Richard Reichler,Esq.

Mr. Reichler was formerly an Attorney Advisor, Office of the Chief Counsel Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. and Vice President, Tax Planning and Services and Deputy General Counsel, of the Long Island Lighting Company. He also acted as the National Director of Executive Compensation Planning while a Senior Tax Partner at Ernst & Young, P.C.'s New York office. He is currently with the law firm of Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP. Mr. Reichler is a 1955 graduate of Columbia College and a 1957 graduate of Columbia University Law School. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Tax Section), the International Fiscal Association, and the BNA Tax Management Advisory Board. Mr. Reichler is the author of “Leveraged Buyout Financing in Business Combinations and Restructuring,” and “The Limited Partnership as an Investment Vehicle.”