Jerome M. Hesch, Esq.
(305) 932-2000 or (305) 502-9504
2775 Sunny Isles Blvd
North Miami, FL 33160
MEMBERSHIPS
Tax Management Advisory Board
Wealth Strategies Journal Advisory Board
ACTEC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, Florida, Of Counsel, June, 1997 to October, 2008.
Florida International University School of Law, Miami, Florida, Adjunct Professor, Spring 2009.
University of Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York, Adjunct Professor, January 2005 and January 2006. Taught one week advanced income tax bridge course (with Prof. Kenneth Joyce).
University of Miami School of Law, Miami, Florida; Adjunct Professor, LL.M. Programs in Estate Planning and Taxation, June, 1986 to present. Interim Director, LL.M. Program in Estate Planning, November, 1983 to May, 1986; Associate Professor, September, 1981 to August, 1986; Visiting Professor, 1980-81 academic year.
Nova University School of Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Adjunct Professor, Spring, 1992; Spring 1990; Summer 1985.
St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida; Associate Professor, September, 1986 to May, 1992, Adjunct Professor Spring 1994.
Albany Law School, Union University, Albany, New York; Associate Professor, September, 1977 to August, 1981; Assistant Professor, September, 1975 to August, 1977. On leave 1980-81.
Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., Office of Chief Counsel, September, 1970 to August, 1975.
COURSES TAUGHT
Federal Income Taxation Wills and Trusts
Partnership Taxation Divorce Transactions Workshop
Corporate Taxation Administrative Law
Estate Planning Workshop Estate and Gift Taxation
Tax Policy Seminar Legal Accounting
Real Estate Taxation Advanced Income Taxation
RELATED LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Assisted in the drafting of “Comments of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the ABA on Exchanges of Property for an Annuity” (January 16, 2007).
National Association of Estate Planning Councils, Preparation of a bank of objective examination questions to be used for the annual examination providing the designation "Accredited Estate Planner", October, 1994 to November, 1995.
Drafting Committee on the Revised Uniform Partnership Act, Florida Bar Business Law Section and Florida Bar Tax Law Section; Co-chairman of Articles IX and X, April, 1993 to May, 1995.
Estate Planning and Probate Certification Committee, Florida Bar, March, 1989 to June, 1992. Preparation of a bank of 250 objective questions for use in the annual certification examinations.
Silverstein and Mullens, Washington, D.C., June, 1987 to December, 1987. Editor and contributing author to The Tax Practice Series (Tax Management-BNA).
Florida Governor's Unitary Tax Study Commission, Member; December, 1983 to May, 1984. Co-drafter of Commission's Report to the Governor.
Tax Certification Committee, the Florida Bar, January 1983 to May, 1984. Assisted in the preparation of examination questions for the annual certification examinations.
New York State Tax Commission, Hearing Officer, Albany, New York; June, 1979 to August, 1981. Part-time administrative law judge for hearings between taxpayers and the Department of Taxation and Finance; decisions appealable to Appellate Division, New York State Court of Appeals.
University of Michigan, Graduate School of Business Administration, Graduate Teaching Fellow, 1966-67. Taught Introduction to Accounting. Graduate research assistant on the use of econometric models to predict the effects of changes in the tax laws on the economy.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO, Buffalo, NewYork
J.D., May, 1970
Class rank: Top 10%.
Honors: "cum laude," Law Review
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
M.B.A., April, 1967
Class rank: Top 10%
Honors: "with distinction" (equivalent to cum laude), Tuition scholarship.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
B.A., April, 1966
Class rank: Top 10%
Honors: "with distinction" (equivalent to cum laude), Beta Alpha Psi (accounting honorary).
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York and Florida Bars.
Honors: Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, AV rated