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McCabe & Mack represents clients throughout the Hudson Valley from New York City to the Albany area, in state and federal courts at all levels. McCabe & Mack has earned a reputation for creative, cost-effective approaches to complex disputes both inside the courtroom and out. In our second century of service, our firm bears the same high standards and commitment to professional excellence that have guided its practice from the beginning.

The firm of McCabe & Mack has evolved and grown over the years to meet our clients' emerging needs. Our attorneys have a strong service ethic that has contributed to long-standing client relationships with local, regional and national businesses, not-for-profit organizations, financial institutions, municipalities, individuals and families.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Civil Appeals, Collections, Commercial Banking, Commercial Law, Commercial Mortgages, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation and Tax Certiorari Law, Condominium Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Creditors Rights, Criminal Law, Defense Litigation, Elder Care, Elder Law, Entertainment Contracts, Environmental Law, Estate Planning and Administration, Family Law, Federal Litigation, Fraud, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, Leases and Leasing, Liquor Licensing, Liquor Liability, Litigation, Mediation, Medicare and Medicaid, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mortgages, Municipal Law, Negligence, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Probate, Products Liability, Property Tax Appeals, Real Estate, Residential Real Estate, Tax Certiorari, Tort Defense, Tort Liability, Trusts and Estates Taxation, Trusts and Estates, Wills, Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Representative Clients:

Amica Mutual Insurance Co.
Anderson Center for Autism
BP Global Alliance
Bridgeway Federal Credit Union
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
The Chazen Companies
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
City of Poughkeepsie
City of Newburgh
Community Mutual Insurance Co.
County of Dutchess
Cumberland Farms, Inc
Dick's Concrete Co., Inc.
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Fidelity National Title Ins. Co.
Gasland Petroleum, Inc.
Thomas Gleason, Inc.
Hazeldon Foundation
Hertz Claim Management
HSBC Bank USA
KeyBank National Association
Kingston Nissan
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co.
McDonald's USA, LLC
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Mount Saint Mary College
New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Pine Bush Equipment Co., Inc.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, LLC
Salisbury Bank & Trust Co.
Sterling Insurance Co.
Stewart Title Insurance Co.
Toll Brothers, Inc.
Tower Risk Management
Town of Poughkeepsie
Trident Insurance Company
United General Title Insurance Co.
USAA Casualty Insurance Co.
Vermont Mutual Insurance Co.
Village of Millbrook
Village of Rhinebeck
Vornado Realty Trust
Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard
• Discover

Address

63 Washington Street P.O. Box 509
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602-0509, (Dutchess Co.)

Phone

Phone: 845-486-6800
Fax: 845-486-7621

Website

http://www.mccm.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only

MEMBERS OF FIRM

J. Joseph McGowan (Member) born Newburgh, New York, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, New York; 1962, U.S. Military Court of Appeals; 1966, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., cum laude, 1958); Harvard University (J.D., 1961). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association (Treasurer, 1981-1984; President, 1988-1989); New York State Bar Association (Member: House of Delegates, 1984-1985; Member, Real Property Section and Business Law Section). [Appellate Counsel, Captain, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, Washington, D.C., 1962-1963]. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Loans; Commercial Mortgages; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Condemnation; Conveyancing; Easements; Eminent Domain; Equipment Finance and Leasing; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Loan Restructuring; Loans; Mortgages; Mortgage Banking Law; Mortgage Finance; Mortgage Refinancing; Probate; Property Tax; Property Tax Abatement; Property Tax Appeals; Property Tax Assessments; Quiet Title; Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Right of Way Easements; Secured Lending; Tax Collection; Taxation; Transactional; Wills.Email: J. Joseph McGowan

