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| | Address | | 444 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor | | New York, New York 10022 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Seiff Kretz & Abercrombie practices in the following areas of law:
Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice. Commercial, Public Contracting, Employment, Construction, Matrimonial, Corporate, Labor, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Judicial Discipline, Professional Discipline and Administrative Law. | | Year Established: 1981 | | Firm Size: 5 | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Eric A. Seiff (Member) born Mount Vernon, New York, April 25, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, New York; 1960, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1955); Columbia University (LL.B., 1958). Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (NITA), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984—. Chairman, New York State Commission of Investigation, 1978-1979. Legal Advisor, Agency for Internal Development, Brazil, 1970-1972. Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1962-1967. General Counsel, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, 1972-1974. Chief Assistant, Criminal Division, New York City Legal Aid Society, 1974-1975. Special Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York on Governor's Task Force Investigating Conduct of Attica Prosecutions, 1975. First Deputy Commissioner, New York State Commission of Investigation, 1976-1977. Special District Attorney, Bronx County, 1986-1989. Member, Board of Trustees, The Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, the State of New York, 1981—. Member, Board of Directors, The Legal Aid Society, 1994-2000. Member, Board of Directors, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, 1989—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairman, Criminal Court Committee, 1987-1990; Member, Committee on the Legal Problems of the Homeless, 1986-1988; Chairman, Project on the Homeless Committee, 2000-2003; New York Criminal Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1980—; Treasurer, 1989-1991; President, 1991-1993); New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 2000—). Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Trusts and Estates; Civil Trial; Appellate Practice; Judicial Conduct; Attorney Discipline. Email: Eric A. Seiff | | Walter A. Kretz, Jr. (Member) born Amityville, New York, May 27, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1976); New York Law School (J.D., 1979). Articles Editor, New York Law School Law Review, 1978-1979. Assistant Chief, 1984-1986 and Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1979-1984, Affirmative Litigation Division, New York City Law Department. Member, Grace Day School, Board of Trustees, 1998-2004. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Public Contract Law; Employment Litigation; Attorney Discipline; Shareholder Disputes; Trademark Infringement. Email: Walter A. Kretz, Jr. | | Charles D. Abercrombie (Member) born Trumbull, Connecticut, November 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2002, Connecticut. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1974); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1977). Office of the District Attorney, Kings County: Chief, Economic Crimes and Arson Bureau, 1987-1988, Deputy Chief, Rackets Bureau, 1984-1987, Investigations Bureau, 1983-1984, Senior Trial Assistant, Homicide Bureau, 1981-1982. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Real Estate; Small Business Transactions; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Driving While Intoxicated; Juvenile Law. Email: Charles D. Abercrombie | | ASSOCIATE | | Mariana Olenko (Associate) born St. Petersburg, Russia, March 31, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 1989); Fordham University (J.D., 1995). Recipient, The Fordham Law Alumni Association Medal in Constitutional Law. Associate Editor, 1994, William Hughes Mulligan Moot Court Competition. Member, Fordham Moot Court Editorial Board, 1994-1995. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Matrimonial Law; Real Estate; Estate Matters. Email: Mariana Olenko | | OF COUNSEL | | Roland Richard Acevedo (Of Counsel) born New York, New York, January 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fourth Circuits; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Regents College (B.S., 1992); Fordham University (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Stein Scholar. Associate Editor, Fordham University Law Review. Author: "Ethical Implications of Plea Bargaining Bans," Fordham Law Review; "Race and Representation: A Study of Legal Aid Attorneys and Their Perceptions on Race," Buffalo Journal of Public Interest Law. Legal Writer, Fortune News, 2002-2005. Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School, 2000-2003. Vice Chair, Prisoners Legal Services of New York, 1989—. Managing Attorney, Osborne Association, Legal Services Office, 1998-1999. Interim Managing Attorney, Homeless Rights Project, Legal Aid Society, 2001. Law Clerk, Hon. Deborah A. Batts, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York, 1996-1998. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Association of Federal Defense Attorneys; Hispanic National Bar Association. [Navy, 1974-1979, AT3]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Labor Law; Habeas Corpus; Appeals; Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Prisoners Rights; Traffic Violations; Administrative Law. Email: Roland Richard Acevedo |
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