Robert E. Brown
Title
Founding Partner & CEO
Areas Of Practice
Taxation
Business & Corporate
ESOPs
Employee Benefits
Mr. Brown has practiced tax and employee benefits law since 1971. He has a broad range of experience in state and federal taxation, and also has particular expertise in the use of ESOPs.
Education
LL.B., 1970, Yale Law School
A.B., cum laude, 1967, Oberlin College
Professional Experience
Since 1978, Mr. Brown has been a member of the executive committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association where he has chaired subcommittees on Software and Intellectual Property, Sales Property and Miscellaneous Taxes, Employee Benefits, Interstate Tax Matters, New York State Tax Matters and Continuing Education. He was a member of the New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Pension Simplification and has spoken at many seminars including the National Tax Association - Tax Institute of American Sales and Use Tax Seminar, the New York University 47th Annual Institute of Federal Taxation and the New York University 50th Annual Institute on Federal Taxation. Mr. Brown is a professional member of the ESOP Association, and a member of the National Center for Employee Ownership.
Professional Affiliations
Mr. Brown is the author of “A Checklist for the Planning and Drafting of Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreements” Proceedings of The New York University Fiftieth Institute on Federal Taxation Matthew Bender, 1992. He also is a co-author (along with Howard Konar) of: Chapter 3, "Residence", Chapter 4 "Taxation of Nonresidents: Allocation and Apportionment", New York State Tax Service Matthew Bender & Company, 1985; "Report on the Applicability of the Investment Tax Credit and the Accelerated Cost Recovery System to Computer Software", New York State Bar Association Tax Section, 1982 and was a Practice Consultant (taxation of foreclosures) for New York Real Property Tax Service Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1987. He also is a co-author of Basic Fiduciary Guidance for the ESOP Trustee in Corporate Finance Transactions, New York University Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Matthew Bender, 2006 and a co-author of Insulation from Environmental Liabilities for ESOP Trustees, New York University Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Matthew Bender, 2007.
Professional Honors and Achievements
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Tax Law, 1993-present); Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.