David L. Posner (Member) born New Rochelle, New York; admitted to bar, 1976, New York and 1976, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Union College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Member: Dutchess County, Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Accidents; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Animal Attacks; Appellate Practice; Aquatic Injuries; Arbitration; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Automotive Products Liability; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Breach of Warranty; Casualty Insurance Defense; Catastrophic Injury; Civil Appeals; Civil Liability; Civil Litigation; Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Class Action Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Complex Litigation; Construction Accidents; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Defense Litigation; Dog Bites; Electrical Injury; Explosions; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Fire Insurance Defense; Gas Explosions; Head Injury; Insurance; Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Intentional Torts; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Litigation; Manufacturers Liability; Mediation; Motorcycle Accidents; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Municipal Defense; Negligence; Negligence Defense; No Fault Auto Insurance Defense; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Personal Liability Defense; Personal Property; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Product Defects; Products Liability; Products Liability Defense; Products Liability Arbitration; Products Liability Mediation; Products Liability Subrogation; Property Damage Defense; Property Insurance Defense; Property Law; Psychological Injury; Rental Vehicle Litigation; School Bus Accidents; Seat Belt Injury; Slip and Fall; Torts; Tort Defense; Tourist Injuries; Whiplash; Wrongful Death.Email: David L. Posner

Ellen L. Baker (Member) born Kingston, New York; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and US District Court, Northern District; 1986, US District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Union College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association (Treasurer 1992-1993; Secretary 1993-1994); New York State Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates 1989-1994; Real Property, Estates & Trusts and Elder Law Sections); Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association (President, 1987-1988); National Association of Elder Law Attorneys; Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Advance Directives; Adult Guardianship; Aged and Aging; Ancillary Probate; Contested Trusts and Estates; Contested Wills; Decedents Estates; Elder Care; Elder Guardianship; Elder Law; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Inheritance; Living Trusts; Living Wills; Medicaid Planning; Medicare and Medicaid; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Wills; Wills and Probate.Email: Ellen L. Baker

Scott D. Bergin (Member) born Kingston, New York, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Connecticut; 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1982); Albany Law School (J.D., 1985). Member: New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; DRI - Defense Research Institute; Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Connecticut Bar Association. Practice Areas: Accidents; Animal Attacks; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Breach of Warranty; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Catastrophic Injury; Civil Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Cumulative Trauma; Dog Bites; Electrical Injury; Environmental Insurance Claims; Environmental Insurance Defense; Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Mediation; Gas Explosions; General Liability Defense; Head Injury; Insurance; Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Manufacturers Liability; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Negligence; Negligence Defense; Oil Pollution; Oil Spills; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Personal Liability Defense; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; Premises Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Product Defects; Product Warning Labels; Products Liability; Products Liability Arbitration; Products Liability Defense; Products Liability Mediation; Products Liability Subrogation; Propane Products Liability; Property Damage Defense; Property Remediation; Psychological Injury; Rental Vehicle Litigation; Repetitive Stress Injury; School Bus Accidents; Severe Burns; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Torts; Tort Defense; Tort Liability; Third Party Wrongful Death; TMJ Dysfunction; Tourist Injuries; Underground Storage Tanks; Unintended Acceleration; Warranty Law; Whiplash; Wrongful Death.Email: Scott D. Bergin

Richard R. DuVall (Member) born Great Barrington, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of New York; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Bates College; University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Albany Law School (J.D., 1985). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association (Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Sections). Practice Areas: Banking; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Boundary Disputes; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Law; Business Litigation; Business Organization; Business Start-Ups; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Commercial; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Foreclosure; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Easements; Estate Litigation; Foreclosures; Real Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation.Email: Richard R. DuVall

Lance N. Portman (Member) born Poughkeepsie, New York; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1984, California (inactive); 1984, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1980); Syracuse University (J.D., 1983). Member: Hudson Valley Bankruptcy Bar Association (Founding Member and Treasurer 1994—; President, 1998); Dutchess County Bar Association (Secretary, 1999; Vice President, 2000; President Elect, 2001; President, 2002); New York State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Collections; Bankruptcy Fraud; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Mediation; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Bank Collections; Banking; Banking Litigation; Commercial; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Complex Commercial Litigation; Credit Fraud; Creditor Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Fraudulent Conveyance; Lender Liability; Lenders Rights; Loans; Sale of Goods; Secured Creditors Rights; Secured Lending; Secured Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Unsecured Creditors Rights.Email: Lance N. Portman

