Law Offices
Jeffrey M. Herrmann

295 Madison Avenue (Suite 700)
New York, NY 10017
email: JMH@JMHlegal.com

phone: 212.922.9093
fax: 212.922.9063

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Practice of law in New York City from 1972 to date, including fifteen years as associate and partner at one firm; Practice serves domestic and foreign clients and emphasizes all aspects of international law including REAL PROPERTY, TRUSTS AND ESTATES, COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, TAXATION, EMPLOYMENT LAW, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, CORPORATE LAW AND LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION. Legal representation of Austrian and other European private and governmental interests in the United States.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
German

REPORTED CASES:
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Inryco, Inc. v. Parsons & Whittemore Contractors Corp., 80 A.D.2d 509, 435 N.Y.S.2d 733 (1st Dep't. 1981), 55 N.Y.2d 666, 446 N.Y.S.2d 931, 431 N.E.2d 291 (1981)
U.S.A. v. Golitschek, 808 F.2d 195 (2nd Cir., 1986)
Red Bull Associates v. Best Western International, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 447 (S.D.N.Y., 1988)
Matter of Estate of Blasy, 170 A.D.2d 451, 566 N.Y.S. 526 (2d Dep't 1991)
Reed International Trading Corp. and China Jiangsu Animal By-Products Import & Export (Group) Corp. v. Donau Bank, A.G., Kazakh Republic Bank for Foreign Economic affairs, Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and The Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR, 866 F.Supp. 750 (S.D.N.Y., 1994); 25 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (Callaghan) 1199
Matter of Estate of Tobias, 232 A.D. 341, 649 N.Y.S.2d 16 (1st Dep't 1996)
Sodepac, S. A., et al. v. Choyang Park in rem, L.Rettenmayer et. al, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19360, 2002 WL 31296341(S.D.N.Y.)

Tesher v. United States, 246 F.Supp 2d 297, 2003-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) P50,278,91 A.F.T.R. 2d (RIA) 1065 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)

Craig v. First Web Bill, Inc. et.al., 2004 U.S. Dist LEXIS 27432, 2004 WL 2700128 (E.D.N.Y.)

TEACHING, SPEAKING AND WRITING:

Adjunct Professor (2001-2003) at SUNY/Westchester Community College Paralegal program teaching Partnerships and Corporations; Instructor (November, 2000) at New York City Law Department Continuing Legal Education Course on the subject of "Enforcement of Sister State and Foreign Money Judgments in New York"; Frequent visitor to Europe since 1987 to speak on the topic of "Rechtsfragen beim Geschaft in den Vereinigten Staten" ("Legal questions when doing business in the United States") at Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce in Vienna and Provincial Chambers of Commerce in Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck; Also panel member at AIJA (International Young Lawyers Association) seminar in Vienna on the topic of "International Decedents' Estates" and panel member at investment seminar at Bank Austria in Vienna; Author of Article on the subject of Recognition of Foreign Money Judgments in New York published, in Vienna, in March 1999 issue of "Internationale Wirtschaft" ("International Trade").

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (member of International Law and Practice Section Committees on Western Europe and Publications); International Bar Association; U.S. Austrian Chamber of Commerce (member, Board of Directors).

BAR ADMISSIONS:

All Courts of the State of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of International Trade.

EDUCATION:

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Doctor of Law, 1971; Hunter College of the City University of New York, Bachelor of Arts, 1968.