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worked for a law firm in New York until he formed the law firm of
Lans, Feinberg, & Cohen (LFC) in 1968. In practice he was
primarily a commercial litigator until the early eighties, when
New York passed an equitable distribution law with respect to
divorce. Then he concentrated his practice on family law.
Stuart Becker (Becker) organized and promoted SAB Foam.
Becker was the sole shareholder of Scanbo Management, Ltd.
(Scanbo), which wholly owned SAB Management. Becker served as
the president of SAB Management and principal of Stuart Becker &
Co., P.C. (Becker Co.), an accounting firm that specialized in
tax matters. He does not have an engineering background, and he
is not an expert in plastics materials or plastics recycling.
In his practice Becker specialized in tax matters generally
and particularly in tax-advantaged investments, so he had
considerable experience involving so-called tax shelter
transactions. Becker received his B.S. degree in accounting from
New York University in 1964 and an M.B.A. in taxation from New
York University School of Business Administration in 1973. He
passed the certified public accountancy test in 1967 and was the
winner of the gold medal, awarded for achieving the highest score
on the examination for the year. Since early 1966, Becker has
practiced as an accountant in the tax area. From 1964 until
1972, he worked for the accounting firm of Touche, Ross & Co.,
and in 1972 he joined the accounting firm of Richard A. Eisner &
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