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Hodgson Russ partner Harry G. Meyer program chair of NYSBA Real Property Law Section summer meeting

Firm Chair Paul R. Comeau also a featured speaker

July 22, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Lisa Kane
716.848.1335
lkane@hodgsonruss.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Harry G. Meyer, Esq., a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Real Estate & Finance Practice Group, served as program chair for the New York State Bar Association Real Property Law Section's annual summer meeting, July 14-17, Lake Placid Resort Hotel and Golf Club, Lake Placid, N.Y.

Mr. Meyer gave a presentation entitled "Unauthorized Practice of Law Developments in New York State," which addressed issues and ethical responsibilities related to dealing with non-lawyers closing transactions and the roles of the Federal Trade Commission and the Anti-Trust Division of the Justice Department. He also delivered the opening remarks at the seminar.

Paul R. Comeau, chair of Hodgson Russ and a partner in its State & Local Tax Practice Group, delivered a presentation entitled "The Marriage of Taxes and Real Estate: Secrets for a Successful Marriage" along with his wife, Victoria D'Angelo, a trusts and estates attorney in private practice. Mr. Comeau and Ms. D'Angelo focused on real-estate-related tax and family financial planning traps and opportunities that confront real estate attorneys.

The seminar featured many prominent speakers from across the state, including Erie County Surrogate Judge Barbara Howe, who spoke on the special situations and challenges that arise when clients and the parties with whom they deal develop emotional attachments to their real property.

Mr. Meyer concentrates his practice in commercial and industrial real property taxation, acquisitions, development, and environmental concerns, including wetlands delineation, protection, enhancement, and water resources. He lectures extensively about commercial and industrial real estate, taxation, development, and environmental issues.

Mr. Comeau focuses his practice on taxation law, business planning law, and business acquisitions law. He has practiced New York tax law since 1973. He serves as co-editor of New York Tax Service and co-editor of New York Tax Cases, and he is co-chair of the Multistate Tax Committee of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section.

With more than 220 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is approximately the 185th largest law firm headquartered in the United States. It is one of approximately 100 firms in the country listed in America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree. In June 2005, Hodgson Russ received the Carol S. Knox Family-Friendly Employer Award from the Capital District Women's Bar Association. The Firm, which was established in 1817 and is among the oldest law firms in the U.S., is the only law firm that can count two former U.S. presidents, Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland, among its alumni. Hodgson Russ has seven offices: Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, and two in New York City, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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