Richard M. Contino

Richard M. Contino, Managing Director, is an internationally-recognized capital equipment leasing expert, with an extensive legal, business, marketing, tax, transaction structuring, financial and management background. He is an advisor on all types of start-up, and on-going, capital equipment leasing business activities for lessors, lease lenders and syndicators, equipment vendors, lease investors and corporate lessees. In addition, Mr. Contino conducts equipment leasing and business seminars throughout the United States for professional organizations, as well as for private corporations.

Author of:

  • The Complete Equipment-Leasing Handbook, Amacom Books, 2002
  • Complete Book of Equipment Leasing Agreements, Forms, Worksheets & Checklists, AMACOM Books, 1997
  • Handbook of Equipment Leasing-A Deal Maker's Guide, AMACOM Books, Second Edition, 1996 (First Edition, 1989)
  • Negotiating Business Equipment Leases, Second Edition, AMACOM Books, 1998 (First Edition, 1995)
  • Legal and Financial Aspects of Equipment Leasing Transactions, Prentice-Hall, 1979
  • The Franchising Handbook, AMACOM Books, 1993 (contributing finance author)
  • Trust Your Gut! - Practical Ways to Develop and Use Your Intuition, AMACOM Books, 1996
  • Business Emotions - Breaking Through Barriers to Success, Wordware Publishing Co., 1989

Professional Speaker:

Mr. Contino conducts private on-site and publicly-held negotiation, finance, communication, and business success seminars throughout the United States. His public seminar clients have included seminar and professional organizations such as:

  • Equipment Leasing Association
  • American Management Association
  • National Seminars Group
  • University of California Graduate School of Law
  • Practicing Law Institute
  • Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education

His corporate training on-site seminar clients have included companies such as:

  • AT&T
  • Texas Instruments Corporation
  • EXXON Corporation
  • NYNEX

Professional Licenses, Affiliations and Listings:

  • Member of the Bar, State of New York
  • Member of the Bar, State of Maryland
  • Member of the Bar, District of Columbia
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Listed, Who's Who of American Law
  • Listed, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders
  • Listed, Who's Who in the World
  • Listed, The International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement

Education:

  • LL.M., Corporate Law, New York University Graduate School of Law
  • Juris Doctor, University of Maryland School of Law
  • Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

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