Richard J. Olson (Member) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1985, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S.B.A., 1976); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Pace Law Review Editor, 1983-1984. Deputy, Town Attorney of Poughkeepsie, 1990-1994. Deputy, Town Attorney of Hyde Park, 1998-1999. Member: Dutchess County and New York State (Member, Sections on: Municipal Law; Corporate Counsel) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Banks and Banking; Bank Collections; Banking Litigation; Building and Public Safety Codes; Business Formation; Business Law; Business Organization; Business Transactions; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Buy-Sell Agreements; Cemetery Law; Charter School Law; Commercial Contracts; Commercial Lending; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Loans; Commercial Mortgages; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Condemnation; Contracts; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Finance; Corporate Law; Corporate Organization; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; County Government Law; Credit Union Law; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Education Law; Eminent Domain; Environmental Due Diligence; Environmental Land Use; Environmental Law; Environmental Permitting; Fire Districts; General Practice; Government; Governmental Defense; Government Ethics; Governmental Liability; Government Tort Liability; Highways; Improvement Districts; Incorporation; Inheritance; Land Conservation; Land Development; Land Entitlement; Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Land Use Permitting; Land Use Regulation; Limited Liability Company Law; Living Wills; Local Government Defense; Local Government Liability; Local Government Law; Mortgages; Mortgage Banking Law; Mortgage Foreclosure; Mortgage Refinancing; Mortgage Tax; Municipal; Municipal Corporation Law; Municipal Defense; Municipal Labor Law; Municipal Law; Municipal Liability; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Nonprofit Corporations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Probate; Probate Administration; Public Officials Liability; Residential and Commercial Real Estate; Rezoning; Secondary Mortgage Market; Secured Lending; Shopping Center Development; Special Districts; Special Education; Subdivisions; Tax Exempt Organizations; Township Law; Water Districts; Wills; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances.Email: Richard J. Olson

Matthew V. Mirabile (Member) born Great Neck, New York, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Pace University (1990); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; Westchester County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Accidents; Animal Attacks; Aquatic Injuries; Assault and Battery; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Casualty Insurance Defense; Catastrophic Injury; Civil Liability; Civil Litigation; Commercial Insurance Defense; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Complex Litigation; Criminal Defense; Criminal Law; Cumulative Trauma; Defense Litigation; Dog Bites; Drivers License Suspension; Driving While Intoxicated; DUI/DWI; Electrical Injury; Family Law; Felonies; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; First Party Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Head Injury; Insurance; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Misdemeanors; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Municipal Civil Rights; Municipal Defense; Municipal Law; Municipal Liability; Negligent Security; Neurolaw; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Personal Liability Defense; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; Premises Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Property Damage Defense; Property Insurance Defense; Psychological Injury; Repetitive Stress Injury; School Bus Accidents; Self Insured Defense; Severe Burns; Shoplifting; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Theft; Third Party Wrongful Death; TMJ Dysfunction; Torts; Tort Defense; Tort Liability; Tourist Injuries; Traffic Violations; Trial Practice; Unintended Acceleration; Vehicular Homicide; Whiplash; Wrongful Death.Email: Matthew V. Mirabile

Kimberly Hunt Lee (Member) born Poughkeepsie, New York; admitted to bar, 2000, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Siena College (B.A., Political Science, 1996); Albany Law School (J.D., 1999). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Alcoholic Beverages; Alcoholic Beverage Control; Appellate Practice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Casualty Insurance Defense; Civil Appeals; Civil Litigation; Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Complex Litigation; Construction Labor Law; Construction Law; Discrimination; Dog Bites; Dram Shop Liability; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Fire Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Highways; Highway Design Liability; Inadequate Security; Insurance; Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Liquor Liability; Liquor Licensing; Litigation; Motorcycle Accidents; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Negligence; Negligence Defense; Negligent Security; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Premises Security; Private Security Litigation; Property Damage Defense; Self Insured Defense; Slip and Fall; Wrongful Death.Email: Kimberly Hunt Lee

