Meet The Team
Joseph Goldburd founded the firm in 1983 after his tenures with Becker & London and Ernst & Whinney. He received his LL.M from New York University, his J.D. from New York Law School and his Bachelor of Science in accounting from Brooklyn College.
Steven Goldburd joined the firm after his tenure as Managing Attorney at the Law Offices of Donald G. Koch. Prior to that, he worked at Deloitte & Touche, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Geller & Company. He received his LL.M from New York Law School and his J.D. from Fordham University School Law. He was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers for the years 2020 through 2022, Super Lawyers Rising Stars for the years 2016 & 2017 and the Top 40 Under 40 Tax Lawyers in the State of New York by the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA) for the years 2015-2019.
Benjamin Goldburd joined the firm after working in the accounting and private equity fields. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he served as a student-attorney for the University's Tax Clinic and obtained his Bachelor of Science magna cum laude in accounting from Brooklyn College. In addition to Tax, Benjamin's practice expands the Firm's reach into M&A and Corporate Law. He has been recognized as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Tax Lawyers in the State of New York by the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA) for 2017-2019. He was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2022 and has been recognized as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Tax Lawyers in the State of New York by the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA) for 2017-2019.
Barry Brick joined the firm after working for Marks Paneth LLP, Clarfield, Okun, Salomone & Pincus, P.L & the Queens County District Attorney's Office. He received his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law, where he served as a student-attorney for the University's Tax Clinic and obtained his Bachelor of Arts cum laude in economics from Yeshiva University. He was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2022.
Michelle Strom Esq. joined the firm after working for Tadmor & Tadmor LLP, O'Neil & Hauser PC and The Law offices of Stephen Kuzma. She received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and obtained her Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Thanatology from the University of Rhode Island.
Aliya Siddiqui Esq. joined the firm after working for Curcio Mirzaian Sirot LLC, LifePlan Lawyer & The Department of Homeland Security. She received her J.D. from Emory University Law School and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Human Health with a minor in Political Science from Emory University.
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Alexa Jeacoma joined the firm after working as a law clerk at Penn State Law's Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, where she represented startup companies and low-income entrepreneurs. She received her J.D. from Penn State Law and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration magna cum laude from Coastal Carolina University's Honor Program.
Murray Weber has been practicing law since 1969. His experience includes expertise in tax procedure, tax reduction and tax fraud, partnership tax law, entertainment client representation, taxpayer representation in the Tax Court and Federal Courts, 1031 tax free exchanges, and mergers and acquisitions. He received his LLM from NYU Law School, his JD from Columbia Law School, his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BS from Boston University, all with honors. As a tax attorney for entertainment clients, he developed an expertise in partnership formations and real estate development and he has developed several properties in Southern CA. Murry has worked at PriceWaterhouse, Arnold and Porter in Washington DC and Kaplan Livingston in Beverly Hills, CA.
Brian Ketcham is a tough defense attorney concentrating on white collar cases and civil and criminal tax controversies. He has represented clients before the U.S. Tax Court, the IRS, and state tax authorities and other federal courts.
Brian joined the firm as Of-Counsel in 2023 and has been in solo practice since 2020. He. has worked at Kostelanetz & Fink (now Kostelanetz LLP) and prior to that, completed two federal clerkships at the United States District Court: first as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Joan M. Azrack and, thereafter, as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf.
He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and holds the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) accreditation.
He was selected for inclusion in NY Super Lawyers since 2021 and Super Lawyers Rising Stars for the years 2014 - 2019 and has been listed as a NY Best Lawyer since 2022.
Samuel Plutchok experience includes establishing and full service legal support of all types of non-profit institutions, as well as managing ultra high net worth estate planning and post death estate and trust administration. Samuel’s experience has been working in the tax and estate planning groups of several prestigious international law firms.
He received his J.D. from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where he served as an Associate Editor on Law Review. He obtained his L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.
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