Ira M. Starr

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Special Counsel to numerous banks and financial institutions involved in complex mortgage financings, industrial development bonds and asset-based lending.
• General counsel to business and industrial corporations with annual sales ranging from $800 million to $2 billion.
• Lead counsel in numerous corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions and venture capital transactions.
• Lead counsel for complex developmental real estate projects, including office buildings, shopping centers, warehouses, office and residential condominiums and housing projects for senior citizens, low-to moderate income and assisted living.
• General counsel to non-profit agencies engaged in programs in health care, affordable housing, community services, food bank service activities and battered and disadvantaged women.
• Senior Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Trading and Markets, 1962-1966.
• Attorney Advisor, United States Internal Revenue Service 1961-1962.
• Arbitrator and frequent Panel Chair, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1980-present.
• President, Temple B'nai Abraham of Essex County, 1991-1995.
• Member, Board of Trustees, Visiting Homemakers Service of Hudson County, 1975-2002.
• Member, Board of Trustees and Financial Secretary, Jewish Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, 1985-1986.
• American Bar Association, Member of Subcommittee of Lender Liability, Subcommittee on Financing Low Income and Affordable Housing and Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions.
• Hudson County District Ethics Committee, 1989-1993.

Published Works

• Contributor, Foreclosure Laws and Procedures, ABA Section of Real Property Publication

• Commercial Transactions and Business Counseling
• Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Arbitration

• District of Columbia
• New Jersey

• University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Rutgers University