Robert Kaufman is a New York City attorney, a partner with the law firm Proskauer Rose, and a former president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Robert Kaufman received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brooklyn College in 1951, his Master’s Degree from New York University in 1954; and his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1957, where he was Decisions editor of the Brooklyn Law Review.
After graduating from Brooklyn Law School, Kaufman worked for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. He then served as a legislative assistant to New York Senator Jacob K. Javits, before joining Proskauer Rose.
At Proskauer, Kaufman’s practice has focused on health and hospital law, the law of not-for-profit corporations, multinational corporate law and personal representation. He has also been a strategist in major corporate acquisitions in the United States and Canada by the Pirelli Group and was Chairman of the Board of the Pirelli Group’s United States companies in the cable and tire industries. He also is Chairman of the Board of Old Westbury Funds, Inc., a mutual fund group advised by Bessemer Trust Company.
Among his many civic posts, Robert Kaufman has served as Chairman of the Times Square Business Improvement District, The September 11 Fund, and the Fund for Modern Courts, as President of the American Judicature Society, and has served on the board of the New York Community Trust as Chairman, Vice Chairman, and consulting member. He has served on the executive committees of the Legal Aid Society, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and the National Association of Women Judges.
From 1986 to 1988, Kaufman also served as President of the New York City Bar Association. He has previously served as Chairman of the Association’s Executive Committee, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Bar’s Volunteers of Legal Service, which provides pro bono representation to New Yorkers.
Kaufman was married to Sheila Kelley Kaufman (1928–2009), a native of Bronxville, New York, and daughter of William J. and Jane Seymour Kelley. Read more about her here: [1]