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DENNIS L. STEIN concentrates
in complex tax matters and estate planning. Mr. Stein is a magna cum laude
graduate of the George Washington University School of Law (1980) and earned
his LLM degree in taxation from New York University (1981). Mr. Stein has
particular expertise in the representation of clients in the securities
industry, legal and accounting professions. Mr. Stein's thorough knowledge of
tax, business and bankruptcy law, together with the firm's strong litigation
expertise, often results in achieving extraordinary resolutions. Mr. Stein
also often acts as a tax and business expert in complex matrimonial
litigation. Mr. Stein has been appointed and serves a member of the Business
Advisory Council for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC),
consulting on tax issues and various legislative proposals, and was the
recipient of the NRCC’s Republican of the Year Award for 2001.
GERARD A. RISO concentrates in complex commercial and criminal
litigation. A magna cum laude graduate of the Pace University School of
Law (1982), Mr. Riso is a former New York County Assistant District
Attorney. Mr. Riso has extensive trial experience, and has been
involved in many complex criminal and civil trials. Mr. Riso has
extensive experience in representing clients in international commercial
disputes. Mr. Riso has won the dismissal and acquittal of various
clients in many significant criminal cases. Mr. Riso's training and
ability enables him to access and utilize the essential issues and nuances of
individual cases, and thereby achieve practical and global solutions to
complex problems. In addition to his admission to the New York State
Courts, Mr. Riso is admitted to the United States Supreme Court; the United
States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits;
United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern District of New
York; the United States District Court for the District of Colorado;
the US Court of Claims; and the US Tax Court. Mr. Riso is also a member
of the Association of Independent Private Sector Inspectors. Mr. Riso
enjoys an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
ALLAN D. MANTEL is a pre-eminent matrimonial and business attorney, with more
than 30 years of extensive trial and appellate experience. Mr. Mantel
represents many of New York’s most prominent and high net worth clients in
their divorce, custody and estate matters. While, renowned as a skilled and
accomplished litigator, with numerous ground breaking reported cases,
Mr. Mantel’s exceptional reputation
and his adroit negotiation skills, enable his clients to reach favorable
settlements often without resorting to litigation. Mr. Mantel takes seriously and respects his
prominent client’s desire and need for the utmost discretion and
privacy. Often and based on the bond
of trust created with his clients, Mr. Mantel is requested to continue to
serve as a trusted adviser and fiduciary of many of his client’s family and
business enterprises. Mr. Mantel is a
Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and was elected the
President of its New York Chapter (2006-2008). He is a Fellow of the International
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and through peer evaluation, Mr. Mantel has
been selected as a premier matrimonial attorney by the New York City “Super
Lawyers” , The Best Lawyers in America, and The
New York City “Ten Leaders”
Mr. Mantel received his law degree from the SUNY/ Buffalo Law School (1976)
and serves on his law school’s Dean's Advisory Council. Mr. Mantel enjoys an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
IVAN W. DREYER has represented U.S. and foreign
clients, both private and publicly-held, in a wide range of corporate and
commercial transactions for more than 25 years. He has extensive experience
working with businesses in their early and middle stages of growth and
development, both in putting their ownership structures together and in
advising them on their capital raising, expansion and commercial activities.
He has also guided many closely-held and family-held businesses in structuring
buyout arrangements among the owners. He has also represented many overseas
companies in establishing business operations in the United States. His
corporate expertise includes corporate finance, secured and unsecured
lending, venture capital, securities, mergers and acquisitions,
recapitalizations, joint-venture, cross-border transactions and
not-for-profit entities. On the commercial side, Mr. Dreyer provides guidance
to companies on their manufacturing, supply, sale, leasing, licensing,
distribution and marketing of their products and services. Prior to joining
Stein Riso Mantel, LLP, Mr. Dreyer was a partner of the law firms of Jenkens
and Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP and Baer Marks & Upham LLP. Mr. Dreyer
was a member of the Law Review of Hofstra University School of Law, where he
obtained a Juris Doctor degree and also holds Bachelor of Commerce and
Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
South Africa.
KEVIN M. MCDONOUGH
concentrates in Matrimonial and Family law. He received his law degree from
Fordham University (1995) and his undergraduate degree from Yale University
(1992). Mr. McDonough is admitted to the New York Bar, and is a member of the
New York County Lawyers’ Association (Matrimonial Law Committee) and the
Westchester County Bar Association (Family Law Section).
