White Plains Law Firm Receives Honors

Photo 1: Michael Markoff; Photo 2: Harris Markhoff; Photo 3: Joshua S. Levine; Photo 4: Jay Fenster. Photo credit: Danziger & Markhoff LLP

News from Danziger & Markhoff LLP:

DANZIGER & MARKHOFF LLP ATTORNEYS ARE RECOGNIZED AMONG THE TOP PRACTITIONERS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY BY “BEST LAWYERS” AND “SUPERLAWYERS”

White Plains, NY ­­— Best Lawyers selected Michael Markhoff, partner at Danziger & Markhoff LLP, as “2016 Trusts & Estates Lawyer of the Year” for White Plains, NY. Only one lawyer in each practice area in each community receives this honored designation. In addition Mr. Markhoff was also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America ® 2016 in the area of Trusts & Estates. Selection for Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which over 50,000 leading attorneys vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice area.

Michael Markhoff concentrates on estate planning and estate administration, representing professionals, executives and small businesses owners. Mr. Markhoff is past president of the Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc. and the Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council and past chairman of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Westchester County Bar Association. Mr. Markhoff was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bedford Free Library from 2005 to 2014, and was a member of the Board of Directors of Fox Lane Youth Lacrosse from 2013 to 2015.

Mr. Markhoff earned his J.D. at Brooklyn Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College. He resides in Bedford, NY with his family.

Harris Markhoff, managing partner at Danziger & Markhoff LLP, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America ® 2016 in the areas of corporate law and trusts and estates law. Mr. Markhoff has been selected for this list for over 25 years.

Harris Markhoff has a broad business and tax practice which includes counseling individuals, professional corporations, closely held and family-owned businesses on a wide range of corporate, tax and estate planning issues. He negotiates and structures joint ventures, partnerships, buy-sell agreements, stockholder arrangements, the acquisition and sale of businesses, and other business transactions and relationships. He also advises clients in the context of dispute resolution and dissolution of business relationships.

Mr. Markhoff earned his J.D. at Columbia Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Columbia College. He resides in Pound Ridge, NY with his family.

Joshua S. Levine was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America ® 2016 in the area of health care law.

Joshua S. Levine’s practice concentrates in corporate and health care law and represents closely held businesses and professional corporations - primarily medical practices - in all aspects of their business dealings. He counsels clients in connection with the formation of new businesses, the organization of joint ventures, and the acquisition and sale of businesses. Mr. Levine has extensive experience in the organization and operation of ambulatory surgery centers and also advises health care clients on Federal and State regulatory matters.

Mr. Levine earned his J.D. at New York University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University. He resides in Katonah, NY with his family.

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Super Lawyers Recognizes Excellence of Two Danziger & Markhoff LLP Partners

Jay Fenster has been selected to the 2015 New York State Super Lawyers list in the area of Employee Benefits. Mr. Fenster focuses his practice on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. He regularly counsels clients regarding ERISA fiduciary issues and employee benefits in mergers and acquisitions, and advises both companies and individuals with respect to employment agreements, bonus plans, and long term and short term incentive arrangements. Mr. Fenster earned his J.D. at Fordham University School of Law, an LL.M in Taxation from New York University School of Law and his bachelor’s from Yeshiva University. He resides in Brooklyn, NY with his family.

Michael Markhoff has been similarly selected by Super Lawyers for the 2015 New York State Super Lawyers list in the Estate & Probate practice areas. Only 5% of New York attorneys are selected each year as Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers, from over 70 practice areas, who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.

Danziger & Markhoff LLP is a business and tax-oriented law firm, located in White Plains, New York, that has been representing clients for over 50 years.

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DANZIGER & MARKHOFF LLP FIRM RECOGNIZED AMONG “2016 BEST LAW FIRMS” IN TRUST & ESTATES AND HEALTH CARE LAW.

White Plains, NY, United States -- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, for the sixth consecutive year, announce the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Danziger & Markhoff LLP has been ranked in the 2016 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list regionally in two practice areas: Metropolitan Tier 1 White Plains Trusts & Estates Law and Metropolitan Tier 2 White Plains Health Care Law.

Firms included in the 2016 “Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence based on persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. The 2016 Edition of “Best Law Firms® includes rankings in 74 national practice areas and 122 metropolitan-based practice areas. One “Law Firm of the Year” is named in each of the 74 nationally ranked practice areas.

Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

About Danziger & Markhoff LLP

Danziger & Markhoff LLP is a business and tax-oriented law firm in White Plains, New York that has been representing clients in the New York metropolitan area for over 50 years. The firm’s core areas of practice are pension and employee benefits, ESOPs, trusts and estates and tax planning, probate, corporate law and health care and professional practices. The services that the firm provides are interrelated, enabling the attorneys to provide sophisticated and creative solutions that extend beyond the issues at hand.

The firm is known for its extensive practice in the employee benefit area, which involves design, preparation and administration of pension and profit-sharing plans and ESOPs for business owners. Within the firm is a full service pension administration department including five ERISA attorneys, six full-time enrolled actuaries as well as pension administrators. This combination of lawyers and actuaries enables the firm to both establish retirement plans as well as perform complete administration functions to meet governmental compliance requirements. The firm works closely with accountants and financial advisors using a team approach to identify clients’ goals and produce practical and comprehensive business solutions.