Deborah Gail Rosenthal

Practice areas include: wills, trusts and estates, estate litigation, probate, administration and estate taxation; guardianship; corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, negotiation and review; and residential and commercial real estate transactions. Estate planning experience, includes meeting with clients to devise an estate plan, drafting wills, trusts (including revocable living trusts and irrevocable life insurance trusts), advance planning documents such as powers of attorney and health care proxies; probate and estate administration in Surrogate’s Court, including ancillary proceedings; planning for persons with special needs, including supplemental needs trusts; and preparation of estate tax returns. Has been appointed as and served as guardian, counsel to guardian, counsel to alleged incapacitated person, court evaluator, temporary guardian, guardian ad litem and trustee of supplemental needs trust in the counties of New York, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk.

Cornell

New York University School of Law

LL.M. (1991) | Taxation

Cornell University

J.D. (1987)

1984 - 1987

Honors: Order of the Coif; Magna Cum Laude; Amjur Award - Commercial Law

Activities: Cornell International Law Journal - Published Note; Business and Book Review Editor

Wellesley College

B.A. (1984) | Economics

1980 - 1984

Honors: Cum Laude

Owner

Rosenthal, Attorneys at Law, P.C.

2012 - Current

Represent clients in the following practice areas: wills, trusts and estates; probate and administration; guardianship; residential and commercial real estate transactions; corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, negotiation and review. Has been appointed as and has served as guardian, counsel to guardian, counsel to alleged incapacitated person, court evaluator, guardian ad litem and trustee of supplemental needs trust in the counties of New York, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk.

Assistant General Counsel

The BOC Group, Inc.

1997 - 2001

Corporate transactional attorney to semiconductor and industrial gases divisions. Practice focused on mergers and acquisitions and customer contracts. Principal attorney on each transaction. Involvement from letter of intent and due diligence stages through negotiation, drafting and closing.

Corporate and Securities Associate

Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason

1995 - 2001

Provided legal and business advice to clients. Drafted and negotiated stock and asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, shareholders' agreements, employment agreements, registration rights agreements, registration statements, private placement memoranda, loan and security agreements, stock option plans and agreements, certificates of designation, warrants, SEC disclosure documents and letters of intent.

Corporate and Securities Associate

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld

1992 - 1996

Negotiated transactions, prepared documents and provided legal advice to clients regarding corporate and federal securities law issues, primarily in connection with public offerings and private placements.

Tax Associate

Dewey Ballantine

1988 - 1991

Conducted research, prepared memoranda and provided tax advice regarding federal and state tax issues.

Judicial Law Clerk

The Honorable John M. Greaney, Chief Justice

1987 - 1988

Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Appeals, Boston, MA.

Outstanding Women in Law

Hofstra University

2020

AV Peer Review Rated 5.0 out of 5.0

Martindale-Hubbell

Am Jur

Cornell Law School

Magna Cum Laude

Cornell Law School

New York State Bar  # 2192946

Member

1988 - Current

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

New York

Since 1988

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

Since 1988

U.S. Supreme Court

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