4500-member Business Law Section. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1970. Gold earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1973. He concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, investment funds and corporate restructurings. Active in the section, he served as chair of the Committee on Corporations and Other Business Entities, playing an active role in the enactment of significant amendments to New York's business corporation law and the adoption of the state's limited liability company law and revised limited partnership law.
Gold is a frequent lecturer on a variety of legal topics.
He has also published numerous legal articles. These groups publish material dealing with their fields of expertise, much of which is not available through commercial publishers. Sections also sponsor conferences, seminars and institutes, monitor legislation and conduct studies. The 67, 000-member New York State Bar Association is the official statewide organization of lawyers in New York and the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation.