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| | Address | One Lincoln Center, 110 West Fayette Street
One Lincoln Center, Suite 900 | | Syracuse, New York 13202-1387 | | (Onondaga Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 315-422-1391 | | Telecopier: 315-422-3549 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.gslaw.com | | |
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| Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
Agriculture, Banking and Financial Institutions, Bankruptcy, Brownfields, Business Transactions, Economic Development, Employee Benefits, Employment, Energy, Environmental, Land Use, and Zoning, Government Relations, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Matrimonial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Not-For-Profit Organizations, Professional Practices, Real Estate, Tax Planning and Advocacy, Telecommunications, Trusts and Estates, Venture Capital. | | Year Established: 1961 | Firm Profile:
Green & Seifter is a versatile law firm of more than thirty attorneys representing clients across many industries. The firm's clientele is comprised of businesses and individual clients for whom we provide legal advice and counsel on a broad range of matters: business transactions and planning, mergers and acquisitions, economic development, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, government relations, estate planning, trust administration, energy, employee benefits, environmental and land use, brownfields, commercial bankruptcy, tax planning and advocacy, and employment. For more information, please visit www.GSLaw.com. | | Firm Size: 29 | Representative Clients:
Air Tiger Express, Co., Inc.; American Health Lawyers Association; Anoplate Corporation; Armstrong Mold Corporation; Bank of America; Brookfield Power Corp.; Cable Telecommunications Association of New York; Cavallaro Foods, LLC; Cayuga Nation; City of Auburn, New York; Crouse Irving Memorial Physicians Office; Dairylea Cooperative, Inc.; Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; E Tech, LLC; Harmony Mills; Harness Horse Association of Central New York, Inc.; Iversen Construction Co.; Keith Titus Corporation; Loretto Management Corporation; Luther Forest Technology Campus; The Marx Syracuse, LLC; T-L Marketplace, LLC; Monic Technologies, Inc.; Montgomery County; New Mountain Capital, LLC; Noble Environmental Power; North Country Physicians Organization, PLLC; Northeast Utilities Service Company; Northway Plaza Associates, LLC; NYSERNET; Quail Summit, Inc.; Raymours Furniture, Inc.; Riverbank Power; River Hospital, Inc.; River Valley Foods, Inc.; Roth Steel Corporation; SCS Systems, LLC; St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center; Suez North America, Inc.; Ticor Title Guarantee; Wilmorite. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
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Albany, New York, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | Michael J. Balanoff (Member) born Somerville, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1967, Massachusetts; 1971, New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1964); Boston College (J.D., 1967). Symposium Editor, Boston College Commercial Law Review, 1966-1967. Member, Panel of Trustees, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York, 1978—. Member: Onondaga County and Central New York Bankruptcy Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America. [With U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Telecommunications Law. Email: Michael J. Balanoff | | Laurence G. Bousquet (Member) born San Francisco; admitted to bar, 1981, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Kenyon College (A.B., cum laude with high honors in History, 1977); Syracuse University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member: Justinian Society; Order of the Barristers. Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Transactions II, 1988-1989, Partnership Taxation, 1990-1991, Taxation of Pass-Through Entities, 1992—, Syracuse University College of Law. Member: Onondaga County (Director, 1984-1988) and American Bar Associations; Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society (President, 1998-2000). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Local Taxation; State Taxation; Federal Taxation; Closely Held Corporations Law; Venture Capital Law; Estate Planning; Banks and Banking; Health Care. Email: Laurence G. Bousquet | | Philip S. Bousquet (Member) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1990, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Kenyon College (A.B., 1980); Syracuse University (M.S., Accounting, 1989; J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif; Justinian Honorary Law Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Contracts; Syracuse University School of Management Faculty Award for Excellence in Accounting. Publication: "Externally Sponsored Faculty Research Under the 'Work for Hire' Doctrine: Who's the Boss?" 39 Syracuse Law Review 1351, 1988. Associate Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Examiner, New York State Board of Law Examiners, 1991-1994. Member: Onondaga County, New York State and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Computers and Software; Contracts; Corporate Law; Empire Zones; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Partnership Law; Securities; Taxation; Trade Secrets. Email: Philip S. Bousquet | | David A. Holstein (Member) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1981, Florida. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1975). Member, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, 1973-1975. Member, Estate Planning Council of Central New York. Board Member: Museum of Science and Technology Foundation; New York Agridevelopment Corporation. Member: Onondaga County, New York State and American (Member, Committee on Closely Held Corporations, 1994—; Committee on Estate & Gift Taxes, 1994—) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Business Law; Computers and Software; Contracts; Corporate Law; Elder Law; Finance; Health Care; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Partnership Law; Probate; Religious Institutions; Technology and Science; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Agribusiness; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Transactions; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Taxation; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Successions; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Professional Practices; Information Technology Contracts; Information Technology Licensing; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Formation; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Organization; Corporate Planning; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Planning; Corporate Taxation; Professional Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Charitable Giving; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Nonprofit Tax Law; Private Foundations; Tax Exempt Organizations; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Probate Administration; Probate Taxation; Private Placement; Private Placement Syndication; Shareholder Agreements; Shareholder Disputes; Shareholder Rights; Shareholders Law; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Inheritance Tax; Tax Planning; Transfer Tax; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Successions. Email: David A. Holstein | | Virginia A. Hoveman (Member) born Bethesda, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Wells College (B.A., 1974); Syracuse University (J.D., 1979); Loyola University. Syracuse University Law Review, 1977-1978. Co-Director, Housing and Finance Clinic, Syracuse University College of Law, 1988-1989. Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Intellectual Property; Guardianship; Probate; Trademarks; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Medicaid Planning; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: Virginia A. Hoveman | | Timothy M. Lynn (Member) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1993); Cornell University (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Advertising and Marketing; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Debtor and Creditor; Economic Development; Empire Zones; Equipment Finance and Leasing; General Practice; Leases and Leasing; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Partnership Law; Securities; Taxation; Unfair Competition. Email: Timothy M. Lynn | | Sharon A. McAuliffe (Member) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1993, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (M.P.A., 1979); Syracuse University (J.D., 1992). Lecturer, Certified Employee Benefit Specialist Program. Member: Onondaga County and New York State (Member: Trusts and Estates Law Section; Elder Law Section; Bar Associations; New York Employee Benefits Conference. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Employee Benefits; Health Care; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; ERISA. Email: Sharon A. McAuliffe | | Lawrence M. Ordway, Jr. (Member) born Haverhill, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1998, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1990); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1997). Law Clerk: the Honorable Howard G. Munson, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, 2000-2001 and the Honorable Gary L. Sharpe, U.S. Magistrate Judge, 1998-2000. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Products Liability; Unfair Competition; Whistleblower Litigation; Negligence; Bankruptcy; Indian Law; Bankruptcy Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Environmental Litigation. Email: Lawrence M. Ordway, Jr. | | Steven A. Paquette (Member) born Elizabethtown, New York; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1979). New York State Tax Attorney, 1985-1991. Associate Counsel, New York State Assembly, 1995-2001. Democratic Chairman, Onondaga County, 1994-2000. Formerly with: Meggesto, Paquette and Badera; Sardino and Paquette. Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Economic Development; Empire Zones; Family Law; General Practice; Litigation; Negligence; Personal Injury; Probate; Real Estate; Torts; Wills. Email: Steven A. Paquette | | Paul M. Predmore (Member) born Rochester, New York; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Tax Court. Education: St. John Fisher College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member, Justinian Society. Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984-1989. Member: Onondaga County and New York State (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Asset Protection; Contracts; Debtor and Creditor; Fraud and Deceit; Government; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Partnership Law; Securities; Taxation; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Formation; Corporate Organization; Corporate Planning; Corporate Tax Controversies; Nonprofit Corporations; Business Formation; Business Start-Ups; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Small Business Law; Low Income Housing; Business Acquisitions; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Tax Exempt Organizations; Nonprofit Tax Law; Blue Sky Law; Private Placement; Criminal Taxation; Employment Tax; Excise Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; Income Tax; Individual Taxation; Low Income Housing Tax Credits; Sales and Use Tax; State Tax Controversies; Tax Appeals; Tax Audits; Tax Collection; Tax Controversies; Tax Evasion; Tax Fraud; Tax Litigation; Tax Planning. Email: Paul M. Predmore | | Lowell A. Seifter (Member) born Queens, New York; admitted to bar, 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1979, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Babson College; Syracuse University (B.S., cum laude, 1973; J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Member, Justinian Society. Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1981. Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Transactions II, Syracuse University, 1988. Adjunct Professor, SUNY Binghamton MBA Program, Health Law, 2001. Lecturer, Environmental Business Council on Brownfields Tax Credits. Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Economic Development; Government Contracts; Health Care; Hospital Law; Investments; Leases and Leasing; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Mortgages; Partnership Law; Real Estate; Resorts and Leisure; Unfair Competition. Email: Lowell A. Seifter | | Thomas E. Taylor (Member) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1979; J.D., summa cum laude, 1986); Michigan State University (M.A., 1983). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Mortgages; Real Estate; Banking Law; Banking Litigation; Check Fraud; Lender Liability; Loan Workouts; Secured Lending; Post Judgment Collections; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Cable Franchising; Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Mortgages; Mortgage Foreclosure; Boundary Disputes; Quiet Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Residential Real Estate; Homeowners Association Law; Creditors Rights; Equipment Finance and Leasing. Email: Thomas E. Taylor | | John L. Valentino (Member) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1988, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: LeMoyne College (B.A., cum laude, with honors in history, 1984); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif; Pi Gamma Mu. Member, Justinian Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Commercial Transactions. Associate Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1986-1987. Author: "An Effective Employer Response to Complaints of Sexual Harassment," New York Bar Journal, March-April 1996; "The Impact of the Temporary Employee on the Employer Employee Relationship," New York Bar Journal, March-April 1995. Frequent lecturer on employment-related subjects. Member: Onondaga County, New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Labor Law; Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Business Law; Civil Practice; Contracts; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Age Discrimination in Employment; Sexual Harassment; Noncompete Litigation; Employment Contracts; Retaliatory Discharge; Employment Discrimination. Email: John L. Valentino | | Robert K. Weiler (Member) born Monticello, New York; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Justinian Society. Note Editor, Albany Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: Comment, "The Right to Assigned Counsel in Divorce Actions and the Effects of Matter of Smiley: Setting the Boundaries in a New Frontier," 40 Albany L. Rev. 513, 1976; Weiler, Business Associations, 1983 Survey of New York Law, 34 Syracuse L. Rev. 7, 1983. Law Examiner, New York State Board of Law Examiners, 1987-1991. Confidential Law Research Assistant, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Rochester, New York, 1977-1979. Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Commercial Law; Communications Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Debtor and Creditor; Equipment Finance and Leasing; Fraud and Deceit; General Practice; Leases and Leasing; Litigation; Partnership Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Robert K. Weiler | | Harrison V. Williams, Jr. (Member) born Schenectady, New York; admitted to bar, 1959, New York, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1955); Syracuse University (J.D., 1959). E.S.U. Fellowship, Rossall School, Fleetwood, England, 1950. Member: Onondaga County and New York State (Elder Law Section) Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Insurance; Personal Injury; Probate; Torts; Wills; Estate Planning; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Harrison V. Williams, Jr. | | OF COUNSEL | | Edward S. Green (Of Counsel) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1961, New York; 1968, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., 1947; LL.B., 1960). Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1957. Lecturer, Tax Law, Syracuse University College of Law, 1967-1968. Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations. [1st. Lt., U.S.A.F., 1952-1954]. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Health Care; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Real Estate; Taxation. Email: Edward S. Green | | Sidney L. Manes (Of Counsel) born Atlantic City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1955, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Penn State University (B.A., 1950); Syracuse University (LL.B., 1954). Adjunct Faculty, School of Environmental Science and Forestry at State University of New York. Former Senior Partner, Manes, Rifken, Frankel and Greenman, P.C. Member: New York State Hazardous Waste Task Force, Onondaga County Environmental Management Council. Evaluator, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Panel Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Member: Onondaga and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Eminent Domain; Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Sidney L. Manes | | ASSOCIATES | | Ann Magnarelli Alexander (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York. Education: State University of New York at Geneseo (B.A., 2001); Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (M.P.A., 2006); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations; Central New York Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Ann Magnarelli Alexander | | David G. Burch (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 2003); Albany Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: Onondaga County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Employee Benefits; Litigation. Email: David G. Burch | | Jason J. Centolella (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.A., 2000); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations; Central New York Bankruptcy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Health Care; Equipment Finance and Leasing. Email: Jason J. Centolella | | Kathleen Faulknham Centolella (Associate) born Cape Vincent, New York; admitted to bar, 2005, New York. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., 2001); T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond (J.D., 2004). McNeil Honor Society. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits; Environmental; Land Use. Email: Kathleen Faulknham Centolella | | Anthony J. D'Elia (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, May 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Oswego (B.S., magna cum laude, 1992); Albany Law School of Union College (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Member: Onondaga and Broome County Bar Associations. (Resident, Syracuse Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Banking Law; Land Use; Corporate Litigation. Email: Anthony J. D'Elia | | Christine Woodcock Dettor (Associate) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 1997, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., 1992); Syracuse University (J.D., 1996). Member: Onondaga County and New York State (Member, Sections on: Trusts and Estates; Health Law; Elder Law) Bar Associations; Estate Planning Council of Central New York. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Asset Protection; Disabilities; Elder Law; General Practice; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Health Care; Hospital Law; Insurance; Medicare and Medicaid; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Probate; Regulatory Law; Religious Institutions; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Christine Woodcock Dettor | | Marri A.T. Elliott (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, April 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 2005, New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., Physics, cum laude, 1999); Columbia University (J.D., 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholarship, Columbia University; Joe William E. Tilley Scholarship, Syracuse University. Formerly with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, LLP. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Transactions(40%); Economic Development(30%); Litigation(20%); Estate Planning(10%). Email: Marri A.T. Elliott | | Kim V. Heyman (Associate) born Johannesburg, South Africa; admitted to bar, 1996, New York; 2004, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1990); New York University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995; LL.M. in Taxation, 1999). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Tax; Employee Benefits; Business Transactions. Email: Kim V. Heyman | | Dafni S. Kiritsis (Associate) born Syracuse, New York; admitted to bar, 2001, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member, Justinian Society. Member: Onondaga County and New York State Bar Associations. Languages: Greek and French. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Civil Rights Litigation; Education Law; Federal Tort Claims Act; General Practice; Labor and Employment; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Employment Discrimination; Civil Appeals. Email: Dafni S. Kiritsis | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Albany, New York Office: 194 Washington Avenue, Suite 315, 12210. Telephone: 518-689-3570. Fax: 518-689-3571.
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