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Ira M. Starr - Partner

EMAIL: istarr@starrgern.com

PRACTICE AREAS:

Corporate; Banking; Securities and Real Estate.

EDUCATION:

Rutgers University (A.B., 1957)

University of Virginia (LL.B., 1961)

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Special Counsel to numerous banks and financial institutions involved in complex mortgage financings, industrial development bonds and asset-based lending.

• General counsel to business and industrial corporations with annual sales ranging from $800 million to $2 billion.

• Lead counsel in numerous corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions and venture capital transactions.

• Lead counsel for complex developmental real estate projects, including office buildings, shopping centers, warehouses, office and residential condominiums and housing projects for senior citizens, low-to moderate income and assisted living.

• General counsel to non-profit agencies engaged in programs in health care, affordable housing, community services, food bank service activities and battered and disadvantaged women.

• Senior Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Trading and Markets, 1962-1966.

• Attorney Advisor, United States Internal Revenue Service 1961-1962.

• Arbitrator and frequent Panel Chair, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1980-present.

• President, Temple B'nai Abraham of Essex County, 1991-1995.

• Member, Board of Trustees, Visiting Homemakers Service of Hudson County, 1975- present.

• Member, Board of Trustees and Financial Secretary, Jewish Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.

• American Bar Association, Member of Subcommittee of Lender Liability, Subcommittee on Financing Low Income and Affordable Housing and Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions.

• Hudson County District Ethics Committee, 1989-1993.

BAR ADMISSIONS:

District of Columbia, 1961; New Jersey, 1974.

AWARDS/RECOGNITION:

• Lets Celebrate Inc (Hudson County Food Bank consortium) Founders’ Award in 2000.

• Designated as one of “Best Lawyers in America in the Tri-State region” since 2007.

• Designated as a New Jersey Super Lawyer every year since 2005.

• Designated as  a “Pre-eminent Rated Attorney” by Martindale-Hubbell since 2009.

• Special Honoree at the 105th anniversary celebration of Women Rising, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES:

Lecturer, New Jersey State Bar Securities Law Subcommittee, 1985-1986. Contributor to ABA Section of Real Property publication on the Foreclosure Laws and Procedures in all 50 states.

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