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Ralph L. Halpern, Senior Counsel, is a member of the Firm's Business and Corporate, Financial Services and International Trade practice groups. His primary practice includes mergers and acquisitions, securities law, administrative law, general corporate law, customs, immigration, copyrights and trademarks. It also includes a wide variety of litigated matters in the commercial field as well First Amendment rights and class actions. He has been counsel to public and private companies doing business in a variety of fields including food, alcoholic beverages, vitamins, insurance, waste management, professional sports and steel. He has advised newspapers, television and radio stations with respect to media concerns. He is listed in Who*s Who in America, Who*s Who in American Law and Who*s Who in World Jewry. Before rejoining Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP in 1986, he had been a partner in the Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Halpern firm for the preceding 26 years.

Education:

University of Buffalo Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1953); Associate Editor, Buffalo Law Review, 1952-1953; State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A. Mathematics, 2006)

Admissions:

1953 New York Courts; 1954 U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1959 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1960 U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1971 U.S. Supreme Court; 1972 U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Principal Area(s) of Practice:

Corporate Law; Antitrust Law; Defamation Law; Legal Ethics & Discipline Law; Sports Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice

Experience:

Teaching Associate, Northwestern University School of Law, 1953-54; Served Judge Advocate General's Corps U.S. Army, 1954-57; Panelist, various bar association CLE seminars on Ethics and Professionalism; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law and History at Neophyte Rilsky Southwestern University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, Spring 2008

Memberships & Offices:

• Erie County Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates 1989-95, 1997-99, Chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1971-76, Member, Judicial Election Monitoring Committee, 1983-86, Chairman, Special Committee to Consider Adoption of ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 1983-85, Secretary, International Law & Practice Section, 1992-93, Vice-Chairman, 1993-95)
• Member, FINRA and AAA National Roster of Neutrals
• American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1989-95 and 1997-99)
• American Judicature Society, American Law Institute
• President, Buffalo Council on World Affairs, 1972-74
• Listed, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law
• Listed, "Who's Who in Law," Published by Business First of Buffalo

Community Service:

• President, Buffalo Council on World Affairs, 1972-74
• President, Temple Beth Zion, 1981-83
• Chairman, Buffalo Chapter American Jewish Committee, 1975-77
• Board of Governors Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, 1972-78, 1991-97, 1999-2004, 2006-2010, Vice-President, 1992-94
• President of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo, 2000-2002
• Member, Board of Directors, MusicalFare Theatre, 2010-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Landmark Society of WNY (2007-2010)
• Mr. Halpern was named the the Maurice S. Tabor Man of the Year by the Temple Beth Zion Brotherhood (2011)

   Visiting Professor, Neophyte Rilsky South-Western University, Bulgaria:

In April, 2008, Mr. Halpern was a Visiting Professor of Law in Blagovgrad, Bulgaria, teaching American Legal System and American Corporate Law to students at the Neophyte Rilsky South-West University. To prepare for this position, he attended a week-long conference in Salzburg, Austria presented by the Center for International Legal Studies in January, 2008. According to Ralph, "This is a once in a lifetime experience.  Not only to teach law but to teach U.S. law to foreign students in their own university and comfort zone. I'm sure I learned as much from them as they learned from me."  

Student materials:

1. To read Mr. Halpern's PowerPoint Outline of the Course prepared with the major assistance of Beverley S. Braun, an associate at Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, please click here.
2. To review a Sample Simple New York Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Stock Certificate please click here.