Kostelanetz LLP attorneys have a long history of involvement in bar associations and often submit friend-of-the-court briefs in important cases. In this short video, Megan Brackney, Kostelanetz partner and Chair of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, describes the firm’s submission of a bar association amicus brief in the precedent-setting case, U.S. v. Kovel, 296 F.2d 918 (2d Cir. 1961).
In Kovel, Kostelanetz attorneys, led by Boris Kostelanetz and Jules Ritholz, submitted an amicus brief for the New York County Lawyers’ Association. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit accepted the position advanced by Kostelanetz, and attorneys have relied on this precedent for decades to protect certain confidential communications in tax cases.
Kostelanetz lawyers are involved with many bar associations, including the American Bar Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Federal Bar Council, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, the New York City Bar Association, the American College of Tax Counsel, and Litigation Counsel of America. The firm regularly files amicus briefs on behalf of bar associations and other organizations in major cases.