General Information

Year founded: 1919
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Overview

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Moses Singer provides legal services to prominent companies, individuals and families. Among our broad array of clients are leaders in banking and finance, entertainment, media, real estate, advertising and technology. We represent entrepreneurial clients as well as established businesses in financing and corporate transactions. The firm has unique strength in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation, and in connection with corporate reorganizations and bankruptcies.

Individuals and families look to Moses Singer for sophisticated and effective legal services in the areas of income tax, trusts and estates and wealth preservation. We offer a nationally renowned team of professionals dedicated to serving successful individuals on matters concerning asset protection, business succession and tax planning.

Key Facts About Moses Singer

Personal Attention Makes All the Difference

Is there an alternative to law firms assembled by mergers, built on associate leverage and driven by billable hour quotas? The needs of clients can easily get lost when confronted with huge multi-office law businesses. That’s why clients seek out Moses Singer. Clients work directly with partners – leading practitioners in their field —with the experience and knowledge to provide creative, cost effective, result-oriented representation. The direct involvement of our partners, means personal attention combined with aggressive, focused problem solving.

A Distinguished History Since 1919

Moses Singer has a reputation for integrity and the highest quality of legal work, earning the respect and confidence of our clients since Henry L. Moses and Henry B. Singer founded the firm in 1919 to serve Public National Bank along with their private clients and their businesses. The firm, which has played a central role in landmark cases and major transactions ever since, is known for creativity, skill and aggressiveness in representing the interests of its clients, including Deutsche Bank, New York Magazine, the National Hockey League, UBS Financial Services Inc., BNP Paribas, Robeco and a spectrum of corporate and individual clients.

A New York Law Firm with Global Reach

Our firm is conveniently located in the Chrysler Building in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Furthermore, through our association with the MSI Global Alliance we maintain relationships with more than 250 legal and accounting firms in 27 states and over 100 countries. This enables Moses Singer to provide nationwide and global reach with utmost focus on personal service and value.

Rankings

Moses & Singer LLP is nationally ranked in 6 practice areas and metro ranked in 7 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 1
Tier 1 for Information Technology Law
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2
Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 2 for Technology Law
Tier 3
Tier 3 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

Metro Rankings

New York City
Tier 1 for Information Technology Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Tier 2 for Health Care Law

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 1
Tier 1 for Information Technology Law
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2
Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 2 for Technology Law
Tier 3
Tier 3 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Tier 3 for Health Care Law

Metro Rankings

New York City
Tier 1 for Information Technology Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
Tier 2 for Health Care Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 2 for Technology Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Advertising Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • Asset Protection
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Business Disputes
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Complex Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Copyright
  • Copyright Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Covenants Not to Compete
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • Entertainment Law - Theater
  • Equipment Finance Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Finance
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Food and Beverage Law
  • Gift Planning
  • Information Technology Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Arbitration - Commercial
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Leisure and Hospitality Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Media Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Nonprofit Organizations and Charitable Giving
  • Outsourcing
  • Patent Law
  • Planning for Closely Held Businesses
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
  • Probate
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
  • Sports Law
  • Tax
  • Technology Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Transportation Law
  • Trust Administration
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Venture Capital Law
  • Workouts

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

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Main Location

New York, NY
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10174-1299
United States
212-554-7800 Call our New York, NY location at 212-554-7800 Get Directions Get directions to our New York, NY location

Management and Personnel

Contacts

Asset Protection Planning
Gideon Rothschild
Banking and Finance
Michael Evan Avidon
Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy
Alan Kolod
Employment and Labor Law
Kim Klein
Hotel and Hospitality
Jeffrey M. Davis
Income Tax
Irving Sitnick
Legal Ethics & Law Firm Practice
Devika Kewalramani
Letter of Credit Engagements
Michael Evan Avidon
Real Estate
Nahum Palefsky
Subscription Financing
Thomas Volet
Trade Secrets
Abraham Y. Skoff
Advertising, Intellectual Property, Internet/Technology, Entertainment and Sports
Elizabeth A. Corradino
Private Clients
Ira W. Zlotnick
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