OF COUNSEL

Phillip Shatz (Of Counsel) born White Plains, New York; admitted to bar, 1954, New York; 1955, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1948); Columbia University (LL.B., 1954). Member: Dutchess County, Putnam County (Treasurer 1955-1970); New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Civil and Trial; Commercial; Asset Protection; Banking; Business Law; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Start-Ups; Business Transactions; Business Trusts; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Commercial Law; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Corporations; Corporate Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Formation; Corporate Litigation; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Trusts; Family Law; Fire Loss; Fire Insurance; Incorporation; Insurance; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Recovery; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Partnership Formation; Partnership Dissolution; Property Loss; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Trust Administration.Email: Phillip Shatz

Michael A. Hayes, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1961, New York; 1967, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Fordham University (A.B., 1955; LL.B., 1961). Gamma Eta Gamma (Vice President, 1961). Member, Westchester County Board of Supervisors, 1963-1966. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance; Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: Michael A. Hayes, Jr.

Harold L. Mangold (Of Counsel) born Poughkeepsie, New York; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1966, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Rider University (B.S., 1958); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1965). Town Justice, Town of Hyde Park, New York, 1967-1978. Member: Dutchess County Bar Association (Vice President, 1978-1980; President, 1980-1981); New York State Bar Association. [Reserve Captain, United States Marine Corps, 1958-1961]. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Business Development; Business Enterprises; Business Formation; Business Planning; Business Start-Ups; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Civil Practice; Closely Held Corporations; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Contracts; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Contracts; Contract Litigation; Conveyancing; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Law; Corporate Real Estate; Decedents Estates; Easements; Environmental Land Use; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Fire Districts; General Civil and Trial Practice; General Practice; Incorporation; Industrial Real Estate Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Development; Land Sales; Land Use; Land Use Permitting; Land Use Regulation; Leasing; Leases and Leasing; Limited Liability Partnerships; Living Trusts; Municipal; Municipal Law; Nonprofit Corporations; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Powers of Attorney; Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Professional Corporations; Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Sales; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Sales; Retirement Planning; Rezoning; Right of Way Easements; S Corporations; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law; Small Business Corporations; Subdivisions; Torts; Trust Administration; Zoning and Environmental; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances.Email: Harold L. Mangold

Albert M. Rosenblatt (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, New York; 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1957); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1960). Judicial (teaching) Fellow, New York University Law School, 2007—. Judge: New York Court of Appeals, 1998-2006; Supreme Court Appellate Division, 1989-1998; State Chief Administrative Judge, 1987-1989; Supreme Court Justice, 1981-1987. County Judge, 1976-1981. District Attorney, 1969-1975. Member: New York State Bar Association; Dutchess County Bar Association. [Army Reserve, 1960-1966]. Practice Areas: Appeals; Arbitration; Litigation; Mediation; Receiverships; Trusteeships.Email: Albert M. Rosenblatt

Jessica L. Vinall (Of Counsel) born Newburgh, New York; admitted to bar, 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Junior College of Albany (A.A.S., 1981); C.W. Post Center of Long Island University (B.A., 1983); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1986). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association (Assistant Treasurer, 1992-1993; Treasurer, 1993-1995; Vice President, 1995-1997; President, 1997-1998); New York State Bar Association; Hudson Valley Collaborative Divorce Association; International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Adoption Law; Agency Adoptions; Alimony; Child Custody; Children; Child Support; Collaborative Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Equitable Distribution; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Independent Adoptions; International Adoptions; Matrimonial Law; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Parenting Time; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Step Parent Adoptions; Third Party Custody; Uncontested Divorce; Visitation Rights; Real Estate; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Sales; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Sales.Email: Jessica L. Vinall

