Richard J. Razook

Richard Razook has practiced law for 50 years representing individuals, partner-ships and corporations engaged in international business and investments within and outside the United States. Richard has done substantial legal work in the areas of income tax aspects of investment, real property transactions, and domestic and international estate planning and structuring. Tax work has included advising on the creation and qualification of tax-exempt charitable organizations in domestic and international cases.

While engaged in the full-time practice of law, Richard taught as an adjunct professor for many years at the University of Miami School of Law and the Kennan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard also was a certified public accountant practicing in the early part of his career with the international accounting firm of Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (the prede-cessor firm to KPMG Peat Marwick).

Richard is conversant in Spanish. He is able to communicate with clients in Spanish regarding com-mercial matters and coordinate his professional advice with Spanish-speaking foreign legal counsel.