David Samuels Email & Phone Number

David Samuels is a partner at Perlman & Perlman, a law practice dedicated to nonprofit, hybrid, social enterprise and benefit corporation law. David Samuels is a recognized expert on a wide range of issues involving charitable organizations, including compensation, governance, fiduciary duty, self-dealing and conflict of interest. He has extensive experience representing numerous and varied public charities and private foundations, including social service agencies, grant-making foundations, mental health facilities, educational organizations, and religious institutions. His clients include New York University, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, The Workers Circle, Littauer Foundation, Atran Foundation, Council for Economic Education, Pencils of Promise, Statue of LIberty/Ellis Island Foundation, and the YWCA of the City of New York. Mr. Samuels was Deputy Chief of the New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau from 1987 to 1995. Additionally, he is the former chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the New York City Bar Association. Further, Mr. Samuels (i) represents targets of investigations and inquiries from government agencies (including the New York Attorney General); (ii) frequently deals with the Attorney General on regulatory matters, including sales, mergers, dissolutions, and cy pres applications; (iii) teaches a course on Charitable Organizations as an adjunct professor at New York Law School; (iv) has chaired and participated in numerous continuing legal education and accounting education programs on nonprofit issues; (v) served as the lead editor and co-author of a treatise, Nonprofit Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Law; (vi) has written extensively on nonprofit issues; and (vii) is an experienced civil and appellate litigator and employment lawyer.

Listed skills include Legal Writing, Litigation, Legal Research, Appeals, and 46 others.