to accentuate the positives. With the law office of David Luther, she advocates for fiduciaries and beneficiaries of trusts and estates and helps them achieve resolution and peace of mind.

Early Experience

Beginning in 2001, Ms. Teitel began to focus in the area of commercial litigation representing small businesses with cross border ties. From this practice, and the mentoring of trusts and estates litigators, she began to concentrate in the varied practice of trusts and estates and handled all aspects of this practice, including, litigation, estate planning, and estate administration. During her tenure at a small boutique firm in New York City, she worked on litigations regarding various high net worth estates in the New York County Surrogate’s Court and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition to her trusts and estates focus at that firm, she was lead counsel for a Panamanian company in an international arbitration before a tribunal at the American Arbitration Association. In that case, she asserted the company’s rights under a telecom contract against the company’s investors; In that case, prepared witnesses for trial in Venezuela; and relied upon the substantive foreign law of Venezuela to make her arguments to the tribunal.

Work for Kings County Surrogate’s Court

After 10 years of working as an associate at law firms in New York City, Ms. Teitel was appointed as Court Attorney Referee, in 2010. he Kings County Surrogate’s Court, she was called upon by Surrogate Margarita Lopez Torres to conference cases and assist in the resolution of over 50 disputed matters. Ms. Teitel drafted opinions for the Surrogate, and she heard and reported to the Surrogate on kinship hearings and Article 17A guardianship matters. It was here that she gained invaluable exposure to the inner workings of the Surrogate’s Court and the process of how best to negotiate effective results for her clients.

In 2011, Ms. Teitel transitioned to private practice and successfully represents parties before the Surrogate’s Courts of New York City and sometimes outside the City. The proceedings she commences and defends for her clients range from turnovers, ejectments, removal of fiduciaries and accountings. Ms. Teitel continues to work with international clients and always welcomes matters that have an international component. Ms. Teitel also advises clients in their estate planning.

Court Appointments

Ms. Teitel regularly receives appointments as Court Evaluator in New York Supreme Court before the Judges who handle guardianship matters. She is regularly appointed as Guardian ad Litem in New York County Surrogate’s Court. In the past, Ms. Teitel was a Court Examiner in Guardianship cases appointed by the Appellate Division, 2nd Department, where she reviewed Guardians’ annual accountings and reported to the Kings County Supreme Court, lending to her well rounded approach to advising clients in varied situations.

As Mediator

Ms. Teitel is a trained mediator and accepts cases from the New York State Supreme Court, New York County Commercial Division, and the New Jersey Superior Court. As passionate about the process of resolution as she is about advocating for her clients, mediation was a natural addition to Ms. Teitel’s services. She accepts a few cases a year and is interested in the theory and scholarship of mediation of commercial disputes.

In Public Service

Ms. Teitel is a strong advocate of educating and exchanging ideas in her local community and abroad. She served for several years as an observer to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in its working groups on Secured Transactions and Arbitration. As an ardent supporter of free speech, she served on the Board of Directors of the New York City non-profit, Women’s eNews for 2 years where she assisted eNews in creating their annual agendas and their annual gala event awarding honorees for their commitment to journalism and legal advocacy for women and women’s issues around the world.

She is devoted to teaching, public speaking and publishing her written work.

Publications

• Contributing co-author of white paper on ADR in the Trusts and Estates field (New York State Bar Association Journal, 2011)
• “The Use of Arbitral Secretaries in International Arbitration” published in The American Review of International Arbitration (Fall, 2008)
• Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in the United States (Center for International Legal Studies, 2004)
• Co-Author of International Secured Transactions Chapter on the United States (Center for International Legal Studies, 2003)

Public Speaking

• Marine Park, Brooklyn – Carmine Carro Senior Center (Estate Planning Information Session, October, 2016)
• Park Slope, Brooklyn – YMCA (Estate Planning Information Session, April, 2016)
• Brooklyn Parents of Twins Club (Estate Planning for Families, January, 2012)
• Long Island University Paralegal – Instructor of Trusts and Estates (Spring 2011)
• College of Commercial Arbitrators (New York, New York, Fall, 2008)
• Instructor – International Arbitration (SICA-FICA, San Salvador, El Salvador – March, 2007)
• E-discovery: Collection of Data from the European Union (New York State Bar Association, New York, New York – March, 2006)
• International Commercial Arbitration (Center for International Legal Studies, Steamboat Springs, Colorado – February, 2005)
• Drafting International Contracts in the United States (CILS, Buenos Aires, Argentina – June, 2004)

