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A. BURKHART
PARTNER
Errol
(Chet) Burkhart is a founding member of the firm, and heads the
firm’s corporate and tax practices. Chet graduated from
Hunter College in 1961 with a B.S. in Accounting and ranked in
the top 5% of his class. He then attended New York University
School of Law, receiving his LL.B. degree in 1964 and an LL.M.
in Taxation in 1970. Chet was elected to the Law Review at N.Y.U.
and finished in the top 10% of his class.
Chet started in private practice with the law firm of Aranow,
Brodsky, Bohlinger, Einhorn & Dann from 1964 through 1969,
and then served as Deputy General Counsel of International Playtex
until 1973, when he joined with Steve Wexler in forming Wexler
& Burkhart, P.C. Chet is a member of the bar of the State
of New York, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District
Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts
of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, and the
United States Supreme Court. Chet chairs the firm’s corporate
law, tax, trusts and estates and asset protection practices and
co-chairs the firm’s real estate practice.
Chet has been a lecturer and speaker on employment and corporate
matters at Cornell University, the Practicing Law Institute, EEO
Research Associates, and for numerous companies and other organizations,
including Metromedia, RKO General, General Tire, Pepsi Cola Bottlers,
Hoffman LaRoche, Reagent Chemical Company, C.R. Bard & Company,
All State Insurance Company and the University of Michigan. Chet
also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the New York
College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Practice Areas:
• Corporate Law
• Tax, Wealth Preservation and Asset
Protection Planning
• Trusts and Estates
• Real Estate
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