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New York Office:
1585 Broadway
Fax 212.969.2900

Practice Areas:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Health Care
Legislation & Regulation
Not-for-Profit / Exempt Organizations
Personal Planning
Legal Ethics Counseling
Political Action Committees
International Corporate Transactions
Government Service

Education:
	BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, J.D., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, 1957
	DECISIONS EDITOR, BROOKLYN LAW REVIEW, 1956-1957
	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, M.A., 1954
	BROOKLYN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, B.A., 1951

Bar Admission:
	06/24/1957 NEW YORK

Court Admissions:
	U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, SOUTHERN DISTRICT
	1958 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
	1961 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Bar Affiliations:
	ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PRESIDENT 1986-1988 AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, 1980-1981
	AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
	NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
	NEW YORK WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
	NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION, MEMBER

Other Affiliations:
	NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST, VICE CHAIR
	TIMES SQUARE BID, PAST CHAIRMAN
	APPELLATE DIVISION OF SUPREME COURT, 1ST DEPARTMENT, SPECIAL MASTER
	COMMISSION ON JUDICAL CONDUCT, REFEREE
	THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS, CHAIR EMERITUS
	AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY, PAST PRESIDENT
	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES, CHAIR, AMICUS COMMITTEE
	AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HOSPITAL ATTORNEYS, MEMBER
	AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE, MEMBER
	AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
	U.S. ARMY, U.S. ARMY RESERVE, 1957-1960

Government Service:
	ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, FORMER PUBLIC MEMBER, AND CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON REGULATION
	MOYNIHAN AND JAVITS JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMITTEES, MEMBER
	INTERNATIONAL JUDICAL CONFERENCE OF COURTS OF MILITARY APPEALS, U.S. DELEGATE AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, U.S. DELEGATION
	NEW YORK COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT, REFEREE
	NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, MEMBER
	DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN THE SERVICES ("DACOWITS"), MEMBER
	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCILl ON HIV/AIDS, MEMBER

Honors and Awards:
	AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY, JUSTICE AWARD, SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	FELLOW, THE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION
	LIFE FELLOW, AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
	FEDERAL BAR COUNCIL, WHITNEY NORTH SEYMOUR AWARD, 1995
	ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ASSOCIATION MEDAL, 1995
	FUND FOR MODERN COURTS, JOHN J. MCCLOY MEMORIAL AWARD, 1997

Biography:

Bob Kaufman's vast experience in the public and private sectors, and his forty years of legal practice with Proskauer Rose LLP, have given him special depth in the areas of health and hospital law, multinational corporate law and personal representation.

As a member of the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, followed by several years in the United States Senate as Legislative Assistant to Senator Javits, Bob Kaufman brings a broad public policy perspective to his partnership at Proskauer. He has helped to change the face of health and hospital law by his work on the restructuring of New York non-profit hospital groups and on the legislative development of the New York hospital reimbursement system. He also spearheaded the first large hospital law department in a New York general practice firm.

Bob has been a strategist in major corporate acquisitions in the United States and Canada by the Pirelli Group; he was Chair of the Board of the Pirelli Group's United States companies in the cable and tire industries.

He is also Chairman of the Board of Old Westbury Funds, Inc., a mutual fund group advised by Bessemer Trust Company.

He has represented a family group and its personal holding company for three generations. He is also active in the representation of foundations and other non-profit organizations.

He is the author of various Bar Committee publications and co-editor of the widely praised four-volume Health Care Law Treatise, which was published by Matthew Bender in August, 1991.

Bob's extensive involvement in civic, professional and non-profit organizations includes being President of the American Judicature Society; President and Executive Committee Chair of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Chair of the New York State Board of Public Disclosure; member of the Executive Committees of The Legal Aid Society, Volunteers of Legal Services and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; Executive Committee member of the West Point Board of Visitors, member of the Chief of Staff's Special Commission on the Honor Code at West Point and member of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; member of the Administrative Conference of the United States and Chair of its Committee on Regulation; Vice Chairman of the New York Community Trust; and member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

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