MEMBERS OF FIRM
Vincent M. Albanese (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1926; admitted to bar, 1949, New York; 1952, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1955, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1958, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wesleyan University; St. John's University (LL.B., 1949). President, Queens County Bar Association, 1976-1977. President, Queens College Speech and Hearing Service Center, 1965-1966. President, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, 1965-1967. President, 1968 and Chairman of the Board, 1973-1977, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. [Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1950; LT and JG Retired Reserve, 1966]. Special Agencies: Member: State of New York Board of Public Disclosure, 1983-1989; The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission, 1985-1987. Board, New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1991-1995. Chairman, Queens West Development Corporation (Subsidiary of Empire State Development Corporation), 1992. Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Zoning and Municipal Law.Email: Vincent M. Albanese
Joseph R. Albanese (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, New York; 1965, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1977, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1980, U.S. Claims Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Brooklyn College (B.A., 1954); New York University (J.D., 1957). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Banking.Email: Joseph R. Albanese
Gary R. Steinberg (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Brooklyn College (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Vermont Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1976); New York University School of Law, LL.M. Program (1978-1980). Managing Editor, Vermont Law Review, 1975-1976. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial; Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Leasing; Construction; Commercial Lending; Debt Restructuring; Condominiums and Cooperatives; Business and Commercial Transactions.Email: Gary R. Steinberg
Arthur L. Colozzi (Member) born Bayside, New York, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1981); St. John's University (J.D., 1984). Member: New York State and American (Member, Sections on Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Real Estate Development; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Finance; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Corporate Law; Partnership and Limited Liability Company Matters; Trusts and Estates.Email: Arthur L. Colozzi
Richard H. Ferriggi (Member) born Astoria, New York, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1985, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Cathedral College of Immaculate Conception; St. John's University (B.S., 1979; J.D., 1983). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Tax; Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Real Estate; Elder Planning). Practice Areas: Taxation; Trust and Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Corporate; Real Estate.Email: Richard H. Ferriggi
Vincent A. Albanese (Member) born New Hyde Park, New York, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Duke University (B.S.E., 1987); St. John's University (J.D., 1992); New York University (LL.M., in Tax, 1999). Member: Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Corporate; Trusts and Estates; Partnership and Limited Liability Company Laws; Trusts and Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates Administration.Email: Vincent A. Albanese
Bruce W. Migatz (Member) born Nassau County, New York, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1972); St. John's University (J.D., 1975). Associate Adjunct Professor, Nassau Community College, 1978. Chief Deputy Town Attorney, North Hempstead, 1976-1981. Village Attorney, Village of Manorhaven, 1983-1992. Member: Nassau County (Member, Committees on: Real Property Law, 1986; Municipal Law, 1986) and New York State Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Municipal Law; Zoning Law; Negligence Law; General Litigation; Appeals.Email: Bruce W. Migatz
Maureen R. Healy (Member) born New York, NY, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Long Island University (B.A., 1981); St. John's University (J.D., 1983). Member: Nassau County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Finance; Business Law.Email: Maureen R. Healy
Thomas O. Rice (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1972, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Fordham University (B.S., 1966); St. John's University (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M., 1977). Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law: St. John's University School of Law, 2004. Member: Nassau County and New York State (President, 1999-2000) Bar Associations; New York Bar Foundation (Member: Board of Directors, 2000). Practice Areas: Surrogates Court Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Banking and Commercial Law.Email: Thomas O. Rice
Diana Centrella Prevete (Member) born Queens, New York, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: St. John's University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1981). Member: Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal; Zoning Law.Email: Diana Centrella Prevete
Hyman Hacker (Member) born Ulm, Germany, 1948; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Brooklyn College (B.A., 1969; M.A., 1972); St. John's University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988). Executive Notes and Comments Editor, St. John's Law Review, 1988. Member: Nassau County Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Practice; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law; Employee Benefits.Email: Hyman Hacker
ASSOCIATES
Barry A. Oster (Associate) born New York, N.Y., 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1975); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1978). Member: Nassau County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Barry A. Oster
Bruce B. Varney (Associate) born East Meadow, New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1994, New York; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., 1978); Adelphi University (M.B.A., cum laude, 1984, Delta Mu Delta); St. John's University (J.D., 1993). Articles Editor, 1992-1993, St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary. Member: Nassau County (Member, Committee on: Real Property Law) and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Lending; Elder Law; Litigation; General Practice.Email: Bruce B. Varney
Erica B. Slezak (Associate) born Mineola, New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1991); St. John's University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Secretary, Trusts, Estates and Surrogate's Court Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1997-1998. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member: Trusts and Estates Law Section, 1995; Committee on Legislation, 1998; Committee on Newsletter and Publications, 2005). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.Email: Erica B. Slezak
Wayne H. Wink, Jr. (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1991); St. John's University (J.D., 1996). Councilman, Town of North Hempstead, NY, 2002. Member: Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Litigation.Email: Wayne H. Wink, Jr.
William J. Nugent, III (Associate) born Bronxville, New York, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1995); Fordham University (J.D., 1998). Formerly with Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.Email: William J. Nugent, III
COUNSEL
John E. Schaefer, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Rockville Centre, New York, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Marist College (B.A., 1968); New York Law School (J.D., 1972). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking; Insurance; Corporate; Partnership; Probate; Commercial Law.Email: John E. Schaefer, Jr.
Robert A. Carpentier (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Massachusetts, New York, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1985, U.S. Court of International Trade; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1977); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1980); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 1981). Village Justice, Village of Manorhaven, Port Washington, New York, 2001-2005. Trustee, Briarcliff College, 2006. Member: Nassau County Bar Association.Email: Robert A. Carpentier
Nancy E. Gianakos (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1981, Connecticut; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Hartford (B.A., 1978); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1981). Member: New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations; American Inn of Court (New York Family Law). Practice Areas: Matrimonial and Family Law.Email: Nancy E. Gianakos