Sydney S. Traum
Of Counsel
Sydney S. Traum, of counsel to the Firm, is a graduate of Harvard University (J.D.). He was admitted in 1962 - New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1965 - Florida Bar; 1966 - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1967 - U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Claims Court; 1968 - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and U. S. District Court of the Southern District of Florida; 1981 - U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
Areas of Practice
- Federal Taxation
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Wills & Trusts
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1962
- U.S. Tax Court, 1962
- Florida, 1965
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1966
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1966
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1966
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1967
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1967
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1968
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1968
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York
- LL.M., in Taxation - 1965
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1961
- City University of New York Bernard Baruch, New York, New York
- B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration - 1958
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Dade County Bar Association, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
- The Florida Bar, Member, Executive Council, Tax Section, 1970 - Present
- New York County Lawyer Association, Member
- Greater Miami Tax Institute, Member, President, 1978
- Dade County Chapter of Florida Institute of CPA's, Director, 1979 - 1985; President, 1983 - 1984
- American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, Director, 1974; 1981 - Present; President, 1988 - 1989
- Florida Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, President, 1975 - 1988 and 1992 - Present
