About David A. Holstein
David is a member of the law firm Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC, and serves on its Board of Managers. His practice areas include trusts and estates, business transactions, agriculture, tax planning and advocacy, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, not-for-profit organizations and health care. In the area of trusts and estates, David's practice includes estate, retirement, business succession and tax planning, and probate and trust administration for individuals, estates and trusts, family-owned businesses, private foundations and charitable organizations. David's business law practice includes commercial and personal representation of, and strategic planning for, business and professional clients, including representation on executive compensation and buy-sell issues, structural, transactional and tax-related matters, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and sales of business assets and entities, negotiation of financial transactions and the private offering of securities. In the area of agricultural law, David represents dairy farms and vegetable growers in New York and Florida with respect to tax, business succession and related matters. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees David A. Holstein included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated Super Lawyer, 2009 - 2011 Other Sources of Feedback About David A. Holstein Included on the 2025Upstate New York Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2016 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2013 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2012 New York Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list 2011 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2010 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2009 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2008 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975
- J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Harvard College, 1972
- B.A.
Past Positions
- Lead attorney in a $55 million sale of a privately held high technology business to a public company
- Lead attorney in the establishment of a biodiesel processing and soybean-crushing facility
Published Works
Articles
- Estate & Succession Planning Tax Relief: The Golden Window of Opportunity in the Next 20 Months, May, 2011
- Trust Your Planning: A Comprehensive Review of Trust Planning and Drafting Techniques," presented to the New York State Bar Association, May, 2007
- Bequests Can Make for Lasting Gifts, March, 2005
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1976
- Florida, 1981
- Pennsylvania, 1981
Other Affiliations
- New York State Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
Attorney Details
| Full Name | David A. Holstein |
| Firm | Bousquet Holstein PLLC |
| Address | 110 West Fayette Street, One Lincoln Center, Suite 1000, Syracuse, NY 13202 |
| Phone | 315-667-2532 |
| Phone | 315-423-2854 |
| Website | bhlawpllc.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |