MEMBERS OF FIRM
Louis K. Thaler (1903-1979).
Nathaniel F. Knappen (1951-1990).
Richard B. Thaler (Senior Partner) born Ithaca, New York, March 15, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, District of Columbia; 1958, New York and U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York and U.S Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1953; J.D., 1956). Adjunct Professor, Military Justice and Law of Innkeeping, Cornell University. Assistant District Attorney, 1961-1962. Lansing's Town Attorney, 1988-1993. District Attorney, Tompkins County, 1963-1968. Prosecutor, City of Ithaca, 1961-1962. Member of School Board, Lansing Central School District, 1974-1979. Member: Tompkins County (President, 1980-1981) and New York State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [Assistant Judge Advocate, United States Air Force, 1956-1958]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Municipal Law; Litigation.Email: Richard B. Thaler
Guy K. Krogh (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Kenyon College; Syracuse University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1989). Associate Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1989. Author: "The Satellite Competition Debate: An Analysis of FCC Policy and an Argument in Support of Open Competition," 40 Syracuse Law Review 867 (1989). Town Attorney: Town of Lansing; Town of Caroline. Deputy Town Attorney, Town of Ithaca. Frequent Lecturer and Presenter, CLE Topics in the Fields of Municipal Law, Corporate and Commercial Law and IP and Entrepreneurship. Chairman of the Board, Tompkins County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2004-2008. Member: Tompkins County (Vice President, 2007; President, 2008) and New York State (Member, Committees on: Municipal Law; Business Law; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Religious Nonprofit Corporation Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Trademarks; Intellectual Property; Business Start-Ups.Email: Guy K. Krogh
Thomas Dale Cramer (Partner) born New York, N.Y., January 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York. Education: Ithaca College (B.A., 1977); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Tompkins County and New York State Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Matrimonial Law; Family Law; Civil Rights; Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Thomas Dale Cramer
Katrina Thaler Medeiros (Partner) born Ithaca, New York, August 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts; 2000, New York. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1993); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Human Services Legislative Coordinator, U.S. Senator James M. Jeffords, Vermont. Staff Assistant, U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Washington, D.C. Editor-in-Chief, Children's Legal Rights Journal. Chief Law Clerk, Massachusetts Trial Court, Juvenile Court Department. Member: Tompkins County, Massachusetts and New York State Bar Associations. CIVITAS ChildLaw Fellow. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Corporate Law; Litigation; Family Law; Juvenile Law; Real Estate; Estate Administration; Estate Administration Litigation.Email: Katrina Thaler Medeiros
Lorraine Moynihan Schmitt (Partner) born Denver, Colorado; admitted to bar, 1999, New York, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Cortland (B.S., summa cum laude, 1993); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1998). Judicial Clerkship, Hon. Norman H. Stahl, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1997. Member, Planning Board and ZBA Attorney, Town of Lansing. Member, Board of Directors, United Way of Tompkins County, 1999-2002. Member, Discovery Museum's Board of Trustees, 1999-2007 and Advisory Board Member, 2007, Ithaca Sciencenter. Member: Tompkins County, New York State (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Hider Law; Trust and Estates Law; General Practice) and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Estate Litigation; Elder Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Lorraine Moynihan Schmitt
ASSOCIATE
Michael P. Porciello (Associate) born Rockville Centre, New York; admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., 2001); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2007).Email: Michael P. Porciello