David was President of he Historic Districts Council(2003- 2007); he is Chair of Preserve & Protect, Inc., President of the Friends of the Alice Austen House, and on the board of the Preservation League of Staten Island. He is the past president of Staten Islanders for a Unified New York and the St. George Civic Association. He is also active in the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has written extensively on civic and legal issues including two op-eds in the New York Times. He was featured on August 22nd, 2003, in a "Public Lives" column in the New York Times and on August 26th 2003, in a column in the Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin). His promotion of neighborhood and historic preservation on the World Wide Web has received extensive coverage including articles in Preservation, the Magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the New York Times and a Year 2000 Statewide Preservation Award from the Preservation League of New York State.

David is married to Elizabeth K. Goldfarb, a school librarian at Booker T. Washington Middle School (MS 54) in Harlem and a consultant for the Staten Island Children's Museum. Liz was formerly a staff developer for New Visions for Public Schools. Their son Daniel K. Goldfarb graduated in 1999 from M.I.T.

David'a Twitter page is at http://twitter.com/davidgoldfarb.

EDUCATION:

New York University School of Law

• J.D. Degree conferred May 1972

University of Wisconsin- Madison

• B.A. Degree conferred June 1969
• President, Wisconsin Student Association (1968-69)

VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

Historic Districts Council

• President ( July 2003- 2007); Vice President (1999 - 2003); Board of Directors & Advisors (1993 - Present); Chair Legal Committee (2001- present).
• The Historic Districts Council is the advocate of the Historic Districts of New York City.
• David was the attorney for the petitioners in Historic Districts Council, et al vs. New York University School of Law, the lawsuit brought to save the Edgar Allen Poe House and the Judson House near Washington Square in Greenwich Village. A preliminary injunction stayed the demolition of the buildings and although the petition was later dismissed, the case was settled while on appeal. The settlement called for a lower building than planned, recreating the streetscapes where Judson House and Poe House stood, and incorporating elements from the original buildings and providing an interior space for use by groups to commemorate Poe.

Preservation League of Staten Island

• Board of Directors (1991 - Present)
• The Preservation League of Staten Island supports landmarks and historic districts on Staten Island.
• David has advocated for various landmarks on Staten Island including the designation of the St. George - New Brighton Historic District, the Kreisherville Workers Houses and the 120 Precinct building. He has worked as part of a city-wide coalition to save, restore and adaptively reuse the buildings at the New York City Farm Colony- Seaview Hospital Historic District.

Preserve & Protect, Inc.

• Chair (1996- present)
• Preserve & Protect, Inc. is a not-for-profit that promotes historic preservation and environmental protection by providing groups with World Wide Web sites. Preserve & Protect received a Year 2000 Statewide Preservation Award from the Preservation League of New York State and receives a continuing grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.
• Preserve & Protect has assisted over twenty historic preservation and environmental protection groups to enter the electronic age. It created the original web sites for the Municipal Arts Society, The New York Landmarks Conservancy, The Preservation League of New York State and numerous borough and community preservation groups.
• In the wake of the World Trade Center destruction, Preserve & Protect established and maintained an inventory of historic and cultural resources in the vicinity of the World Trade Center.

Friends of Alice Austin House

• President (2010)
• Member, Board of Directors (2003-2008, 2010)
• Counsel (2004-2009)
• Friends of Alice Austin House maintain Clear Comfort (a.k.a. The Alice Austen House) the former home of Alice Austen an important 19th Century photographer.

Art Deco Society of New York

• Member, Advisory Committee (2005-present)

Friends of Dorothy Day Cottages

• Secretary (1999-2001)
• David has been one of the chief advocates for preserving Spanish Camp and the Dorothy Day Cottages. He acted as the attorney for Friends of Dorothy Day Cottages and assisted in obtaining its charter from the New York State Board of Regents and a tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service. He attempted to negotiate a transfer of part of Spanish Camp from the developer to the City or a not-for-profit. He continues to work with a city-wide coalition to designate a Spanish Camp Historic District and to preserve the remaining cottages.
• David participated on a November 29th, 2007, panel at Wagner College on Spanish Camp sponsored by the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Staten Islanders for A Unified New York (SIUNY)

• President (1992 - 1995)
• Staten Islanders for a Unified New York led the fight to keep Staten Island as part of New York City.
• David debated against numerous advocates for secession including an appearance with Guy Molinari on "Good Day New York" moderated by Gabe Pressman. David wrote an op ed for the New York Times (October 25, 1993) and Staten Island Advance (November 30, 1992).

St. George Civic Association

President (March 1988 - March 1992) The St. George Civic Association is the voice of Staten Island's North Shore community closest to the Staten Island Ferry. David advocated for The St. George-New Brighton Historic District; he opposed the plan for a high rise St. George Seaport development and was instrumental in having its Environmental Impact Statement disapproved by the City Planning Commission.

Staten Island Democratic Association (SIDA)

The Staten Island Democratic Association is the progressive Democratic Club on Staten Island. David & Liz Goldfarb received the Peggy Johnston Club Service Award in 2000. For many years David and Liz hosted the club's annual Summer fund raisers.

