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| | Address | | 445 Hamilton Avenue, 15th Floor | | White Plains, New York 10601 | | (Westchester Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 914-946-4777 | | Telecopier: 914-946-6868 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.kblaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Keane & Beane, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Commercial, Labor and Employment, Environmental, Zoning and Land Use, Corporate, Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Probate and Estate Planning, Elder Care Law. | | Year Established: 1980 | Firm Profile:
Keane & Beane, P.C. maintains a comprehensive and varied Civil practice, including litigation, in the areas of municipal law, zoning, land use, regulatory, education, environmental, construction, commercial and residential real estate transactions and finance, and labor and employment, copyright, trademark and technology law, as well as estate planning and administration. Our clients include public and private corporations, banks, utility companies, municipalities, real estate developers, school districts and fiduciaries of decedent estates. | | Firm Size: 26 | | Thomas F. Keane, Jr. (1932-1991). | | Edward F. Beane (Member) born New York, N.Y., November 19, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, New York; 1970, District of Columbia; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1973, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit. Education: City College of the City University of New York (B.S., 1964); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1967). Staff Member, Brooklyn Law Review, 1966-1967. Author: "Labor and Employment Law: Recent Trends and Decisions, Westchester Bar Journal, Winter, 1987; "The Age Discrimination Act," Westchester Bar Journal, Summer, 1989; "Recent Supreme Court Developments," Employment Discrimination, Fall 1990. Chairman and Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Programs on Labor and Employment Law and Arbitration, Westchester County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Committee, Pace Law School and New York State Bar Association. Member, Advisory Council, American Arbitration Association. Advertising Editor, Westchester County Bar Association, 1985-1992. Village of Rye Brook Village Attorney, 1989-1992. Special Counsel: Village of Rye Brook, 1992-1995, 2001 to date; Town of Chester, 1993-1995. Member: Orange County, Ulster County, Westchester County (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1974-2006), New York State (Member, Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor Relations Law; Federal Law; Commercial Litigation) Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Land Use; Environmental law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law. | | Donna Frosco (Member) born Teaneck, New Jersey, February 12, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, Washington, D.C.; 1993, New Jersey and New York; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1986); Duke University (J.D., 1989; LL.M., 1989). Guest Lecturer, Pace University School of Law (Copyright, Licensing, Intellectual Property Litigation and Corporate Espionage). Speaker, New York Construction Lien Law, May, 1999. Author: "Use of Transfer of Assets and Spousal Refusal In Medicaid and Estate Planning Under Article 81," The Elder Law Attorney, Summer 1996. Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition, Southeast Regional Champion, 1988-1989. Editor-in-Chief, Duke International Comparative Law Annual, 1988-1989. Executive Board Member, Duke International Law Society, 1986-1989. Member: New York State Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Environmental Law Sections); State Bar of California (Environmental and Intellectual Property Law Sections); Westchester Women's Bar Association (Vice President; Chair, Technology Committee; Co-Chair, Litigation Committee); Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (Board Member). Former Member, California Lawyers for the Arts. Reported Cases: Prisco v. A&D Carting Corp., 168 F.3d 593 (2nd Cir. 1999). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Intellectual Property; Technology; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. | | David Glasser (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1974); Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1977). Contributing Editor, "How to Avoid the Probate Trap," NIBM, 1989. Co-Author, "Dual Compensation to Attorneys in Real Estate Transactions," N.Y. Property Law Journal, NYSBA, Spring 1995. Member, Estate Planning Council of Westchester, Inc., 1984—; Director, 1995-1997. Trustee, 1985 and President 1999-2001, Temple Israel Center of White Plains. Director, 1999-2004 and Vice Chair 2002-2004, Benjamin Cardozo Society of USA-Federation of New York. Member, Planned Giving Professional Advisory Board of Blythedale Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 2002—. Director: Westchester Business and Professional Leaders of USA-Federation of New York, 2004—; American Jewish Committee of Westchester, 2008—. Member, White Plains Hospital Planned Giving Committee, 2007—. Member: Westchester County and New York State (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Tax; Trusts and Estates) Bar Associations; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Trusts Law; Estates Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law. | | Eric L. Gordon (Member) born Pasadena, California, February 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, New York; 1996, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1989); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Law Clerk to the Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz, U.S.D.J. (S.D. Cal 1994-1996). Order of the Coif. Fordham Urban Law Journal. Member: New York State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Employment; Civil Litigation; Land Use. | | Lance H. Klein (Member) born Bronx, New York, November 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1987); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1990). Member: Westchester, New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation. | | Ronald A. Longo (Member) born Schenectady, New York, November 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1974); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Contributing Author: "Public Sector Labor and Employment Law," NYSBA, 1988 and Second Edition, 1998. Adjunct Professor: Education Law, Fordham University, 1993-1994; Iona College, 1982-1990. Deputy Town Attorney, Town of Clarkstown, 1985—. President, New York State Public Employer Labor Relations Association, 1982-1983. Member: Westchester County and New York State (Member, Municipal Law Section; Charter Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor Law; Administrative Law. | | Richard L. O'Rourke (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, November 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York, College