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Robert Elliott Brown

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Practice Areas

60% Employee Benefits
38 years, 500 cases
25% Tax
38 years, 500 cases
15% Business
38 years, 500 cases

Fees & Payments

Fees

Fixed (Sometimes)
Free Consultation (90 minutes)
Hourly ($385-$385/hour)
Pro Bono (10%)
Retainer (Sometimes)

Payment types

Cash, Credit Card, Check

Contact Information

Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP

2400 Chase Square

Rochester, NY 14604
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About me: My principal area of practice involves Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). My tax practice includes mergers and acquisitions and state and local taxation.... more

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Licenses

39 years since Robert Elliott Brown was first licensed to practice law in NY.

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Work Experience

Position	Duration
Founding Partner at Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP	1974–present
Chief Executive Officer at Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP	2006–present

Education

School	Major	Degree	Graduated
Yale Law School	Law	LL.B - Bachelor of Laws	1970
Oberlin College	Russian	A.B. cum laude	1967

Awards

Award Name	Granting Organization	Date
Spirit Award	Wilson Commencement Park	2001
Community Leader of 1998	St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee	1998

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Associations

Position	Association Name	Duration
Member	Monroe County Bar Association	1972–present
Member	New York State Bar Association	1972–present

Member	Executive Committee New York State Bar Association Tax Section	1978–present
Member	American Bar Association	1983–present
Member	Tax Section, Monroe County Bar Association	1987–present
Member	Fellows of the New York Bar Foundation	1995–present
Trustee Council	WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, Inc.	1999–present
Director	Rochester Children's Zone, Inc.	2005–present
Member	Advisory Board, Center for Community Engagement	2006–present
Chair, Business, Corporate and International Group	International Society of Primerus Law Firms	2006–present
Director	Rochester Presbyterian Home Foundation	2007–present
Vice Chair, Business, Corporate and International Group	International Society of Primerus Law Firms	2005–2006
Director	Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra	1997–2005
Elected Public Official	Rochester City School Board	1998–2005
Director	Wilson Commencement Park	1994–2001
Member	Honorary Committee, Monroe Community College Nazi Olympics Exhibit	2001
Director	N/A	1991–2000
Member	Special Committee on the Law Governing Firm Structure and Operation, New York State Bar Association	1999–2000
Chairman	N/A	1991–1999
Member	Special Committee on Multidisciplinary Practice and the Legal Profession, New York State Bar Association	1998–1999
Director	Rochester Presbyterian Home	1990–1996
President	Rochester Presbyterian Home	1993–1996
Founder, Director	Monroe Prepaid Legal Service Corporation	1976–1994
President	Monroe Prepaid Legal Service Corporation	1981–1994
Chairman	Monroe County Democratic Committee	1992–1994
Director	Volunteer Legal Service Project of Monroe County, Inc.	1984–1993
Director	Ibero-American Action League	1985–1993
Vice President	Rochester Presbyterian Home	1991–1993
Member	President's Commission of Access to Legal Services, Monroe County Bar Association	1993
Member	Citizens Advisory Committee, Vision 2000: Downtown	1990–1992
Chairman	Rochester Urban Cultural Park Citizens Advisory Committee	1990–1992
Director	The David Hochstein Memorial Music School	1985–1991
Treasurer	The David Hochstein Memorial Music School	1987–1991
Member	Public Interest Law Committee, Monroe County Bar Association	1990–1991
Director	Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra	1990–1991
Director	Regional Council on Aging (now Lifespan)	1981–1989
Member	Monroe County Office for the Aging Citizens Advisory Committee	1984–1989
Chairman	Regional Council on Aging (now Lifespan)	1986–1989
Chairman	N/A	1989
President	Ibero-American Action League	1987
Director	Arts For Greater Rochester	1983–1986
Chairman, Advisory Committee	Legal Services Network for the Aging, Family Service of Rochester	1980–1985
Vice President	Regional Council on Aging (now Lifespan)	1982–1985
Chairman, House/Finance Committee	Monroe County Bar Association	1979–1980
Vice President	Monroe Prepaid Legal Service Corporation	1980
Executive Committee Member	Monroe County Bar Association	1976–1979
Trustee	Monroe County Bar Association	1978–1979
Executive Committee Member	Estate Planning Council of Rochester	1979
Treasurer	Monroe County Bar Association	1976–1977
Chairman	Task Force Examining the Delivery of Legal Services to the Poor, Monroe County Bar Association	1977

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Portfolio

Publications

Article	Publication	Date
Insulation from Environmental Liability for ESOP Trustees (Publication: August, 2007)	New York University Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation	2007
Basic Fiduciary Guidance for the ESOP Trustee in Corporate Finance Transactions	New York University Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation	2006

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Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagement Name	Conference	Date
Recent New York State and City Legislation	2007 Tax Section Summer Meeting	2007
ESOP Fiduciary Issues	2007 Upper New York State ESOP Conference	2007

Post Employment Taxation of Deferred Compensation and Covenants Not To Compete	Eleventh Annual New York State and City Tax Institute	2007
Basic Employee Benefits Issues	Employment Law for the General Practitioner and Corporate Counselor: Current Law and Cutting-Edge Issues	2007
Transfer Taxes and Real Estate	New York State Bar Association Real Estate Seminar	2006
Multi-Jurisdictional Practice	Primerus Annual Meeting	2006
Trustees and Boards of Directors: Pros and Cons of Internal vs. External	10th Annual Multi-State ESOP Conference	2005
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project: Status and Future	2005 New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting	2005
Ethics	Practical Skills in Business Law	2005
Multistate Taxation	Tax Section Annual Meeting	2005
Forming and ESOP	2004 Upper New York State ESOP Conference	2004
Treaty, Constitutional and Major Statutory Issues Affecting State/Provincial Cross Border Taxation	9th Annual New York State and City Tax Insitute	2004
U.S. Cross-Border Provincial, State and Local Tax Issues	New York State Bar Association Tax Section Summer Meeting	2004
Employee Benefits Issues for Gay and Lesbian Clients	Representing the Gay and Lesbian Client in New York	2003
Planning and Drafting of Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreements	New York University 50th Annual Institute on Federal Taxation	1991
Taxation of Closely Held Businesses	New York University Taxation of Closely Held Businesses	1990
Federal Taxation	New York University 47th Annual Institute on Federal Taxation	1988

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Robert Elliott Brown

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