Bar Admissions

• New York State (1996)
• New Jersey State (1996)
• Colorado State (2005)
• on inactive status
• United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York, New Jersey District Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Languages

Spanish (proficient), Japanese (conversant) and Russian (basic understanding)

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York – J.D. February 1996
• CALI Award for Excellence: Alternative Dispute Resolution, February 1996
• Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York – Double Major – B.A. Interdisciplinary Political Systems of East Asia and B.A. in Political Science, May 1992

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Investigative and Surveillance Services

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Ms. Marte gained much of her prior legal experience with the law firm of Schram & Carew, P.C. (now as Schram, Graber & Opell, P.C.), where she served as a liaison with various government and court offices. In addition to benefiting our clients through her formidable legal system navigational skills, Cecilia regularly assists our attorneys with the drafting and filing of court papers and the intake of new matters.

Education

After graduating from the acclaimed Murry Bergtraum High School of Business Careers, Ms. Marte was admitted to the The John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Legal Studies, 2005. Her undergraduate distinctions include being on the National Dean’s List and receiving American Judiciary credit for her work with Schram & Carew, P.C. Cecilia’s achievements are all the more remarkable since Cecilia maintained a full-time position with Futterman Court Services and, on occasion, a part-time position working within John Jay College, during her matriculation at John Jay College. Cecilia has also taken graduate courses working towards her Master’s Degree and plans to go on to law school.

Community Activities

Ms. Marte has contributed her time and talents to the ALBOR (The Association of Latino Business Owners and Residents), a community advocacy group.

Languages

Ms. Marte is fluent in reading, writing and speaking Spanish. She also has an understanding of spoken Italian.

Interests

Ms. Marte’s interests include softball, handball, reading, and investigative work.

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Dr. Roth has expertise in bringing about the resolution of thorny family issues—without the need for costly, public, and protracted litigation.  He knows the difficulties of bringing together parties embroiled in such disputes, and is skilled in getting the parties to working out their differences.  Together with other members of our Conflict Resolution Group, Dr. Roth works with the parties—individually and collectively—to tactfully and effectively assist them in their search for a fair, beneficial, and mutually satisfactory resolution to their dispute.

Dr. Roth brings to trust and estate controversies the insights and strategies that he has used in assisting large corporations to successfully resolve through mediations and negotiations legal conflicts in the areas of contracts, personal injury, and employment.  For example, Dr.. Roth was engaged by a prominent Washington, DC family to resolve a will dispute which had the potential for very damaging publicity.  Dr. Roth resolved the dispute satisfactorily, and helped the family avoid embarrassing public exposure.

Published Commentary and Television Appearances

The Wall Street Journal:
A Defense Lawyer’s Worry Pit: Will a Defendant’s Physical Appearance Influence a Jury Verdict?–June 22, 2008

The Power of Embellished Video on Jurors’ Decisions—August 14, 2005

Los Angeles Times:
Does Sequestering Affect the Jury Verdict?—January 15, 2006

CBS Television:
The Chambers (“preppie murder”) Case:  Media Circus or Fair Trial? –March 20, 1988

Presentations and College Teaching

Presentation at the Annual American Bar Association Conference, 2003:
“The Civil Jury as Criminal Judge—Punitive Damages”.

Seminars at Law Firms—Chadbourne & Parke; Proskauer, Rose et al.  [Various dates]
Focus in these seminars was on jury selection, and the jury process in deciding punitive damages.

College Teaching
Adjunct Instructor in Psychology at undergraduate and graduate levels:
City University of New York (1984-1988).

Educational Background:

Ph.D. in Psychology, New York University, 1984.

M.A. in Psychology, The New School for Social Research, 1977.

B.A. in Economics, The City University of New York, 1974.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Psychological Association

Associate Member, American Bar Association

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We are pleased to have Rick Raymond as a member of our Conflict Resolution Team, which uses a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to assist families and their closely held businesses resolve conflicts and disputes that would otherwise have the potential of developing into costly, public, and protracted litigation.        

In the context of litigation avoidance and dispute resolution, we offer our clients the benefit of Rick Raymond’s extensive expertise with family businesses, large and small.  Rick focuses on second, third and fourth-generation families, assisting them in areas of succession planning, family dynamics, governance, business professionalization, and the development of family business best management practices. 