ASSOCIATES

Christina M. Bookless (Associate) born New Rochelle, New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association (Corresponding Secretary, 2000; Treasurer, 2001; Director, 2002; Recording Secretary, 2003). Practice Areas: Insurance; Accidents; Accident Insurance; Animal Attacks; Appellate Practice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Automobile Liability; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Boundary Disputes; Brain Injury; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals; Civil Practice; Commercial Property Insurance; Criminal Law; Criminal Defense; Defamation; Defense Litigation; Dog Bites; Drivers License Suspension; Driving While Intoxicated; DUI/DWI; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Federal Litigation; Fire Loss; General Liability; Head Injury; Insurance Litigation; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Litigation; Malicious Prosecution; Misdemeanors; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Municipal Civil Rights; Municipal Defense; Municipal Law; Negligence; Negligence Defense; No Fault Automobile Insurance; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Liability; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; Property Damage; Property Insurance; Property Insurance Coverage; Property Loss; Psychological Injury; Quiet Title; Real Estate; Severe Burns; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; TMJ Dysfunction; Traffic Violations; Whiplash; Wrongful Death.Email: Christina M. Bookless

Karen Folster Lesperance (Associate) born Poughkeepsie, New York; admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts; 2000, New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Adverse Possession; Agreements; Appellate Practice; Boundary Disputes; Breach of Contract; Business Law; Business Litigation; Civil Appeals; Civil Litigation; Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Confidentiality Agreements; Constitutional Law; Construction Arbitration; Construction Contracts; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Corporate Litigation; County Liability; Covenants Not To Compete; Defense Litigation; Discrimination; Easements; Employer Liability; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment Litigation; Excessive Use of Force; False Arrest; False Imprisonment; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Federal Employment Law; Federal Litigation; First Amendment Law; Fourth Amendment Law; Governmental Defense; Government Immunity; Governmental Liability; Harassment; Labor and Employment; Law Enforcement; Leases and Leasing; Leasing; Litigation; Local Government Civil Rights; Local Government Defense; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Municipal Civil Rights; Municipal Defense; Municipal Law; Municipal Liability; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Law; Police Liability Defense; Property Law; Public Officials Liability; Quiet Title; Race Discrimination; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Right of Way Easements; Securities Litigation; Sex Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Theft of Trade Secrets; Title VII Discrimination; Trade Secrets; Trade Secret Misappropriation; Unfair Competition; Wrongful Termination Defense.Email: Karen Folster Lesperance

Rebecca M. Blahut (Associate) born Manassas, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2002, New York. Education: Southeastern Louisiana College (B.S., 1996); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association (Treasurer, 2006—); New York State Bar Association (Member, Estates & Trust and Elder Law Sections); Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association; National Association of Elder Law Attorneys; Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Aged and Aging; Ancillary Probate; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Conversions; Condominium Development; Condominium Law; Conservatorship; Contested Trusts and Estates; Contested Wills; Decedents Estates; Elder Care; Elder Guardianship; Elder Law; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Homeowners Association Law; Incompetency Proceedings; Inheritance; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Use; Living Trusts; Living Wills; Medicaid Planning; Medicare and Medicaid; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Real Estate; Real Estate Contracts; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Sales; Special Needs Trusts; Subdivisions; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust Investment; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Wills; Wills and Probate; Zoning Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Zoning Variances.Email: Rebecca M. Blahut

Jodie M. Hanrahan (Associate) born Poughkeepsie, New York, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New York; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Binghamton University, State University of New York (B.A., 1998); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2001); Center for Law and Business Enterprises, Syracuse University College of Law (Corporate Counsel Certificate, 2001). Member: Mid-Hudson Claims Association; Dutchess County Bar Association (Civil Rights Committee Chair, 2008-2009); New York State Bar Association; Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association (President, 2008-2009; Treasurer, 2007-2008 and Recording Secretary, 2006-2007). Practice Areas: Accidents; Accident Insurance; Appellate Practice; Aquatic Injuries; Arson and Insurance Fraud; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Business Law; Business Litigation; Business Torts; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Casualty Insurance; Casualty Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance Subrogation; Catastrophic Injury; Civil Appeals; Civil Liability; Civil Liberties; Civil Litigation; Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Class Action Defense; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Insurance Defense; Commercial Law; Commercial Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Property Insurance; Commercial Torts; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Constitutional Law; Construction Accidents; Construction and Surety Law; Construction Claims; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Insurance; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Construction Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Contractors Liability; County Liability; Cumulative Trauma; Defamation; Defense Litigation; Discrimination; Disability Insurance; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Federal Litigation; Federal Practice; Federal Tort Claims; Fire Insurance; Fire Insurance Subrogation; Fire Loss; First Amendment Law; First Party Insurance; First and Third Party Insurance; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; Flood Insurance Defense; Fourth Amendment Law; General Liability; General Liability Defense; Government; Government Tort Liability; Governmental Defense; Governmental Liability; Head Injury; Indemnity; Insurance; Insurance Arbitration; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Collection; Insurance Contracts; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Insurance Litigation; Libel Defense; Libel and Slander; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Litigation; Local Government Civil Rights; Local Government Defense; Local Government Liability; Loss Recovery; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Municipal Civil Rights; Municipal Defense; Municipal Law; Municipal Liability; Municipal Torts; Negligence; Negligence Defense; No Fault Automobile Insurance; No Fault Auto Insurance Defense; Personal Liability; Property Damage; Property Damage Defense; Property Insurance; Property Insurance Coverage; Property Insurance Defense; Property Loss; Property Subrogation; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Personal Liability Defense; Personal Rights; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Psychological Injury; Premises Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Race Discrimination; Repetitive Stress Injury; School Bus Accidents; Severe Burns; Sexual Abuse; Sex Discrimination; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Subrogation; Third Party Wrongful Death; Title IX Discrimination; Torts; Tort Defense; Tort Liability; Unfair Insurance Practices; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitration; Unintended Acceleration; Whiplash; Womens Rights; Wrongful Death.Email: Jodie M. Hanrahan

Michelle Almeida (Associate) born Yonkers, New York; admitted to bar, 2003, Connecticut; 2004, New York. Education: Marist College (B.S., cum laude, 1999); New York Law School (J.D., 2003). Alpha Phi Sigma. Author: "Paying Attention to Justice: The FCC and the Failure to Deregulate," Media Law and Policy Journal Volume XI, Fall 2002. Member: Dutchess County New York State and American Bar Associations; Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association. Languages: Portuguese and French. Practice Areas: General Practice; Adverse Possession; Alcoholic Beverage Control; Alcoholic Beverages; Banks and Banking; Boundary Disputes; Business Formation; Business Law; Business Organization; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Buy-Sell Agreements; Closely Held Corporations; Commercial Contracts; Commercial Law; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Loans; Commercial Mortgages; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Condominium Law; Contracts; Conveyancing; Copyrights; Copyright Licensing; Copyright Registration; Corporate; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Formation; Corporate Law; Corporate Real Estate; Consumer Loans; Easements; Entertainment and the Arts; Entertainment Contracts; Family Business Law; Family Corporations; Incorporation; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Leases and Leasing; Leasing; Limited Liability Company Law; Liquor Licensing; Loans; Loan Workouts; Mortgages; Negotiable Instruments; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Nonprofit Corporations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Office Leasing; Professional Corporations; Professional Practices; Property Law; Quiet Title; Real Estate; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Workouts; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Sales; Retail Leasing; Right of Way Easements; Secured Lending; Secured Transactions; Small Business Law; Trademarks; Trademark Licensing; Trademark Registration; Transactional.Email: Michelle Almeida