at Geneseo (B.A., 1971); Bowling Green State University (M.A., 1972); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Phi Alpha Theta. Co-Author: "Riverkeeper v. Town of Southeast, the Court of Appeals Reminds Lower Courts Not to Second-Gues SEQRA Determinations," New York State Bar Association Journal, July/August 2008. Author: "Variance Applications and the Zoning Board of Appeals," Westchester Bar Journal, 1985. Author and Speaker: "Redevelopment and Economic Development After Kelo," Municipal Law and Environmental Law Sections, Joint Fall Meeting, New York State Bar Association 2005. Author and Speaker: "Land Use Litigation Update, NYC Watershed Regulations," Westchester County Bar Association, 2001. Speaker: "Administration and Enforcement of Land Use Controls," New York State Bar Association, 2002; New York Environmental Law Practical Skills State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR), 1999; Emerging Issues in Environmental Law, Land Use Regulation, New York State Bar Association, 1995; Environmental Law, Land Use Law and Planning, New York State Bar Association, Municipal Law Section Annual Conference, 1993; Westchester Municipal Planning Federation, 1987, 1993; 1995; Putnam County Division of Planning and Development, 1990; Nassau Academy of Law, 1994. Member, 1983-1986 and Chairman, 1985-1986, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Southeast. Town Attorney, Town of Southeast, 1986-1989. Articles Editor, Westchester County Bar Journal, 1986-2001. Member, Board of Visitors, Pace University School of Law, 2001—. Secretary/Treasurer, 1993-1994; President, 1997-1999, Putnam County Magistrates Association. Village Justice, Village of Brewster, 1992—. Member: Westchester County, Putnam County, New York State (Member, Environmental, Municipal Law Sections) and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Magistrates Association. American Bar Foundation, 2001—. (Also at Fishkill Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Zoning Law; Land Use Law; Environmental Law. | | Patrick J. O'Sullivan (Member) born Bronx, New York, July 26, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1989). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates Law; Corporate Law. | | Edward J. Phillips (Member) born 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Connecticut; 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.B.A., 1989); Fordham University (J.D., 1994). Law Clerk to United States District Judge William H. Pauley III, Southern District of New York (1998-2000). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. | | Lawrence Praga (Member) born New York, New York, May 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern District of New York. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1973); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1977). Adjunct Professor, Broome Community College, 1979-1981. First Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Binghamton, New York, 1980-1984. Town Attorney, Town of Yorktown, 1984-1986; Planning Board Attorney, Town of Lewisboro. Member: Westchester County and New York State (Member, Municipal Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Construction Law; Zoning Law; Land Use Law; Education Law; Telecommunications Law. Email: Lawrence Praga | | Stephanie M. Roebuck (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 4, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1992); Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (M.I.L.R., 1996). Presenter: "The Basics of Public Sector Labor Law," New York State Bar Association, March 2008. Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Graduate Education, 2005-2006. Co-Chair: Education Law Committee of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York; Continuing Legal Education Committee of the New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section; Community Outreach Committee of the Westchester Women's Bar Association. Program Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Winter Meeting, February 2008. Program Chair, Employment Law for the General Practitioner and Corporate Counselor, New York State Bar Association, May 2007. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Municipal Law); Westchester Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Education; Municipal. | | Joel H. Sachs (Member) born New York, N.Y., March 27, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1977, U.S. Tax Court; 1995, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of Connecticut and Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1963); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1966); New York University (LL.M., 1970). Recipient: Above the Bar Award, 2008; Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2009. Author: "Environmental Law for Local Government Counsel," 48 New York State Bar Journal 366, 1976; "The Impact of Environmental Controls on Real Estate Development," PLI Publications, 1984; "Environmental Due Diligence in Real Estate and Commercial Transactions," NYSBA Publications, 1997. Administrative Practice Before the NYSDEC (NYSBA Publication 1998); New York Environmental Law Practical Skills (NYSBA Publication 1999). Adjunct Professor of Law and Director of Municipal Law Resource Center, Pace Law School, 1979—. Chairman and Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Programs on Land Use Development and Environmental Law of PLI, ALI-ABA and NYS Bar Association, 1975-2008. Law Clerk to Hon. Charles H. Tenney, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of New York, 1966-1967. Assistant Attorney General, State of New York, 1967-1974. Town Attorney, Town of Greenburgh, New York, 1974-1979. Member, Construction Industry Panel, American Arbitration Association, 1980—. President, Westchester County Legal Aid Society. Listed in "Best Lawyers in America 2006" and named in New York Magazine as "Best Lawyers in New York Metropolitan Area-2005". Member: New York State (Chair of Environmental Law and Real Property Law Sections; Member, House of Delegates, 1991-1995). Federal Bar Council; White Plains Bar Association (President); Westchester County Bar Association (Member); National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (Chairman, Committee on Environmental Protection, 1977-1982). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Construction Law; Land Use Law; Civil Litigation; Municipal Law. | | Steven A. Schurkman (Member) born Bronx, N.Y., June 22, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1983, Florida. