doug gorman

Douglas J. Gorman - Weaving an Estate Plan Into a Succession Plan


Douglas J. Gorman concentrates his practice on corporate, commercial and business matters.  

He provides counsel to businesses at all stages of development.  He assists start-up companies and emerging businesses with formation, choice of entity, structuring and financing, including equity investing and crowdfunding.  He counsels all businesses, including family businesses, professional entities and not-for-profit organizations, on corporate governance, shareholder and member relations, fiduciary duty and shareholder and member disputes.  He also advises companies, their owners and executives on exit strategies and succession planning.

In his commercial practice, Mr. Gorman counsel clients on domestic and international commercial contracting for both consumer and business-to-business transactions, as well as on matters involving United States Free Trade Agreements, import and export issues and Harmonized Tariff Schedules.

Mr. Gorman’s corporate practice involves structuring and negotiating numerous types of asset and stock acquisitions and mergers of all sizes and complexities, leveraged acquisitions, stock-for-stock transactions, private placements, stock issuances, financing transactions and recapitalizations.

Mr. Gorman is also a regular author and lecturer on various business matters, including business valuations, succession planning, family business, private financing, international trade and small business.

Prior to co-founding the Firm, Mr. Gorman practiced in the Corporate, Banking and Finance departments of a large Upstate New York law firm and in the Mergers and Acquisitions group in the Wilmington, Delaware office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. 

EDUCATION

Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2006 

  • President, Justinian Honor Society
  • Order of the Coif
  • Editor-In-Chief, Syracuse Law Review
  • Chancellor's Scholar
  • Robert & Carolyn Dineen Scholar

Le Moyne College, B.S., summa cum laude, 1999

ADMISSIONS

  • New York
  • Delaware
  • United States District Court for the District of Delaware

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Director, Syracuse University Law Alumni Association
  • Advisory Board Member, Central New York International Business Association
  • Judge, CenterState CEO Emerging Business Competition
  • Judge, Whitman School of Management Capstone Competition
  • Judge, Panasci Business Plan Competition
  • Mentor, Syracuse Sandbox
  • Mentor, CenterState CEO Startup Labs
  • Legal Advisor, Whitman School of Management Entrepreneurship Program
  • Member, Onondaga County Bar Association
  • Member, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, Delaware State Bar Association
  • Former Director, 40 Below
  • Former Treasurer, Brookside Civic Association
  • Former Secretary, Brookside Civic Association