Kaufman, Paul C.

Paul Kaufman is a founding and senior partner in Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman, LLP.  Mr. Kaufman has been practicing law since 1974 in the Fort Lee area and specializes in land use and zoning matters and commercial real estate transactions, representing developers in some of the largest and most complex matters in Northern New Jersey.

Mr. Kaufman has also represented public entities and presently serves, amongst others, as general counsel to the Bergen County Board of Social Services together with various municipal planning boards in Bergen County. 

Mr. Kaufman has previously served as Mayor of the Borough of Leonia as well as a councilman in Leonia. Mr. Kaufman served as a Parliamentarian to the Bergen County Democratic Organization for a decade. Involved in his community, Mr. Kaufman also served as President of Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia and many years on its Board of Trustees. He also serves as a member of the Board in the townhouse complex in which he resides. 

Mr. Kaufman graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (and continues to be a strong supporter of Badgers’ football and basketball) and New York Law School.  Following law school, Mr. Kaufman served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Sherwin D. Lester in the Superior Court of New Jersey.  Mr. Kaufman is a member of the American New Jersey and Bergen County Bar Associations. 

Mr. Kaufman resides in Englewood, New Jersey with his wife.