Richard S. Scolaro

Probate, Mediation
90 Presidential Plaza
Syracuse, New York 13202


Probate

Admitted

1962, New York; 1963, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1981, Pennsylvania

Law School

Syracuse University, J.D., 1962; New York University, LL.M., Federal Taxation/Estate Planning, 1963

Law School Graduation Year

1963

College

Syracuse University, B.A., 1959

Memberships

Onondaga County and New York State (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations

Biographical

Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Professor of Law, Syracuse University Law School, 1975-1980. Author: Complaints Insurance - Funded Buy-Sell Agreements with a Partnership: A Preferred Approach, Journal of Financial Service Professionals, Vol. 55, No. 5 (September 2001). Staff Counsel, 1964-1967, Counsel, 1967-1969 and Executive Director, 1969-1974, Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. Minority Counsel, Education Committee, New York State Constitutional Convention, 1967. Counsel, New York State Sports Authority, 1974-1975. Special Counsel: Speaker of the Assembly, 1972-1974; Minority Leader, 1975-1991; Advisory Committee, U.S. Bureau of Census, 1974-1976; 2001 Million Dollar Round Table Annual Meeting. Listed in: Who's Who In American Law (Taxation and Estate Planning); Best Lawyers in America (Taxation and Estate Planning). Member: Estate Planning Council of Central New York; Board of Trustees, Syracuse University Tax Institute, 1985—; Board of Directors: Cayuga County Community College Foundation; American Red Cross, Onondaga Oswego Chapter; Cultural Resources Council; Association for Advanced Life Underwriting; Cazenovia College, 2001—. Frequent Lecturer on Federal Taxation and Estate Planning Topics: New York State Bar Association; Certified Life Underwriters; Professional Seminars; New York State Bankers Association; New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Speaker, Million Dollar Round Table Annual Meeting, 2001. Member: Member of the Corporation, The Culinary Institute of America, Finance Committee. Former Member, Board of Directors: Syracuse Symphony; American Red Cross and Cerebral Palsy Association (Enable); Central New York Community Foundation. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

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