David N. Feldman
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Biography
Feldman was born in 1960 in Long Island, New York. After attending Lawrence Woodmere AcademyLawrence Woodmere Academy
Lawrence Woodmere Academy, also known as "LWA," and "Woodmere Academy," is an independent school located in Woodmere, New York, United States. It is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the New York State Board of Regents....
, he then enrolled at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
where he was the program director of WQHS Radio
WQHS Radio
WQHS is the only wholly student-operated college radio station at the University of Pennsylvania. WXPN was the University's principal student radio station until 1975, with WQHS as an AM-based training ground for DJs. After 1975, WQHS became the official student radio station of the University,...
, Penn's radio station. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Penn in 1982. He then went to the University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The University of Pennsylvania Law School, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the Ivy League, it is among the oldest and most selective law schools in the nation. It is currently ranked 7th overall by U.S. News & World Report,...
, graduating in 1985. While in law school, he served as the editor in chief of the newspaper. He also embarked on a joint venture with Howard Griboff to purchase a radio station in Daytona Beach, Florida. Feldman was the chairman of the station while Griboff ran the station, but the station ultimately was sold at a loss.
Career
After law school, he worked as an associate attorney at Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, NY from 1985 to 1986, and at Fulbright & JaworskiFulbright & Jaworski
The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is one of the largest law firms in the United States with nearly 1,000 attorneys in over 50 practice areas. The firm was founded in Houston in 1919 by R. C. Fulbright, an attorney working in railway regulation, and J.H. Crooker, a litigator...
in Manhattan (formerly Reavis & McGrath) until 1988. Subsequently, he worked at Pryor Cashman LLP from 1988 to 1992, before starting a firm with a partner: Feldman and Ellenoff. He left Feldman and Ellenoff in 1996 to start his own firm, which became Feldman LLP. As of 2010, Feldman has been a partner at Richardson & Patel LLP.
His practice focuses on corporate and securities matters and general representation of public
Public company
This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...
and private companies
Privately held company
A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the...
, investment banks, private equity firms and high net worth individuals.
He is particularly interested in issues related to formation, management and acquisition of public shell companies and implementation of reverse mergers
Reverse takeover
A reverse takeover or reverse merger is the acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the private company can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public...
, in which a private company becomes publicly traded through a merger with a publicly held "shell" company. He has appeared on Bloomberg TV and National Public Radio and been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Inc. magazine, Financial Times article about SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley, USA Today, Market News First Forbes
Forbes
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, Entrepreneur, CFO magazine and others. In June 2005 he testified before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies. Feldman's blog, visited by thousands of professionals each month, offers insights on reverse mergers, SPACs, other alternatives to traditional initial public offerings, the small and microcap markets and the economy. He is also a regular contributor on entrepreneurship to Slate.com's small business site.
He is the former Chair of the Wharton School's alumni association, and is also the founder of the New York Business School Clubs, an association of New York-area business school alumni groups. He also serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of Channel Capital Management LLC, the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Lawrence Woodmere Academy, also known as "LWA," and "Woodmere Academy," is an independent school located in Woodmere, New York, United States. It is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the New York State Board of Regents....
, and the Board of Directors of Youth Renewal Fund.