 | Rowland & Petroff | | | | | 2 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Litigation, International Law, German Claims, Secured Transactions. | | | | Year Established: 1989 | | | | Firm Profile: | | The law firm of Rowland & Petroff is dedicated to providing high quality personalized legal services. The firm renders legal advice in the areas of East German property claims, real estate, business and corporate law, trusts and estates, litigation and art recovery. | | | | Firm Size: 6 | | | | Languages: | | German, French and Italian. | | | | Representative Clients: | | German Book Office; George Grosz Estate. | | | | David J. Rowland (Member) born New London, Connecticut, March 21, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1978); Institute of European Studies, Vienna; University of Vienna; New York Law School (J.D., 1983); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law/Faculty of Law, Salzburg University, Austria (Diploma, Advanced International Legal Studies, 1987). Author: "Reclaiming Property Along the Former Berlin Wall," New York Law Journal, Vol. 216-No. 65, 1996; "Deadlines Affecting Property Claims in East Germany," New York Law Journal, Vol 208 No. 121, 1992; "Compensation for Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime," New York Law Journal, Vol. 204-No. 104, 1992; "Deadline Looms for Filing East German Compensation Claims," New York Law Journal, Vol. 204-No. 65, 1990. Co-author: with Dr. Eberhard Röhm, "Ausgleichsansprunch des Handelsvertretreters im U.S. - amerikanischen Recht," Bundesnachrichten für Aussenhandel, No. 64, 1983. Member: The Association of The Bar of the City of New York; New York County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Schenkavs v. Mayar, 164 A.D. 541, 569 N.Y.S.2d 323. Transactions: International Art Recovery. Languages: German and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Litigation; International Law; German Claims; Art Recovery. | | | | Svetlana V. Petroff (Member) born New York, N.Y., December 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey, New York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1992, Florida; 1995, U.S., Supreme Court. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., with honors, 1978); New York Law School (J.D., 1981); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law/Faculty of Law, Salzburg University, Austria (LL.M., Transnational Business Practice, 1991). Member, New York Law School Law Review, 1979-1981. Topics Editor, New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1980-1981. Author: Comment, "Constitutional Law--Commerce Clause-State Property Tax on Foreign Commerce-Japan Line Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles," 26 N.Y.L.S.L. Rev. 619, 1981. Co-author: "Memorial and Counter-Memorial," 1981 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition- Eastern Regional Final, Winner Best Brief Award, 2 N.Y.L.S.J. Int'l & Comp. L. 411, 1981. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State, New Jersey State, American (Member, Sections on: International Law and Practice; Business Law; Law Practice Management) and International Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Languages: German and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; International Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Arbitration. | | | | ASSOCIATES | | | | Axel Bindernagel (Associate) born Rostock, Germany, May 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Berlin, Germany. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1996). Legal Clerkship, Superior Court of Justice, Berlin (1997-1999). Member: Berlin Bar Association. Languages: German and English. Practice Areas: International Law; German Civil Law; German Administrative Law; Inheritance; Real Estate; German Claims; Art Recovery. | | | | Julius K. Niesert (Associate) born Berlin, Germany, November 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Berlin, Germany. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Universität Bielefeld (1996); Freie Universität Berlin (1999). Member: Berlin Bar Association; German-American Lawyer's Association. Languages: German and English. Practice Areas: International Law; German Civil Law; German Claims; Art Recovery. | | | | Patricia I. Hertling (Associate) born Berlin, Germany, November 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, New York; 2008, Berlin, Germany. Education: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2005); Université Paris II - Assass (Licence en droit, 2000; Maitrise en droit, 2003); Fordham University School of Law (LL.M., 2004). Member: New York State Bar Association; Berlin Bar Association. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: International Law; German Civil Law; Inheritance; German Claims; Art Recovery. | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Philip J. Smith (Of Counsel) born Denver, Colorado, January 3, 1953; admitted to bar, 1989, South Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1992, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Colorado, Boulder (B.A., 1975); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1988; M.A., 1990); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (LL.M., 1991). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1988). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Trust and Wills; Paul Reitz Award. Staff Writer, University of South Dakota Law Review, 1986-1988. Law Clerk to Honorable Andrew W. Bogue, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota. Author: "Indian Sovereignty and Self Determination: Is a Moral Economy Possible? An Essay," 36 S.D.L. Rev. 299 (1991); "National Farmers Union and its Progeny: Does it Create a New Federal Court System?" 14 Am. Indian L. Rev. 333 (1989); Note, "Tribal Tax Status Act and the Tax Reform Act of 1986: Current Effect on Indian Tribal Economic Development, 32 S.D.L. Rev. 602 (1987). Member: New York State Bar Association; State Bar of South Dakota. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Cross Border Secured Financing; Litigation; International Law; International Banking Law; Cross Border Finance. |
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