Well Educated
The pride we place in the education of our attorneys is rooted in an objective measure of academic and intellectual prowess; namely successful and exceptional performance at some of the nation’s most well-known, well-respected institutions of higher education.
80% of Meltzer Lippe attorneys have graduated from a U.S. News & World Report Top 50 University or Law School; including such top institutions as: Columbia; Cornell; Duke; Georgetown; George Washington; Harvard; Johns Hopkins; NYU; Tufts; and Boston University , The University of California (Berkeley), The University of Chicago, Florida, Miami, The University of Pennsylvania and Yeshiva Universities. Meltzer Lippe attorneys hold peer-based, professional positions and honors with the American Bar Association Tax Section Sales, Exchange and Basis Committee; American Bar Association Tax Section Wealth and Non-Tax Estate Planning Committee; Trusts & Estates Magazine/Wealth.com editorial advisory board; New York University Institute on Federal Taxation advisory board; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Fellows; and Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs Advisory Board (both the Tax Management Advisory Board and the Real Estate Advisory Board).
Well Trained
No less intense is the emphasis Meltzer Lippe places on practical legal acumen, experience and the professional training of our attorneys. As with education, the notion that our attorneys are well trained is objectively evidenced. Many Meltzer Lippe attorneys are business owners themselves.