Shenkman, Fredric L.

Partner

Phone: 609-572-7330

Fax: 609-572-7331

Email: fshenkman@cooperlevenson.com

Location: Atlantic City, NJ

Joining Cooper Levenson in 1988, Fredric ‘Ric’ Shenkman has decades of experience in both transactional work and commercial litigation.

He served on the New Jersey District I Ethics Committee as a member, chairperson, and as secretary.

Ric is a graduate of the University of Rochester (B.A., cum laude), and Temple University School of Law (J.D.; L.L.M. in Taxation).

He is admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions: the state courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the United States District Courts for New Jersey, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Tax Court.

Practice Highlights:

Ric’s transactional work includes the drafting of agreements relating to asset sales; cross-purchase and redemption agreements; asset based financing agreements; post-employment restrictive covenants; business separation agreements; PILOT Agreements (payment in lieu of taxes agreements) and work-outs.

Ric has litigated in both the State and Federal Courts in such areas as real estate, partnership dissolution; corporate dissolution; construction defects; oppressed shareholder/minority freeze-outs; condominium governance; corporate governance; public finance; state and federal taxation; FOIA; OPRA; title defense, environmental, ad valorem taxation, D & O and E & O defense, including legal malpractice, defense of lawyers in ethics proceedings, and foreclosures.

Case Highlights

Gottlob v. Lopez, 501 A.2d 176, 205 N.J. Super. 417 (App. Div. 1985) certification denied 517 A.2d 384, 104 N.J. 373 (1986)
Atlantic City Convention Center Authority v. South Jersey Publishing, 647 A.2d 1261, 135 N.J. 53 (1994)
Porta v. Klagholz, 19 F. Supp.2d 290 (D.N.J. 1998); and Delaware River and Bay Authority v. York Hunter, 781 A.2d 1126, 344 N.J. Super. 361 (Ch. 2001)
Trs. of the Alpine Methodist Episcopal Church v. New Jersey United Methodist Church, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1387, aff’d, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 3127 (App. Div. 2017), app. dis., 234 N.J. 195 (2018).

Articles

“The Causes of Disciplinary Mistakes and How to Avoid Them,” Atlantic County Bar Association
“Legal Ethics of Email,” National Business Institute
“Mediation and Pro Se Litigants,” Burlington County Bar Association
“Ethical Conundrums as to Discovery and Metadata,” Middlesex County Bar Association
“Ethical considerations for Today’s Environmental Lawyers: The Procedural Aspects of Ethics,” N.J. Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Environmental Forum
“Advocacy with Civility and Ethics,” Atlantic County Bar Association: panelist at the Hon. Allen J. Littlefield Professionalism Day
“2016 Annual Review of New Jersey Environmental Law-Ethics,” N.J. Institute for Continuing Legal Education
“Ethical Lapses and How to Avoid Them, ” Middlesex County Bar Association
“Legal Ethics: Top Mistakes that Lead to Malpractice”, Atlantic City, NJ
“Ethical Considerations in Contested Divorce Matters,” Middlesex County Bar Association
“Gun Laws in New Jersey,” National Business Institute
“Top 8 LLC Mistakes to Avoid in Everyday Business Practice,” National Business Institute
“LLC Ethical Traps to Avoid,” National Business Institute
“A Primer on Directors and Officers Insurance for Private Entities,” CL Blog
“Attorney Ethics – A Primer.” CL Article
“Factors to determine whether to bring suit in Federal Court,” CL Blog
“Tax Evaluation Methodology,” CL Alert
“Tax Appeals Make Sense,” CL Alert

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