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Firm Attorneys Present on Real Estate Issues Facing Tax-Exempt Organizations

November 15, 2005

More than 45 firm clients today attended the firm's panel discussion entitled "Making Intelligent Choices with Real Estate: Issues Facing Tax-Exempt Organizations Today." The event, worth 2 CLE credits, included panelists Thomas C. Ahn, Director, Real Estate, The Mount Sinai Hospital, and four of Patterson Belknap's attorneys, including Laura E. Butzel, Kenneth L. Sankin, John Sare and Richard R. Upton. Co-moderated by Managing Partner Rochelle Korman and real estate partner Andrew L. Herz, the panel addressed such questions as:

  • Leasing versus condominium ownership
  • Tax-exempt bond financing issues
  • Real property tax issues
  • Unrelated business income tax, or UBIT, issues