Robert E. Brown

Rochester, NY

Robert E. Brown is a founding partner of ESOP Plus; Schatz Brown Glassman LLP, practicing tax law, corporate finance law and employee benefits law for 40 years. He was a member of the executive committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association for thirty years, chairing various subcommittees including the Committee on Employee Benefits. He was a member of the New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Pension Simplification and has spoken at many seminars on issues relating to taxation, employee benefits, and ESOPs. He is the author of A Checklist for the Planning and Drafting of Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreements, Proceedings of The New York University Fiftieth Institute on Federal Taxation, Matthew Bender, 1992; a co-author of Basic Fiduciary Guidance for the ESOP Trustee in Corporate Finance Transactions, NYU Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Matthew Bender, 2006; and a co-author of Insulation from Environmental Liabilities for ESOP Trustees, NYU Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Matthew Bender, 2007. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1993. Rob is a graduate of Oberlin College and Yale Law School. He is a professional member of The ESOP Association and the National Center for Employee Ownership.

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Forty years of experience, principally with ESOPs.