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1977); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., 1980). Recipient, Arthritis Foundation Planning Giving Award, 1995. Member: Board of Directors, Westchester Public Private Partnership of Aging Services; Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Westchester Estate Planning Council. Former Chair, Alzheimer's Association, Chair of Elder Law Section of Westchester County Bar Association. Prior Chairperson, Planned Giving Committee, Arthritis Foundation, New York City and Hudson Valley Branches. Speaker and Site-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Programs, New York State Bar Association. Westchester County Bar Association, Estate Planning, Administration and Elder Law. Member: Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Estates Law; Trusts Law; Elder Law; Real Estate Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law. | | Judson K. Siebert (Member) born Richmond, Indiana, September 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1982); Pace University (J.D., 1985). Member, Pace Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Westchester County, New York State (Member: Commercial and Federal Litigation Section; Municipal Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Municipal Law. | | Nicholas M. Ward-Willis (Member) born Dobbs Ferry, New York, June 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994, New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1990); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, Environmental Certificate, 1993). Member, Pace Environmental Law Review. Member: Westchester County, New York State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and Connecticut (Member, Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations. (Also at Fishkill Office). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Zoning; General Civil Litigation. | | Stephanie L. Burns (Member) born Oneonta, New York, January 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, New York, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Colgate University (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Dartmouth College (M.S., 1994); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member, House of Delegates, New York State Bar Association. Member: New York State (Member, Sections on: Commercial and Federal Litigation; Municipal); and Westchester County (Member, Diversity Committee); Bar Association; Westchester Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Zoning and Land Use; Environmental; Municipal; Construction Litigation; Labor Law. | | —————————— | | Amanda E. Kandel (Associate) born New Rochelle, New York, May 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, New York. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 2002); Pace University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Email: Amanda E. Kandel | | William Kang (Associate) born September 6, 1977; admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1999); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment. Email: William Kang | | Aileen T. Noonan (Associate) born Albany, New York, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: Canisius College (B.A., 2002); State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Westchester County Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Education Law. Email: Aileen T. Noonan | | Jennifer L. Reinke (Associate) born Norwalk, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2006, Connecticut; 2007, New York. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 2002); Pace University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: American Bar Association; Westchester Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Municipal Law; Land Use; Zoning Law. | | Nancy Tagliafierro (Associate) born Yonkers, New York, July 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 2000, New York and Connecticut. Education: State University of New York College at Oneonta (B.A., 1985); Pace University (J.D., 1999). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Elder Law; Trust Law. | | Andrew P. Tureaud (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, New York. Education: Manhattanville College (B.A., 1992); Pace University Law School (J.D., 1997). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations; Mid-Hudson Bankruptcy Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | OF COUNSEL | | Christopher J. Aventuro (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., January 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Connecticut; 1995, New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1987); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: Westchester County and New York State (Member, Trusts and Estates Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation; Elder Law; Guardianship. | | James W. Borkowski (Of Counsel) born Staten Island, New York, August 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1992, New Jersey; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1984); Boston University (J.D., 1987). Legislative Counsel, New York State Assembly, 1996-1998. Town Justice, Town of Southeast, New York, 1998—. President, Putnam County Magistrate's Association, 2000—. Member, Board of Trustees, The Melrose School, Brewster, New York, 1998—. Member: Putnam County and New York State Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Litigation; Telecommunications Law; Intellectual Property. | | John F. Burkhardt (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, October 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1971); Fordham University (J.D., 1974). Member, 1988-1995 and Chair, 1992-1995, Architectural Review Board, Village of Tarrytown. Member, Board of Directors of United Way of the Tarrytowns, 1992-2000; Campaign Chair, 1994-1999. Board of Advisors of Ticor Title Guarantee Company, 1992-2002. Member, Executive Board, Westchester-Putnam Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 1996. Member, Board of Directors, 2002— and Vice President, 2003—, Elizabeth Mascia Child Care Center. Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. | | Deepankar Mukerji (Of Counsel) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1995, Connecticut; 1996, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst (B.A., English, 1983); Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1995). Formerly Director of Resource Bureau, Westchester County Department of Social Services. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Elder Law Section); Westchester County Bar Association (Vice-Chair, Elder Law Committee). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Guardianship; Real Estate. | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Lenny Amodeo (Legal Assistant) born Staten Island, New York, February 6, 1970; Education: John Jay College (B.S., 1992). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law. | | Barbara S. Durkin (Office Manager) born Goshen, New York, February 18, 1961; Education: The Berkeley School (Secretarial Degree, 1980). Notary Public, New York. Member, Association of Legal Administrators, Westchester County. Practice Areas: Billing/Time Slips Program; Payroll; Accounts Payable/Receivable; Secretarial Management; Computer Network Management. | Other Office Addresses:
Fishkill, New York Office: 200 Westage Business Ctr., 12524. Telephone: 845-869-0120
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