Mr. Rothman is the chair of Kramer Levin’s Tax Department. He has experience in all aspects of planning for business entities, including the international, federal and state and local tax aspects of structuring mergers and acquisitions and other complex corporate and real estate transactions. He also has handled significant tax-free and taxable acquisitions, sales and combinations of incorporated and unincorporated entities. Mr. Rothman’s expertise touches on several specific areas of tax law, including real estate, corporate finance, entertainment, banking, financial services and publishing. Mr. Rothman’s particular strength is his ability to use an in-depth knowledge of tax issues and an acute understanding of clients’ business needs to develop creative, practical and efficient solutions. He is the co-author of two tax-related treatises, “Transfers to Controlled Corporations” and “Capital Assets.”

LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1972
J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1971

• Member, Brooklyn Law Review

B.A., City College of the City University of New York, 1967

New York, 1972

U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1972
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1972

Board of Directors, Poetry Society of America
Board of Directors, Alliance of Young Writers and Artists
Board of Directors, New York Foundation for the Arts
Recipient, Tax Management’s Distinguished Author’s Award, 1994

New York State Bar Association, Committee on Corporations; Committee on Partnerships; Committee on Real Property
American Bar Association, Committee on Corporate Tax Matters
International Bar Association, Committee on Taxation
Bureau of National Affairs, Tax Management Advisory Board, Member
Bureau of National Affairs, Tax Management Advisory Board, Real Estate Tax Journal