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CurrentRobert is head of the law firm's Trusts & Estates Department. He practices in the areas of estate planning, taxation and administration of estates and trusts, and is a certified mediator in the New York State Courts. Robert is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is a member of the American Bar Association and is active in the Real Property, Trust and Estate Section, where he sits on the Section’s governing Council, is the editor of eReport, the bi-monthly electronic newsletter of the Section, is co-chair of the Section’s standing Committee on Publications, co-chair of the Emotional and Psychological Issues in Estate Planning Committee, and is vice-chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.Robert has been mediating in the New York State courts and at community dispute resolution centers since 2004, mediating disputes involving a variety of subject matters. He has been selected for inclusion in the New York Metro Super Lawyers® listing every year since its inception in 2006, and is rated AV, the highest rating possible from Martindale-Hubbell®, the country's foremost legal directory.Robert was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1982, and to practice before the United States Tax Court in 1996. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and earned his J.D. in 1981 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a Senior Editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law.
