Jon A. Dorf, Esq.
Founder & Managing Partner
Almost two decades ago, Jon A. Dorf began his law career as a solo practitioner and has since expanded his firm, now known as Dorf & Nelson LLP, to include multiple practice areas, which in turn, are staffed with a full complement of attorneys, plus paralegals, administrative and financial professionals. The Firm now serves a variety of businesses, from burgeoning enterprises to major corporations.
The first priority of the professionals at Dorf & Nelson LLP is serving their clients, not only by providing solid legal counsel but also by serving as trusted advisors. Personally accessible to his clients, Jon further ensures his firm handles each case with an unwavering dedication to excellence and professionalism while simultaneously striving for innovative solutions designed to target client-centric oriented results.
Jon's personal areas of concentration include Corporate and Business Law, Real Estate Law and Intellectual Property Law; however, he consults with the Firm's professional staff and advises them regarding many of the Firm's other practice areas.
Experience
With years of service in the corporate arena, Jon skillfully advises his clients on complex transactions such as the sale and purchase of businesses, the negotiation of contracts, and the implementation of internal agreements (i.e., shareholder agreements, operating agreements, and related governance agreements). He also advises businesses on a wide range of matters from promoting businesses' growth via strategic planning to counseling businesses regarding litigation strategy as well as assisting with maintaining corporate compliance.
Dorf & Nelson LLP's dynamic commercial real estate practice handles large commercial purchases and sales, refinancings and leases. Jon and his real estate team have closed many high profile, large scale commercial real estate transactions. During the course of the last several years, under Jon's leadership, the firm's corporate and real estate departments have handled transactions totalling approximately three quarters of a billion dollars.
A diverse group of clients benefit from Jon's experience in the intellectual property field with matters including the procurement and maintenance of trademarks and copyrights, the licensing of intellectual property, the prosecution and defense of trademark and copyright issues as well as his counsel regarding general branding.
Appointed Positions
- Secretary, Westchester County Bar Association
- Chair, Westchester County Bar Association, Law Office Management Special Committee
- Board Member, Westchester County Bar Association
- Board Member, Executive Committee Member and General Counsel, Westchester Business Council
- President, Orienta Point Association, Inc. (neighborhood organization)
- Former Chair, New York State Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section
- Former Town Prosecutor, Town of Mamaroneck
- Former Member, Village of Mamaroneck, Harbor Commission
Awards and Accomplishments
- 2012 Equal Access to Justice Award recipient, an honor extended by Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
- New York Super Lawyers, 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Business Hall of Fame's Small Business Success Award, sponsored by The Business Council of Westchester and received on behalf of the Firm, 2009
- Pace Setter Award, for excellence in professional and community work, sponsored in part by Pace Law School and the Westchester County Bar Association, 2008
- Family Friendly Employment Policy Award, presented by the Westchester Women's Bar Association and received on behalf of the Firm, 2008
- Summit of Mount Rainier in Washington state, 14,410 above sea level, 2003
- New York City Marathon, 2002; New York City Triathlon, 2005
Presentations and Lectures
- 2011 co-presenter of a webinar for the Westchester County Bar Association entitled "Tech Tips to Enhance Profitability and Competitiveness"
- 2011 co-presenter of a CLE program entitled "BANKRUPTCY Defalcation and Rooker-Feldman Doctrine/Res Judicata"
- 2009 presenter at "Commercial Purchasing, Leasing and Workouts" seminar, sponsored by Skyline Title, Inc. and promoted in part by the Westchester County Bar Association and the Westchester Women's Bar Association
- 2008 guest speaker for Pace Law School's New Directions Program
- 2008 presenter at the Westchester Women's Bar Association Real Estate Expo on the subject of commercial real estate transactions
Degrees and Qualifications
A graduate of Connecticut College and Albany Law School of Union University, Jon is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Westchester County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York; in the United States Supreme Court; and in the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut.
Email: jdorf@dorflaw.com