The late Martin I. Lubaroff was a member of the firm of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. He was recognized nationally as an expert on matters relating to alternative entities, including partnerships, limited liability companies, and statutory trusts. From 1983 until his death, Mr. Lubaroff served as the Chair of the Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association responsible for proposing the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and its amendments, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and its amendments, and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act and its amendments. As such, Mr. Lubaroff was a principal draftsman of the referenced statutes. A substantial portion of Mr. Lubaroff's practice dealt with matters relating to partnerships, limited liability companies, and statutory trusts. Mr. Lubaroff lectured and participated in continuing legal education programs throughout the country and internationally concerning limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships. He wrote articles and other material dealing with limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships, including co-authoring an article in The Business Lawyer titled “1988 Amendments of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act” and authoring an article in Insights dealing with limited liability partnerships, and co-authoring other articles dealing with limited liability companies. Mr. Lubaroff was The American Bar Association's Advisor to a project of The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to revise the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act . Mr. Lubaroff was a member of the Joint Editorial Board on Unincorporated Organizations of the American Bar Association and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Mr. Lubaroff also served on American Bar Association committees dealing with various aspects of partnership, limited liability company, statutory trust, and commercial law, and was a former Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Commercial Law Committee and Uniform Commercial Code Committee. Mr. Lubaroff was a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the Harvard Law School.
Paul M. Altman is a member of the firm of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. and is the Chairman of the firm's Business Department and heads the department's Alternative Entity Group. Mr. Altman's practice primarily involves alternative entities, including partnerships and limited liability companies. Mr. Altman is a current member of, and has served as the Chairman of, the Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association responsible for proposing amendments to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. He is an active member of the Committee on LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities of the American Bar Association (the “LPUE Committee”) and serves on its Editorial Board. Mr. Altman also served as the Chairman of the Limited Partnership Subcommittee of the LPUE Committee and was a member of the Task Force of the LPUE Committee studying the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. Mr. Altman is a member of the Joint Editorial Board on Uniform Unincorporated Organization Acts of the American Bar Association and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He is involved in both transactional matters and in providing substantive support for litigation matters. He has spoken on the subject of limited partnerships and limited liability companies at continuing legal education seminars, has co-authored chapters on limited partnerships and limited liability companies in Balotti and Finkelstein's, Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations, Second Edition (1990), and has co-authored articles on limited partnerships and limited liability companies, including an article in The Business Lawyer titled “Delaware Alternative Entities and the Implied Contractual Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Under Delaware Law,” an article in The Journal of Limited Liability Companies titled “Multiple Advantages Are Available To LLCs Formed under Delaware Law,” and an article in PUBOGRAM titled “Contractually Defining Duties of General Partners in Delaware Limited Partnerships.” Mr. Altman is a former Chairperson of the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. Mr. Altman is a graduate of Lehigh University and Villanova University School of Law where he served as a Case and Comment Editor of the Villanova Law Review.