Ian C. Lindars (Associate) born Poughkeepsie, New York, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, New York; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1999); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 2004). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Accidents; Accident Insurance; Animal Attacks; Appellate Practice; Aquatic Injuries; Assault and Battery; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Insurance; Automobile Insurance Coverage; Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Breach of Contract; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Casualty Insurance; Casualty Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance Subrogation; Catastrophic Injury; Civil Appeals; Civil Liability; Civil Litigation; Civil Practice; Collections; Commercial Collections; Commercial Contracts; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Insurance Defense; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Property Insurance; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Construction Accidents; Construction Claims; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Insurance; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Construction Liability; Construction Litigation; Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Criminal Defense; Criminal Law; Cumulative Trauma; Defense Litigation; Dog Bites; Drivers License Suspension; Driving While Intoxicated; Drug Crimes; Drugs and Narcotics; DUI/DWI; Electrical Injury; Evictions; Excess Coverage; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Extra Contractual Insurance Defense; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Fire Insurance; Fire Insurance Defense; Fire Insurance Subrogation; Fire Loss; First and Third Party Insurance; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; First Party Insurance; First Party Insurance Defense; Garnishments; General Liability; General Liability Defense; General Practice; Head Injury; Indemnity; Industrial Leasing; Insurance; Insurance Arbitration; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Collection; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Coverage Defense; Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Insurance Litigation; Intentional Torts; Landlord and Tenant Law; Leasing; Leases and Leasing; Lease Terminations; Litigation; Misdemeanors; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Municipal Defense; Municipal Law; No Fault Automobile Insurance; No Fault Auto Insurance Defense; Negligence; Negligence Defense; Office Leasing; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury; Personal Injury and Commercial; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Personal Liability; Personal Liability Defense; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Post Judgment Collections; Power Line Contact Injury; Property Damage; Property Damage Defense; Property Insurance; Property Insurance Coverage; Property Insurance Defense; Property Loss; Property Subrogation; Psychological Injury; Rent Control; Rental Vehicle Litigation; Repetitive Stress Injury; Retail Leasing; Scaffolding Liability; School Bus Accidents; Search and Seizure; Secured Collections; Severe Burns; Shopping Center Leasing; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Subrogation; Theft; Third Party Wrongful Death; TMJ Dysfunction; Torts; Tort Defense; Tort Liability; Traffic Violations; Trial Practice; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitration; Unintended Acceleration; Unsecured Collections; Vehicle and Traffic Law; Whiplash; Wrongful Death.Email: Ian C. Lindars

Sean M. Kemp (Associate) born Princeton, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, New York; 2008, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., with honors, 2001); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2004). Recipient: ABA Municipal Corp. Law Award. Editor, Journal of Law and Urban Policy, 2003-2004. Member: Dutchess County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Adverse Possession; Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Boundary Disputes; Breach of Contract; Business Law; Business Litigation; Civil Appeals; Civil Litigation; Civil Practice; Collections; Commercial Collections; Commercial Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Law; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Creditor Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Debtor and Creditor Remedies; Easements; Environmental Contamination; Environmental Insurance Claims; Environmental Law; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Foreclosures; Fraudulent Conveyance; Garnishments; Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Litigation; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Mortgages; Mortgage Lien Foreclosure; Municipal Law; Oil Spills; Post Judgment Collections; Professional Collections; Property Rights; Quiet Title; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Real Property; Retail Collections; Right of Way Easements; Secured Collections; Secured Creditors Rights; Secured Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Unsecured Collections; Unsecured Creditors Rights; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Sean M. Kemp

Noelle M. Pecora (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 2002); Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: Dutchess County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association (Member, Elder Law Section); Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Aged and Aging; Ancillary Probate; Contested Wills; Conservatorship; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Elder Care; Elder Guardianship; Elder Law; Elder Rights; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Guardianship; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Inheritance; Living Trusts; Living Wills; Medicaid Hearings; Medicaid Planning; Medicare and Medicaid; Mental Disability Law; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Successions; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Preservation; Wills.Email: Noelle M. Pecora