Frederick R. Cummings, Jr.

With roots dating back to 1927, Warshaw Burstein, LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in New York City that has distinguished itself through superior and cost-effective legal services, and personalized client care and attention.

Warshaw Burstein, LLP is a mid-sized law firm, concentrating in the following practice areas: banking and finance, bankruptcy and reorganization, construction, corporate and securities, elder law, employment, fertility law, immigration, intellectual property, litigation, matrimonial and family law, real estate, tax, Title IX and college discipline and trusts and estates. We have comprehensive experience representing a wide range of international, national and local businesses of all sizes, as well as governmental authorities and many prominent families and individuals, in an extensive array of litigation and transactional matters.

At Warshaw Burstein, LLP, we strive to serve our clients with the highest levels of skill, quality and efficiency.

OUR PRACTICE IS FOUNDED ON:

• Experience — Many of our partners have decades of experience and our clients benefit from their formidable business and legal knowledge. The insight and expertise of our attorneys translate directly into exceptional advice and service.
• Personal and customized client service — Our attorneys work closely with clients to provide solutions tailored to each client’s specific needs. The long-standing relationships we have with many of our clients attest to the excellence of our service.
• Cost sensitivity — While providing outstanding service is our paramount concern, we maintain great vigilance in controlling costs by ensuring that matters are staffed efficiently and cost-effectively.
• International reach - We are members of the Euro-American Lawyers Group (EALG).

EURO-AMERICAN LAWYERS GROUP (EALG)

EALG is an international association of law firms founded in 1985. Member law firms are located in 28 global jurisdictions in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, South America and the United States. We believe we can serve our clients’ commercial interests and litigation needs in major world commercial centers best, by co-operating with quality lawyers in other countries who have local knowledge of, and immediate access to, the legal system operating in their own jurisdictions. Representation is vital in today’s dynamic market where legislation regulation and commercial practices are continually changing at both national and international levels. For more information about the EALG we invite you to visit http://ealg.com/.

“At Warshaw Burstein, we pride ourselves on having attracted and retained a talented group of attorneys who provide legal services of a quality at least equal to those of larger New York law firms, but with the personal client attention and cost structure of a boutique law firm.”

- Frederick R. Cummings, Jr., Managing Partner

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Mr. Cummings has in depth experience in a wide variety of corporate and business matters for individuals and both publicly and privately owned entities, ranging from start-ups to family held, to Fortune 500 clients, involving jurisdictions across the United States and around the world, including:

• choice and formation of tax-advantageous business entities, as well as winding up and dissolution
• complex mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, buyouts and joint ventures
• public and private offerings of securities and other equity interests
• sales and purchases of businesses
• lending and financing arrangements for both lenders and borrowers
• private equity, hedge funds and venture capital
• SEC and other regulatory compliance
• trademark and copyright licensing agreements
• distributorships and other commercial transactions
• reorganizations and restructurings
• executive employment and consultancy arrangements
• other employment related matters, including advice to both individuals and companies regarding federal and state discrimination laws

PRACTICES

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Banking and Finance

Corporate and Securities

Financial Services

Exempt Organizations

Specialty Industries

 

EDUCATION

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Dartmouth College, B.A., magna cum laude

University of Pennsylvania, School of Law, J.D.

 

ADMISSIONS

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Nueva York

Affiliations

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• Member, Board of Directors, League of Women Voters: Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester, New York, 2012 to date
• Member, Board of Directors, Mitral Foundation (Affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital), 2011-2012, and Assistant Secretary, 2015 to date
• Board of Trustees and Co-President, Rye (NY) Historical Society
• Rye (NY) Landmarks Commission
• Rye (NY) Central Business District Development Committee

 

Awards/Honors

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• University of Pennsylvania, School of Law, Member, Law Review
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated

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