Consulting Activities

Mr. Raymond is the principal of Richard Raymond Associates, Inc., dba The Family Business Leader and the co-founder of The Growth Team, which provides services to family businesses and closely-held business.

Rick previously founded Coastal Consultants, an environmental consulting firm that he sold in 2005.  Its clients included public, private and academic institutions in the NY metropolitan region, including the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, where he developed and implemented community stakeholder programs city-wide.

Educational Activities 

Rick Raymond is also an adjunct professor in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, New York University, where he has taught classes on Entrepreneurship and Environmental Ethics.  He is also a lecturer in the Management Department, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, where he has taught classes on Family Business Management, and on Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Community Activities

Rick Raymond worked with the New York State Sea Grant Program, Cornell University, where he was responsible for developing marine education programs for NY State educators, statewide, K-16.  In this role he helped establish and was Executive Director of the New York State Marine Education Association.

Rick has also produced an annual Business-to-Business Exposition, BrooklynWorks, coordinating interests of public, private and academic sectors.

Richard Raymond is an independent contractor.  Information about his consulting business, About The Family Business Leader / Richard Raymond Associates, Inc., which is a boutique coaching, consulting and mentoring organization completely independent of our law firm, may be found on its website: http://www.thefamilybusinessleader.com/.  Rick also shares his helpful insights in a blog at http://www.thefamilybusinessleader.com/blog/.

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Craig’s experience encompasses both the world of in-house corporate counsel and the world of large law firm corporate, securities, and finance practice.   He has served as Assistant General Counsel to two large public corporations and General Counsel to a small, privately-held company and its affiliates.   He has also been an Associate, Special Counsel, or Partner at several of the leading transactional law firms in the United States, including, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.  Craig’s expertise has led to his serving as an expert witness or litigation consultant to a number of leading U.S. law firms.  He has also been appointed to serve on the roster of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association, in particular because of his expertise in structured finance, securities, and derivatives matters.  With Craig on board, we are now able to offer selected corporate, securities, and finance services and counsel to our clients, both large and small.  We are also able to handle very sophisticated commercial litigations with Craig serving as an in-house consultant.

Below is a summary of the kind of work that Craig has done in his past positions.  More information is available on this website in the description of our corporate practice.

General Corporate.  Structured, negotiated, and/or documented M&A agreements,  loan documents,  joint venture agreements, dissolution agreements, partnership agreements, distributor agreements, franchise agreements,  software development, purchase and license agreements, stock option plans, employment agreements, consulting agreements, corporate, limited partnership, general partnership and limited liability partnership and company organizational documents, subscription agreements and corporate governance matters; supervised litigation and outside counsel.

Securities Law and Corporate Finance.   Negotiated and documented private placements, 144A offerings, Regulation S offerings and public offerings of debt  and equity, securitizations, structured derivative products, commercial paper, bank notes, convertible debentures, offshore funds, 1934 Act compliance (annual reports, 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements and Section 16 compliance), shareholder proposals, no-action letters, prime brokerage agreements and related matters such as preferred stock terms, shareholder agreements and registration rights agreements.

Loans and Credit Facilities.   Structured, negotiated, and/or documented syndicated and single-lender asset-based and other secured loans (including loans secured by real estate, inventory, accounts receivable, vehicles, equipment, trademarks, securities, and life insurance); workouts;  project, lease, and other limited recourse financings; acquisition financings; indentures; letter of credit transactions; intercreditor agreements; subordination agreements; and synthetic loans.

Derivatives.   Structured, negotiated and/or documented secured and unsecured interest rate, currency, commodity, credit default, equity, market value and cost of funds derivatives, using ISDA agreements (helped draft 1992 forms) and unique forms, and repurchase (“repo”) and reverse repurchase (“reverse repo”) agreements.

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1974; Articles Editor of Michigan Law Review, best brief in moot court section, case club judge University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, summa cum laude, B.A., 1971; Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha, and James B. Angell Scholar

Bar Admissions

New York State
United States Supreme Court
Second Circuit Court of Appeals 
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Distinctions

Mr. Wolson has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer by Law and Politics Magazine. He has been included for many years in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in Finance and Business.  In January 2008, Craig moderated a seminar entitled “The Upheaval in the Subprime Market: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Same on the Structured Finance Market,” which was sponsored by the New York City Bar Association; in May 2007 he moderated a seminar entitled “What Every Finance Lawyer Needs to Know About Securitization,” which was also sponsored by the New York City Bar Association; and in April 2003 he was a featured speaker at a seminar entitled “Securitization of Project Finance Loans,” which was also sponsored by the New York City Bar Association.

