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POWERLIST PARTNERS
Robert Abrams
Executive Partner
Abrams, Fensterman, LLP
Robert Abrams (Bob) is the co-founder
and an Executive Partner at Abrams, Fensterman,
Fensterman, Eisman, Formato,
Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP, a New York
Law Journal Top 100 law firm located in
Lake Success, New York, with locations
in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Rochester.
As Abrams created his law firm, he
developed several practice verticals including
Aging and Longevity Law, which
includes areas of legal practice such as
guardianships, life and retirement planning,
estate litigation and health law. Both
directly and indirectly as an Executive
Partner at Abrams Fensterman, Abrams
has participated in many high profile cases, some of which helped to create
and/or clarify existing law.
In addition to his diverse legal skills, Abrams has demonstrated a tremendous
sensitivity and understanding of the challenges faced by family
members of murder victims, as demonstrated by his representation of the
families of Kathleen McCormack Durst, John Frankowski, Sr., and Joseph
“Joey” Comunale.
Abrams served as Chair of both the Elder and Health Law sections of the
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). He has twice been invited to participate
in the once in a decade White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA), the
first of which was hosted by President Bill Clinton in 1995 and the second hosted
by President George W. Bush in 2005. At the 2005 Conference, Bob coordinated
the first ever WHCoA Technology Exhibit which showcased technological
initiatives designed to improve the quality of life for older individuals in
America and throughout the world.
Howard Fensterman
Managing Partner
Abrams, Fensterman, LLP
Howard Fensterman is the Managing Partner
at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman,
Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone,
LLP.
Fensterman is involved in all facets of
the law firm’s practice, including representing
corporations, partnerships, LLCs and
LLPs, as well as other business entities and
individuals in connection with litigation,
settlement negotiations, purchase and sale
of business entities, asset-based lending,
shareholder and partnership agreements,
and real estate matters.
Fensterman was appointed by Governor
Paterson to serve on the New York State
Public Health and Health Planning Council in 2008 until his term ended in 2014.
He formerly served on the Public Health & Planning Council’s Establishment &
Project Review Committee. Mr. Fensterman is a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America–Long Island Chapter.
Fensterman received his J.D. from Georgetown Law Center. He is admitted
to practice in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Charles A. Barragato, CPA, CFE
Office Managing Partner
BDO
Charles Barragato has over three
decades of experience providing sophisticated
tax planning and advisory
services to corporations, family offices,
executives, and other high net-worth
individuals.
Barragato contributes articles to
The CPA Journal, The Tax Adviser,
The Practical Accountant, Management
Accounting, Taxation for
Accountants, Taxation for Lawyers,
Tax Ideas, California CPA, Practical
Tax Strategies and provides
commentary on tax and accounting
issues to The Journal of Taxation,
Newsday, TheStreet.com and The Wall Street Journal. He is also a member
of the College of Business faculty at Stony Brook University.
He is an active member of a number of professional organizations, including:
the American Institute of CPAs, the New York State Society of CPAs
(“NYSSCPA”), and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a past
president of the NYSSCPA’s Suffolk Chapter, and has also served as chairman
of its General Taxation Committee.
Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D.,
President
St. Joseph’s College
Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D.,
is the eighth president of St. Joseph’s
College (SJC), New York.
During his time at SJC, Dr.
Boomgaarden has overseen a successful
reaccreditation with the
Middle States Commission on Higher
Education, launched a new strategic
plan, grown the College’s endowment
by nearly 50 percent and seen
record high enrollments on all three
campuses — SJC Brooklyn, SJC Long
Island and SJC Online.
Under his leadership, the College
is currently adding new academic programs, making improvements to its physical
campuses and planning to build a new multi-million dollar student center
on its Patchogue campus. He also makes frequent media appearances as an
industry leader in higher education.
Dr. Boomgaarden serves on the board of trustees for the Commission on
Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU), is Board Chair of the Association
of Colleges of Sisters of St. Joseph (ACSSJ), a steering committee member of the
Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education (LIRACHE), where
he is also chair to the Superintendents and College President’s Partnership, and
is chair of the Lower Hudson Valley Consortium of Catholic Colleges and Universities.
He’s been named one of the most influential Brooklynites by “Brooklyn
Power 100” for two consecutive years.
Dr. Boomgaarden is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and also
studied at the University of Vienna, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Dr.
Boomgaarden also graduated from Harvard University’s Institute for Management
and Leadership in Education. Dr. Boomgaarden is a noted historian of
opera, music aesthetics and harmonic theory.
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