Lester P. Taroff
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Lester P. Taroff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 7, 1945.
He has been in practice for over 30 years. He graduated from Long Island
University in 1968, attended Brooklyn Law School, and graduated in 1971.
He was then admitted to the New York State Bar in 1972.

Mr. Taroff is a partner in the firm, and concentrates his practice in the following
areas: Creditors’ Rights; Commercial and Retail; Commercial Litigation and
Judgment Enforcement.

Mr. Taroff is a frequent lecturer on the subject of creditors’ rights, and is active in several law
associations and organizations. He serves as co-chair of the Creditors Rights Law Committee
of the Suffolk County Bar Association, is the Vice President of the Commerical Lawyers
Conference of New York and serves on the Global Debt Collection Summitt Advisory Board.

Education:

• Long Island University (B.A., 1968)
• Brooklyn Law School (J.D.,1971)

Bar Admissions:

• New York State (1972)
• United States Supreme Court;
  United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit;
  United States District Court for the Eastern, Southern, Northern and
  Western Districts of New York.

Practice Areas:

• Creditors' Rights
• Commercial and Retail
• Commercial Litigation and Judgment Enforcement

Affiliations, Achievements and Honors:

• Suffolk County Bar Association
• Commercial Law League of America; (Member Committees on the Federal Fair Debt
  Collection Practices Act; Forwarders and Receivers and Laws and Legislation)
• Commercial Lawyers Conference of New York (Vice President)
• Founder and Chair of the Creditors' Rights Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar
  Association from 1996 to 1998, 2005-present
• Co-Chair and Founder of Bank-Attorney-Government-Agency Interface Committee
• Frequent lecturer on creditors' rights matters.

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