OUR
COUNSEL
MARK I. CHINITZ
concentrates in Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization,
and Commercial And General Litigation. A graduate of Hofstra University's
School of Laws accelerated two year program (1980), he was the law secretary
to the Honorable Raymond W. Young of the New Jersey Superior Court, and is a
summa cum laude graduate of the University of Virginia (1978) and attended
University College London. Mr. Chinitz practiced with the law firm of Weil,
Gotshal & Manges in their Business Reorganization Department, where he
worked on a number of substantial chapter 11 bankruptcies, including Texaco
and Continental Airlines, was one of the two attorneys who represented the
Government of Argentina in its world-wide debt restructuring and new credits
involving approximately $60 billion held by 850 banks, and worked on many
non-bankruptcy restructurings including the $450 million Alabama River Pulp
Mill reorganization, representing a six insurance company group led by The
Prudential Life Insurance Company. He is Legal counsel for the New York State
Amateur Hockey Association, Inc., the governing body of Amateur Hockey for
N.Y. State under USA Hockey, and has chaired and lectured on bankruptcy for
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) classes, and has addressed
various civic organizations. In addition to his admission to the New York and
New Jersey State courts, Mr. Chinitz is admitted to the Federal Bars of the
Southern, Eastern And Northern Districts of New York, the District of New
Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
DAVID H. SCULNICK is an AV
rated attorney with more than 30 years of trial and appellate
experience. For 28 years he was with a prominent NYC defense firm
where, as an equity partner, he was in charge of the general liability,
insurance, and products liability practice groups. He contemporaneously
served as the head of his prior firm’s appellate practice group and has written
and argued over 100 cases in both the State and Federal appellate
courts. Mr. Sculnick is a 1973 graduate of New York Law School, where
he was a member of the Law Review’s Board of Editors. Mr. Sculnick
lectures extensively at advanced seminars sponsored by bar associations and
has moderated programs for the NYC Bar Association. He is an active member of
the New York City Bar Association, sitting on the Committee on the State
Court of Superior Jurisdiction, and has been a member of the NYCLA chapter of
the American Inns of Court since its inception in New York City.
MICHELLE FRANK holds three postgraduate degrees from Fordham University: a
Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, a
Masters of Science degree in Taxation, and a Juris Doctor. She earned her
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Brandeis University. She is admitted to
practice in the states of New York and Connecticut. Michelle Frank, is a Tax
Attorney and Certified Public Accountant. Her expertise covers a broad range
of complex tax area with emphasis on estate planning, IRS and New York State
Collection proceedings and tax compliance for trust, estates, individuals, S
corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and not for profit
entities, as well as surrogate's court practice and procedure. She is
admitted to the New York State and Westchester Bar Association.
OUR
ASSOCIATES
EDWARD R. MINSON concentrates in Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and General
Litigation. He has represented corporations, trustees and individuals
in various bankruptcy proceedings and has experience in general litigation
matters. Mr. Minson received an LL.M. in Bankruptcy (2007) and a J.D.
(2002) from St. John’s University School of Law. As a student, Mr.
Minson received the CALI Award in Bankruptcy Ethics, Fraud and Malpractice,
served as a Senior Staff Member on The New York Litigator and interned for
the Honorable Arthur J. Gonzalez in the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of New York. He also earned a B.A. in English
(1999) from the College of the Holy Cross. Mr. Minson is a member of
the American Bankruptcy Institute and the New York State Bar
Association. In addition to his admission to the New York State courts,
Mr. Minson is admitted to the Federal Bars of the Southern and Eastern
Districts of New York.
ALISON LEIGH EPILONE concentrates in matrimonial and family law. Ms
Epilone is a cum laude graduate of Touro Law School (2008) and earned her
Bachelor of Arts degree from Stony Brook University (2005). During law
school, Ms. Epilone served as Editor-in-Chief of the Moot Court Board.
Additionally, she was awarded the American Law Institute-American Bar
Association Scholarship and Leadership Award and received a CALI Award for
Academic Excellence in the Family Law Clinic. Some of her other honors
include participation as a quarterfinalist in the Dominic L. Gabrielli
National Family Law Moot Court Competition and as a semi-finalist and
recipient of the Best Brief Award at the John S. Bainbridge Moot Court
Competition. Prior to joining Stein Riso Mantel, Ms. Epilone spent a
summer as a judicial intern for the Honorable Ettore A. Simeone at the
Suffolk County Family Court. Ms. Epilone is a member of the New York
State Bar Association (Family Law Section) and the New York City Bar
Association. Ms. Epilone is admitted to practice in both New York and
New Jersey.
JOSEPH I. MARCHESE concentrates in Matrimonial and Family Law. He is a graduate of Boston University
School of Law (2002) and Bucknell University (1998). During law school, Mr. Marchese was a
member of the Public Interest Law Journal and served as a judicial intern to
the Honorable Daniel Angiolillo at the Westchester County Supreme Court. Prior to joining Stein Riso Mantel, LLP,
Mr. Marchese practiced law as an associate of DLA Piper and Shearman &
Sterling LLP, respectively. He is a
member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and is admitted
to practice before the New York State Bar and the Federal Bars of the Southern
and Eastern Districts of New York.
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