Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP

Bio

Mr. Rich, a Partner with Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman and the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Team Leader, advises clients ranging from startups and entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, securities matters, private equity/venture capital, corporate structuring, succession planning, corporate governance and legal compliance issues and programs.

Articles & Publications

“Bringing a Corporation Back From the Dead,” LexisNexis Practice Insights, 2009
“Options for Members in the Minority to Put an End to Wrongdoing,” LexisNexis Practice Insights, 2007

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

New York

EDUCATION
University at Buffalo Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2005

Providence College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2002

Honors & Awards

Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Corporate/ Mergers and Acquisitions
40 Under 40 Award, Business First of Buffalo, 2018
Upstate New York SuperLawyers® (2015 - 2019)
Business First of Buffalo and Buffalo Law Journal, Legal Elite of WNY, (2017, 2018)
Laidlaw Law Alumni Association Award, UB Law School

Present Activities

Hospice Foundation of Western New York, Board of Directors

Past Activities

SUNY Buffalo Law School Alumni Association, Board of Directors
43North Competition Judge, 2014-2016
Suneel's Light, Board of Directors
American Heart Association Buffalo Niagara Chapter, Board of Directors
American Diabetes Association, Buffalo Chapter, Board of Directors
State University of New York at Buffalo Law School GOLD Group, Board of Directors
Leadership Buffalo Class of 2008

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Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP and Its Attorneys Rank High in Chambers USA 2020

May 4, 2020