Memberships

New York City Bar Association (Chairman of Structured Finance Committee, 2004-2008; past member of Securities Regulation Committee, Corporate Law Committee and Project Finance Committee; all were appointed positions); New York State Bar Association (member of its Derivatives and Structured Products Committee); American Bar Association (member of its Business Law Section).

Representative Publications*

• Comment Letter to SEC, dated August 19, 2011, relating to the proposed rules pertaining to credit rating agencies, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
• Comment Letter to SEC, dated July 20, 2011, relating to the proposed rules pertaining to risk retention in transactions involving asset-backed securities released jointly by the OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the SEC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and HUD, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
• Comment Letter to SEC, dated November 17, 2010, relating to the Commission’s proposed requirement that an ABS issuer perform a review of the assets underlying certain ABS offerings, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
• Comment Letter to Financial Stability Oversight Council, dated November 8, 2010, relating to the Council’s Study Regarding the Implementation of the Prohibitions on Proprietary Trading Imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
• “Structuring Commercial Mortgage Securitization Special Purpose Entities After General Growth Properties,” published in November 2010 Bloomberg Law Reports
• “Securitization in the Post-Crisis Economy: An ABA Business Law Section White Paper” (paper completed on November 20, 2009 by American Business Law Section, presented to Congress on January 22, 2010, and sent to the FDIC on March 5, 2010)
• “Reviving Securitization–A Response to Critics,” published in June 8, 2009 Law 360
• “Special Report on the Preparation of Substantive Consolidation Opinions,” published in February 2009 Business Lawyer
• New York City Bar Association Statement to Obama Transition Team Regarding Regulation of Financial Services, December 2008
• Comment letter regarding American Securitization Forum proposal, August 2008
• Comment letter to Financial Accounting Standards Board, October 2005
• “The Real Estate Investment Trust: State Tax, Tort and Contract Liabilities of the Trust, Trustee and Shareholder,” published in March 1973 Michigan Law Review (reprinted in The Real Estate Investment Trust – Problems and Opportunities (Oliensis, editor, 1974))

*Notes:

1. With the exception of the last publication listed above, Mr. Wolson served as a co-author of the publications listed.
2. The list above is only a partial list of Mr. Wolson’s publications.  For a complete list, see the “Publications” page on this web site.

Speaking Engagements

Moderator:

• Seminar: “The Upheaval in the Subprime Market: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Same on the Structured Finance Market,” New York City Bar Association, January 2008
• Seminar: “What Every Finance Lawyer Needs to Know About Securitization,” New York City Bar Association, May 2007

Speaker:

• Seminar on Securitization of Project Finance Loans, New York City Bar Association, April 2003

Other Engagements

Notwithstanding his heading up our corporate practice, Craig continues to be available, independently of our firm and with its blessings, as an expert witness, as a litigation consultant to other law firms, as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, and for highly specialized legal services to certain other firms.

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Ms. Dubrow is a member of the Elder Law and Estates and Trusts section of the New York State Bar Association and the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Ms. Dubrow received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and her B.A. in Sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her early careers honed her appreciation and skill for clear writing: Copyediting the UCLA Daily Bruin and then proofreading The Wall Street Journal and award-winning advertising copy for Doyle Dane Bernbach, the most-respected agency of its day. Ms. Dubrow also reviewed advertising copy for its veracity, compliance with industry and FTC regulations, intellectual property rights, and broadcast network standards, and moved on to the Contracts & Rights Section of CBS, Inc.

Pro Bono Activities and Other Interests:

In 2015, Ms. Dubrow initiated and produced a workshop led by philanthropist, author, and global activist Lynne Twist for 150 fundraisers and directors of development for local and international not-for-profit organizations. She currently is working with dementia expert Teepa Snow and the Touro Law Center to produce a video program for judges that will impart an awareness of the disease and its impact on caregivers and other family members.

Ms. Dubrow supports The Hunger Project, which pioneered grassroots women-centered strategies that have proven effective for ending hunger and poverty and which now advocates for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world. She also supports the Pachamama Alliance, a global community that works in partnership with indigenous people in Ecuador to “awaken the dreamer and change the dream”: To transform the modern world’s culture of overconsumption to a culture that honors and sustains all life.

