With great sadness, the firm shares that Sheldon Amster has passed away.
Shelly became a Partner in the predecessor firm, Sydney, Seif & Amster, in 1982, after twenty years of government service. He joined the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department, as a Law Assistant in 1962, became the Executive Assistant for three Presiding Justices, and in 1974 was appointed Director of Administration of the Courts for the Second Judicial Department. At the firm he focused on estate planning, real estate and transactional work.
He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1954, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and from New York University School of Law in 1956 (cum laude), where he was the Decisions Editor on the Law Review. He was a member of both the New York State and Florida Bars.
We are deeply grateful for his many years of counsel, and we remain committed to serving the clients he cared for. Our thoughts are with his family.