Corporate/Private Equity
Jeffrey Mead Kurzon, Esq.
Kurzon’s practice focuses on advising for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, as well as individual entrepreneurs, investors, officers and directors. Since graduation until 2009, Kurzon was an associate at the law firm Sidley Austin LLP in New York in the private equity/mergers & acquisitions practice group where he participated in and advised clients on multi-million and billion dollar transactions. Kurzon handles transactions, governance and strategy issues, principally advising clients with the drafting and negotiating of their agreements. In 2006, Kurzon spent six months in Hong Kong, China advising major banks and Chinese issuers on HK listed securities.
During law school, Kurzon interned at the New Hampshire Supreme Court in Concord, NH for the Honorable Justice Joseph P. Nadeau. Kurzon is an active member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and is the Legislative Liaison for the Network of Bar Leaders.
Kurzon most recently has advised entrepreneurs beginning and growing businesses, landlords and retail establishments with their commercial leases in NYC and a variety of other matters seeking avoidance or resolution of disputes.
Kurzon recently represented the unpaid content providers in federal court in their class action for $105 million against the Huffington Post after its sale for $315 million to AOL, Inc.
As of February 2013, Kurzon is a Democratic Party candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New York's 7th Congressional District.
Education
McGill University, Faculty of Law (Distinction), Montreal, Canada, 2003
Certificate in International Trade Law, ILO/University of Torino, Italy, 2003
Programme en Droit pour les Etudiants Etranger, Aix-en-provence, France, 2002
McGill University, Faculty of Arts (Great Distinction), Montreal, Canada, 1999
Admissions
New York (2003)
Massachusetts (2003)
Federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Languages
French
Tim Wirch, Esq.
Since 2002 Tim worked in the Corporate Secretary Group within the Law Department at Altria Group, Inc. and, after the 2008 spin-off, Philip Morris International Inc. Beginning as a Senior Legal Analyst, Tim progressed through the organization, adding value, and while his first role was a Senior Legal Analyst after seven years he was able to transition into Counsel.
Tim has worked on various complex projects across a myriad of legal and organizational initiatives. Some of which include: Completed a new supply chain initiative with six international affiliates; Rolled out new standard terms and conditions for purchases of goods and services for the company; and, streamlined ownership of affiliates involved in distribution activities in 26 markets to implement a more efficient tax structure.
Tim provides solutions and advice regarding:
Corporate and LLC formation as well as start-up issues
Corporate governance
Commercial contracts
Partnership agreements
Special projects and general corporate matters
Over the course of his career, Tim has been a trusted advisor on matters relating to legal implications of key business decisions. Throughout his career, Tim has earned a reputation for integrity, dependability, loyalty and as a hard-working customer service-oriented professional.
In October 2011, Tim began teaching as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. He teaches Business Organizations and Corporations & Partnerships to paralegal students.
Education
New York Law School, J.D., 2008
Southern Oregon University, B.S. Business Administration and Psychology, 1991
Admissions
New York
Litigation:
Leonard Kohen, Esq.
Leonard Kohen is a general commercial litigator whose specialties include election law and government affairs, real estate, banking and securities litigation, fraud claims (prosecuting and defending), premises and malpractice liability, employment law and regulatory/compliance work.
In 2012, Leonard secured two major victories for clients, including a court award against a popular newsstand magazine and a settlement in an employment discrimination claim against a large multi-national entity. For several years Leonard represented victims of mortgage fraud and predatory lending schemes generally ending with hard fought successful resolutions. As counsel to State Senate Minority Leader John Sampson and the Senate Democratic Party conference in federal redistricting litigation, Leonard defeated motions to dismiss by state Senate and Assembly majority leaders, enabling the court to draw redistricting maps without disruption to the election calendar. Leonard served as a litigation associate for a combined six years at two Manhattan boutique law firms with sophisticated commercial practices, and also has represented numerous clients in general counsel capacities. Besides the courts, he has represented clients before attorneys general and other administrative agencies in New York (e.g., NYC Fire Department, Department of Consumer Affairs, Environmental Control Board).
In 2008, Leonard worked as an attorney in New York at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, where he defended the newly enacted Connecticut public campaign finance system, containing the strongest “pay to play” prevention laws in the country, against constitutional challenges in federal litigation in New York. Leonard began his career as a speechwriter at the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations, where he wrote policy speeches post-1997 Asian financial crisis on governance and social and economic development; he also was part of Thai delegations to working groups that drafted procedure and other regulations for the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Education
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1998
New York University, Gallatin School, B.A., 1995
Reported cases:
Favors v. Cuomo, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31538 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 8, 2012).
Horowitz v. Mannoia, 10 Misc. 3d 467; 802 N.Y.S.2d 917 (Nassau County Sup Ct. 2005).
Edman & Company, LLC v. Z & M Media, LLC, 2012 NY Slip Op 32918(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County 2012) (Madden, J.)
Publications:
Jeffrey M. Wice and Leonard M. Kohen, “Court Deference to State Legislatures in Redistricting After Perry v. Perez,” 11 Elec. L. J. 431 (Dec. 2012) (abstract available here).
Leonard M. Kohen and Ekow Yankah, Op-Ed, “Electoral Fairness Held Prisoner,” Albany Times-Union, May 17, 2011 (available here).
Admissions:
New York State (2000)
U.S. Southern District of New York (2006)
U.S. Eastern District of New York (2006)
Joseph Taub, Esq.
Joseph Taub’s practice focuses on all facets of commercial litigation and arbitration, including issues involving securities and banking law. Mr. Taub also handles national and international civil, criminal and regulatory matters.
Upon graduating law school Mr. Taub worked at the global law firm Allen & Overy LLP where he assisted in banking, corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions. He has since practiced together with nationally renowned litigators.
During law school, Mr. Taub interned at the U.S. Attorneys’ Office (EDNY) where he assisted in the Business Fraud and Violent Crimes & Terrorism sections. Mr. Taub was also a member of the Fordham Tax and Consumer Rights Litigation Clinic where he led a group of students in representing low income clients and earned the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award.
Education:
Fordham University School of Law, 2009
Yeshiva Mikdash Melech, Bachelor of Talmudic Law, summa cum laude, May 2003
Admissions:
New York State
U.S. District Court Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
Languages:
Hebrew and Yiddish
German/Swiss German (Basic)
Real Estate / Litigation
Peter E. Sayer, Esq.
Peter Sayer's practice focuses on commercial litigation, including general business disputes, landlord-tenant, real estate and land use.
Education:
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY, 2004
McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1998
Admissions:
New York
Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York
Languages:
French
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