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David Luther’s achievements in his trusts and estates practice have been recognized with the highest ratings from Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo, and Lawyers.com; a Super Lawyers designation from Thomson-Reuters; and selection by The American Society of Litigation Advocates as one of the “Top 100 Trusts and Estates Lawyers in New York State.”

What truly distinguishes David Luther from most trust and estate practitioners are the numerous distinctions he has earned as a trial attorney and trusts and estates litigator. These include being selected as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America trial lawyer honorary society, selection by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys as a Premiere 100 Trial Attorney for New York, recognition as a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 trial attorney for New York, recognition by Corporate America magazine as Legal Elite –Best for Probate Litigation, selection by Acquisition International magazine as Best for Trusts and Estates Litigation, and winner of the Corporate LiveWire 2015 Award for Excellence in Estate Litigation – New York (sponsored by the International Association of Lawyers and Swissport).

David Luther is a combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps.  He served overseas with the 26th Marines Regiment.   

After his military service, Mr. Lang began his legal career by serving as a New York County Assistant District Attorney. Mr. Lang rose to the position of Senior Trial Counsel in the Major Felony Program, prosecuting major crimes committed by career criminals. He distinguished himself in the case of State v. Carbone, where he proved the innocence of a mistakenly arrested honor student, obtaining a jury trial conviction of the real perpetrator of the crime – a look-alike for the student. Mr. Lang was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Frauds Bureau, where his focus was white collar crime investigations, and where he pioneered Medicaid fraud prosecutions. Following his distinguished career as an assistant district attorney, David Luther was appointed a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Special Prosecutions Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office, where as Chief Assistant to the Special Prosecutor he investigated and successfully tried official corruption cases.

Mr. Lang transitioned into private practice at Phillips Lytle, one of the oldest and largest law firms based in Upstate New York.  There, he handled a broad spectrum of commercial litigations, including banking, tax, real estate, technology, and products liability cases.  Among Mr. Lang’s favorable trial verdicts while with Phillips Lytle was a U.S. District Court jury trial verdict of ‘no tax liability’ in a case brought by the Internal Revenue Service seeking to hold a bank vicariously liable for the tax liability of a commercial loan customer.   

In 1991, Mr. Lang joined the international law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP, where he was a senior litigation partner for 18 years.  At Loeb, he handled major cases commercial and probate cases on behalf of financial institutions, senior executives, and high net worth individuals.  He also developed an in-house litigation training program and spearheaded the firm’s pro bono efforts on behalf of at-risk children.   His pro bono work has attracted national attention, including a full profile in Inside Children’s Rights, and mentions in articles in the New York Law Journal, Corporate Board Member Magazine, and The Clarion Ledger.  In recognition of his many contributions, Mr. Lang was awarded the 2006 Loeb & Loeb Professional and Community Service Award.

Although then focusing mostly on commercial, probate, and tax litigation, Mr. Lang he may best be remembered at Loeb for obtaining the dismissal of the government’s bribery case against a West Coast businessman, in the midst of a jury trial.  The defendant had been recorded making a bribe, had made a videotaped confession to the FBI at the time of his arrest, and had previously pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to the same charges Mr. Lang was called upon to defend at trial.  David Luther defended the case based on a theory of entrapment, proved perjury on the part of the lead federal agent, and secured the dismissal at trial of the case by the same judge before whom the defendant had previously pleaded guilty. 

In 2010, Mr. Lang left Loeb and founded Law Offices of David M. Luther (now Law Offices of David M. Luther and Associates PLLC).  At this point in his career, David Luther’s experience included representing the widow of Ice cream business magnate Tom Carvel in a highly contentious major estate litigation and obtaining a favorable Queens County Surrogate’s Court jury trial verdict in a case of a forged codicil to a will.  Mr. Lang soon found that, as a result of his probate court experience and client demand, his law practice increasingly focused on trusts and estates controversies.

Since then, Mr. Lang’s legal practice increasingly focused on trust and estate litigation, estate administration, and related controversies.      

Mr. Lang’s legal career reflects his commitment to public service, honest government, civil rights, and his passion to protect at-risk children from neglect and abuse.  He continues to be an ardent champion of individual liberties who embraces the opportunity to represent parties and witnesses seeking justice in the areas of probate litigation, trust litigation, investigations, and related controversies.  In handling these matters, Mr. Lang puts makes full use of his court room and investigative experience.

No case is too challenging for David Luther and no client is undeserving of his experience, judgment, and dedication.

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