1962
Mr. Alter receives a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College.
1965
Mr. Alter receives a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Cornell Law School and is admitted to practice in the state of New York.
1971
Mr. Alter becomes a Partner and is the Founder and Chair of the Real Estate Department of Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman (Now Cooley, LLP).
1972
Mr. Alter becomes the Chair of Young Leadership Division of UJA-Federation of New York.
1973
Mr. Alter becomes a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Real Property Section of the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
1974
Mr. Alter becomes a Director of the New York Association for New Americans, Inc. (NYANA); the largest refugee resettlement organization in New York.
1975
Mr. Alter receives the International Award for Young Leadership from the Council of Jewish Federations of the United States and Canada at its general assembly.
1976
Mr. Alter becomes President of NYANA.
1978
Mr. Alter becomes a member of the Executive Committee of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
1980
Mr. Alter becomes member of the Committee on New Developments in Real Estate Law and Practice of the American Bar Association.
1983
Mr. Alter becomes a Trustee of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).
1984
Mr. Alter serves as a lecturer at The Real Estate Institute (now the Schack Institute of Real Estate) of New York University and becomes a member of ALTA.
1988
Mr. Alter is the Founder and Chair of the Real Estate Specialists of the Lawyers Division of UJA-Federation of New York.
1989
Mr. Alter becomes a Partner and Co-head of the Real Estate Department of Jones Day LLP of New York.
1990
Mr. Alter is the Guest of Honor at the Inaugural Dinner of the Real Estate Specialists of the Lawyers Division of UJA-Federation of New York.
1994
Mr. Alter is appointed Initial Managing Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig, LLP in New York City and becomes the Founder of the Real Estate Department of the New York Office at Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
2000
Mr. Alter becomes a Trustee and Member of the Executive Committee of the Citizens Budget Commission, Inc.
2004
Mr. Alter serves as General Counsel for Citizens Budget Commission, Inc.
2004
Mr. Alter becomes a member of the Competitiveness Committee and the Education Finance Committee of Citizens Budget Commission, Inc., as well as the Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in New York.
2015
Mr. Alter enters into a career in real estate consulting.