Adrian Zuckerman of Seyfarth Shaw. Courtesy photo.Seyfarth Partner Tapped for Ambassador Post Reports $723K Partnership Income
Adrian Zuckerman, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to Romania, cited prominent New York real estate clients among his top sources of income.
August 16, 2018 at 07:18 PM
2 minute read
Adrian Zuckerman, a New York-based Seyfarth Shaw equity partner who is President Donald Trump's pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to Romania, reported earning $723,254 in a partnership share at the firm.
The amount would include pay from 2017 and part of this year. (Seyfarth Shaw's average profits per equity partner last year was $991,000, according to The American Lawyer.)
The figure was included in Zuckerman's government ethics disclosure, which also listed a law firm capital account valued between $100,001 to $250,000 and a loan between $50,000 to $100,000 to finance a capital account.
According to the White House announcement of his nomination, Zuckerman, who previously practiced at Epstein Becker & Green and Lowenstein Sandler, immigrated to the United States from Romania at the age of 10 and is fluent in Romanian.
Zuckerman's disclosure cites some prominent real estate clients of the firm as his top sources of income, including HAP Investments, developer of residential and commercial properties; Samson Management, which develops and manages residential and commercial properties; and Juster Development Co., a real estate investment company. Zuckerman is also an arbitrator of the Real Estate Board of New York.
Other top sources of income for Zuckerman include firm clients CohnReznick, an accounting firm, and Chopt Creative Salad Co., a chain of restaurants.
While Federal Election Commission records show Zuckerman donated to Trump's re-election campaign in January 2018, he has also contributed to some committees for Democrats in prior elections, including Hillary Clinton. He contributed to a committee supporting Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign for the 2008 election.
In a letter to U.S. State Department ethics officials, Zuckerman said after his withdrawal from Seyfarth Shaw he would receive a return of his capital account and his final pro rata partnership share distribution. He said he would also resign from his positions with the New York Law School Alumni Board and the Real Estate Board of New York.
Zuckerman declined to comment on the disclosures Thursday.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Mayor's Advisory Committee To Hold Hearing on Fitness of Judicial Candidates
2 minute read
Mayor's Advisory Committee To Hold Hearing on Fitness of Judicial Candidates
1 minute read
Mayor's Advisory Committee To Hold Hearing on Fitness of Judicial Candidates
2 minute readTrending Stories
- 1Call for Nominations: Elite Trial Lawyers 2025
- 2Senate Judiciary Dems Release Report on Supreme Court Ethics
- 3Senate Confirms Last 2 of Biden's California Judicial Nominees
- 4Morrison & Foerster Doles Out Year-End and Special Bonuses, Raises Base Compensation for Associates
- 5Tom Girardi to Surrender to Federal Authorities on Jan. 7
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
