Leiter and Pepper join Meltzer Lippe as associates in the firm

Litigator Monica Leiter and attorney Phillip Pepper have joined Long Island's business law firm, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP, as associates. Leiter is the third experienced litigator the firm has brought in over the last three months, in response to a growing demand for litigation services. She comes to Meltzer Lippe from Goodwin Procter, having worked in that firm's Boston and N.Y. offices over the past five years. She also acted as a special assistant district attorney at the Brooklyn district attorney's office as part of its partners in prosecution program. She received her Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School magna cum laude. She received a master's degree in Public Health from Boston University, School of Public Health with a concentration in health law and graduated cum laude from Rosemont College. She is admitted to practice before the N.Y. and Mass. state courts and the eastern and southern districts of N.Y., as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Leiter is a member of the N.Y. Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association. Pepper will work in the firm's tax and trusts & estates practice. At Meltzer Lippe, he practices federal and state tax law, estate planning and compensation and benefits. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced federal and state tax law for more than four years as a tax associate in the N.Y.C. office of Kronish, Lieb. Before that, he practiced tax law and estate planning in the Hackensack, N.J. office of Cole, Schotz. Pepper earned his law degree with honors at the George Washington University Law School and an L.L.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of California, Berkeley. He is admitted to practice in N.Y., N.J. and California.