Education

Yale Law School, J.D.
Cornell University, Bachelor's, with distinction

Bar Admissions

New York

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Harold A. Segall

Of Counsel
New York
t: 212-513-3394

Harold A. Segall, a member of the Private Wealth Services group, practices in the areas of corporate and commercial law and trusts and estates. He is experienced in the organization and financing of enterprises; the purchase and sale of companies; the organization and activities of joint ventures; and counseling clients with respect to antitrust compliance and other important business areas, including the avoidance of litigation and the overall management of litigation.

Mr. Segall acts as a fiduciary of trusts and estates.

Mr. Segall represented the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico in negotiating major Note Purchase Agreements for the agencies of Puerto Rico, and in other financing matters, and also represented other important enterprises in Puerto Rico, including Caribbean Refining Company and, later, certain matters for Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, the organization, leasing and affairs of the company owning the Puerto Rico Sheraton Hotel and the purchase and sale of Puerto Rico businesses.

Mr. Segall was a visiting lecturer at the Yale Law School from 1974 to 1975 and at the Yale School of Organization and Management from 1983 to 1985. Mr. Segall was a visiting lecturer and adjunct professor at Fordham Law School during the spring of 2001. Mr. Segall also has given seminars to law firms and has written extensively.

He was counsel to The Governors Club, New York, from its inception under Governor Rockefeller until the completion of Governor Wilson's term.

While attending law school, Mr. Segall was a member of the Order of the Coif and editor of the Yale Law Journal from 1939 to 1941.

Professional Honors & Awards

  • Who's Who In America

Memberships

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
  • American Bar Association
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • State University at Purchase, Past Council Member (1974-1979)
  • Philip D. Reed Foundation, Past Director
  • Caribbean Refining Company, Past Director
  • Enterprise Hotel Development Corporation, Past Director
  • Oneida Knitting Mills, Past Director
  • Pearson Pharmacal Company, Past Director

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court

Published Articles & Books

  • "Drafting: An Essential Skill," January 2003
  • "Drafting: An Essential Skill," Fordham Urban Law Journal, XXX, No. 3, 01/01/2003
  • "Then and Now: The Commercial Practice of Law for Over Fifty Years," Fordham Urban Law Journal, XXX, No. 3, 01/01/1997
  • "An Executive’s Lesson in the Law from a Typical Business Encounter," Fordham Urban Law Journal XXIII, No. 2, 01/01/1996
  • "How to Keep Improving a Highly Successful Law Firm," Practical Lawyer, 10/01/1994
  • "Seventeen Suggestions for Improving Communications with Clients and Colleagues," The Practical Lawyer (Reprinted 1995, Selected Readings, Management and Accounting Practice, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) , 04/01/1994
  • "Providing for Withdrawal from a Joint Venture (co-authored withwith M.S. Sirkin) ," Practical Lawyer, 01/01/1982
  • "How to Prepare Legal Opinions (co-authored with J.A. Arouh)," Practical Lawyer, 06/01/1979
  • "Representing the Seller of a Closely-Held Business," Practical Lawyer (Reprinted in Buskirk and Vaughn, Managing New Enterprises), 04/01/1973
  • "Estate Planning for the Corporate Executive (co-authored with R.B. Kelly)," Tax Management, 01/01/1971
  • "Estate Planning Comes to Puerto Rico (co-authored with R.B. Kelley and Herbert S. McConnell)," American Bar Association Journal, 05/01/1969