• Board Member (1999- 2001); Vice President (1995 - 1998); Social Secretary (1994); As Social Secretary David organized the annual SIDA fund raiser. David has been a club member since 1973. He previously edited the club newsletter and maintained the club web site.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

New York State Bar Association

• Member, Electronic Communications Committee (formerly Electronic Communications Task Force) (1996-present)
• Member, Electronic Filing Task Force (2005-2007)
• Trusts & Estates Law Section:
  • Chair, Committee on Technology (1998- 2006, 2010)
  • Chair, Committee on Persons Under Disability (1996 - 1997)
  • Vice Chair, Committee on Law of the Elderly (1992 - 1997)

• Elderlaw Section:
  • Delegate 13th Judicial District to Executive Committee (2009-2010)
  • Chair, Committee on Technology (2001 - 2007)
  • Delegate at Large to Executive Committee (2000- 2001)

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

• Chair, Committee on the Legal Problems of the Aging (1996 - 1999)
• Member, Committee on Trusts, Estates & Surrogate's Courts (1996)
• Member, Committee on the Legal Problems of the Elderly (1991 - 1995)

Honors:

New York Super Lawyers 2008 & 2009

Achieved the highest rating (AV) in Martindale-Hubbell

The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Elder Law - 2010 edition

TEACHING:

New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Department of Finance, Law and Tax

• Adjunct Associate Professor, Elder Law Certificate Program
• Course: Government Benefit & Entitlement Programs (1997, 1999, 2000)
• Chair, Seminar on Advanced Elder Law Planning (2001)

New School for Social Research:

• Course: ELDERLAW (1990 to 1996)

City University of New York:

• Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Bronx Community College, Paralegal Studies Program
• Course: Legal Advocacy (Fall 1983 and 1984)

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

New York Elderl Law(formerly New York Guide to Tax, Estate & Financial Planning for the Elderly) with Joseph Rosenberg (Lexis-Matthew Bender, 1999-2009)

St. George with James G. Ferreri (Arcadia, 2009)

Stapleton with James G. Ferreri (Arcadia, to be published in 2010)

Articles on Staten Island Secession:

"Dialog: Staten Island Fights City Hall--Don't Secede" New York Times, Op-Ed (October 25, 1993).

"Commission can't obscure secession's downside," Staten Island Advance (Op-Ed Page) November 30, 1992.

"Secession: Some tough questions, some hard answers--Road to independence is fraught with unknowns," Staten Island Sunday Advance (Perspective Section) May 31, 1992.

Articles on Medicaid:

"Trusts in Medicaid Planning" New York Law Journal, July 2000.

"Death Penalty II-Pataki Also Goes After the Aged" with Connie Zuckerman, New York Times, Op-Ed (March 17, 1995).

"New York Notes" Contributing Writer, NAELA News (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys) 1993 - 1995

Articles on New York State Medicaid Law, Trusts & Estates Law Section Newsletter (New York State Bar Association) Spring 1995, Fall 1994, Spring 1994, Summer 1992.

Articles on Trusts and Estates:

"Practice Alert: Overview of Supplemental Needs Trusts" in Estate Planner's Alert (Research Institute of America) April 1997.

"Supplemental Needs Trusts" in Matthew Bender's Warren's Heaton on Surrogate Court Practice (Chapter 189, Pub. 780/ Rel.76) 1997.

"Supplemental needs trusts established for persons with severe and chronic or persistent disabilities" with Nancy R. Stone in Matthew Bender's New York Civil Practice-EPTL (Vol. 9A Part 2, Pub. 806/ Rel.45).

"Supplemental Needs Trusts for Disabled Persons" with Nancy R. Stone, The New York State Bar Journal (July/August 1995).

"Supplemental Needs Trusts: The New Law" Outside Counsel Column, New York Law Journal, Sept. 30, 1993.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:

As an attorney with the Legal Aid Society and in private practice David Goldfarb has argued appeals and tried cases in every level of federal and state court including the United States Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the New York State Court of Appeals.

Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP
(formerly Goldfarb & Abrandt)

• Managing Partner: November 1991 - present
• The firm concentrates in health law, elder law, trusts and estates, and the rights of the elderly and disabled.
• David maintains the firm's website SeniorLaw.com

Fatoullah Goldfarb & Abrandt

• Partner: May 1989 - November 1991
• The firm concentrated in health law, elder law, trusts and estates.

The Legal Aid Society - Civil Division

• Director of Training and Planning - Civil Division: October 1984 - May 1989
• Attorney-in-Charge - Bronx Neighborhood Office: May 1979 - October 1984
• Attorney-in-Charge - Brooklyn Office for the Aging: July 1978 - April 1979
• Staff Attorney - Staten Island Neighborhood Office: August 1972 - July 1978

David Goldfarb can be reached at goldfarb@seniorlaw.com
or at
Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP.David'a Twitter page is at http://twitter.com/davidgoldfarb.

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