Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP history

Just a few years earlier, in June of 1965, Lew was privileged to have graduated from Harvard Law School.

Then in 1968 Lew left the English firm, against everybody’s advice, and hung out a shingle.

For almost two years before that Lew had been practicing solo as a tax and real estate lawyer. It was in the beginning of June 1970 that Lew Meltzer formed the firm with his good friend Henry Levinson and Henry’s uncle Ted Rothenberg.

Forty three years later none could be more pleased with the firm that exists today and its success.Shelly Goldstein arrived in 1976 to become head of real estate while Lew focused more and more on tax law.

But, in 1977 a client insisted Lew commence an arbitration proceeding against his partner in a dental practice.

The combination worked very well and the firm grew rapidly through the 1980’s.

For instance, in 2012 this team closed two highly unusual commercial real estate deals in Soho valued at more than $160 million and in the process broke the per building square foot sale price record for retail property in Soho.

While the statute does not define “applicant,” this follows an earlier 2017 ban, which prohibited all New York State government agencies and departments from requesting a salary history from prospective public employees until after an offer of employment is extended.

On January 1, 2018, after having been managing partner for 48 years, Lew took over the role of chairman of the firm when David Heymann was elected to be the firm’s managing partner to lead the firm to its next levels of strength and growth.