Richard S. Kestenbaum

Business, Mediation
40 Cutter Mill Road
Great Neck, New York 11021


Business

Admitted

1975, New York, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1976, Florida

Law School

Hofstra University, J.D., 1974

Law School Graduation Year

1974

College

Long Island University, B.S., cum laude, 1971

Memberships

Nassau County (Member, Committees on: Tax, 1980—; Ethics, 1985-1986) and American (Member, Committee on Taxation, 1985—) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; New York State Magistrates Association, 1996—.

Biographical

Member, Hofstra University Law Review, 1973-1974. Adjunct Lecturer, Long Island University, Department of Taxation and Accounting, 1977-1978. Lecturer: Special Enforcement Training Course, 1977— and Tax Court Discovery Proceeding, Appeals Division, 1978—, North Atlantic Region, Internal Revenue Service; Tax Shelter Developments, New York Society of Independent Accountants, 1981; Criminal and Civil Tax Fraud, Nassau County Bar Association, 1982; Queens County Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers, Inc., 1983; Nassau Academy of Law, 1984-1985; Tax Practitioners Exposure on Tax Fraud and Preparer Penalty Issues, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1992; Litigation in The United States Tax Court, Bar Association of Nassau County, 1992; Limited Liability Companies, Nassau County Bar Association, 1994; Federal Estate Tax Litigation, New York State Bar Association, 1997; Current Ethical Issues in Estate Planning, Great Neck Lawyers Association, 2000. Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1974-1980. Acting Assistant District Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Brooklyn District, 1978-1980. Tax Shelter Coordinator, Internal Revenue Service, North Atlantic Region, 1978-1980. Member, Advisory Board, Association for Children with Retarded Mental Development, 1984-1986. Director, Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, New York, 1985-1988. Member, Board of Zoning and Appeals, Village of Great Neck Plaza, 1987-1989. Member of Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1988-1990. Prosecutor, Village of Great Neck Plaza, 1992-1996. Prosecutor, Village of Saddle Rock, 1995-1996; Acting Village Justice, Village of Great Neck Plaza, 1996—. Director and Officer, Nassau County Magistrates Association, 1996-2003. President, Nassau County Magistrates Association, 2003—. (Also Of Counsel, Karen J. Tenenbaum, P.C., Melville, New York)

Military