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| | Address | | 11 Martine Avenue, 12th Floor | | White Plains, New York 10606-1934 | | (Westchester Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 914-946-3700 | | Telecopier: 914-946-0134 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.mccarthyfingar.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| McCarthy Fingar LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Bankruptcy, Charitable Gift Planning, Commercial Finance, Corporate, E-Business and General Business, Environmental Law, Exempt Organizations, Land Use and Zoning, Liltigation, Matrimonial and Family Law, Real Estate Transactions, Surrogate's Court Litigation, Taxation and Trusts and Estates. | Firm Profile:
For over 50 years, McCarthy Fingar LLP has provided legal assistance to our clients in a variety of practice areas in the civil law. Our aim is to provide our clients with the expertise of a diversified law firm and team support through personal contacts and relationships with individual attorneys. Our skills, knowledge and proficiency are reflected in the success of our clients in an ever demanding and changing legal and business climate. | | Firm Size: 25 | Representative Clients:
Asset Management Ltd.; The Bank of New York; Independence Community Bank; JPMorgan Chase Bank; Union State Bank; Fleet Bank; Graphite Metallizing Corporation; People's Bank; Society of International Cultural Exchange (SICE); Irish Life Assurance PLC; Sage Insurance Group, Inc.; Houlihan Lawrence, Inc.; Legg Mason Dorman & Wilson, Inc.; The Salvation Army, Eastern Territorial Headquarters; The Arthritis Foundation; American Heart Association: Assemblies of God Foundation; The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Lafayette College. | 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
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Henry J. Smith (1919-1986). | | Elmer L. Fingar (1905-1989). | | Robert J. McCarthy (1909-1993). | | Martin Drazen (1919-2004). | | Gail Marie Boggio (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, September 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1998, New York. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., Accounting & Economics, 1982); Pace University (J.D., 1997). Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts, 1985. Member: Eastchester, New York State and American Bar Associations; Westchester Women's Bar Association; Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Charitable Giving; Tax Exempt Organizations; Surrogates Court Practice; Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Gail Marie Boggio | | Howell Bramson (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Connecticut; 1978, New York; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; 1989, Florida. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., with honors, 1972); New York University (J.D., 1976; LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Author: "Deductibility of Takeover Costs After National Starch," The Journal of Taxation, December 1989; "Tax Consequences of Cancellation of Nonrecourse Debt Remain Unsettled," The Journal of Taxation, August 1990; "Prop. Regs. Provide Operating Rules for Bankruptcy Exception to Ownership Change Limits," The Journal of Taxation, March 1992. Member: Westchester County Bar Association (Executive Committee, Tax Section); The Florida Bar; Estate Planning Council of Westchester County (Past President). Practice Areas: Corporate Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Howell Bramson | | Joseph J. Brophy (Partner) born Bronx, New York, June 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1975, New York. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1970); University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1974). Author: "Settling: When Discretion is the Better Part of Valor," National Law Journal, 1984; "The Complex Medical Malpractice Case: The Right Theory," Trial Diplomacy Journal, 1985; "Informed Consent to Brain Surgery," Am-Jur Trial Reports, 1987; "Negligent Pediatric Care," Am-Jur Trial Reports, 1994. Member: New York State Bar Association; State Bar of California; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Laparoscopy Litigation Group). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Negligence Law; Personal Injury Law; Product Liability Law; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice. Email: Joseph J. Brophy | | Kathleen Donelli (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, Connecticut; 1986, New York; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Boston University; City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1975); Manhattanville College (M.A.T., 1982); Pace Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member, 1983-1984 and Articles Editor, 1984-1985, Pace Law Review. Author: "Dirks v. SEC: New Guidelines for Tippee Liability Under Rule 10b-5," 4 Pace Law Review 631, 1984. Member: White Plains (Past President), New York State and American Bar Associations; Westchester Women's Bar Association (President); Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. Reported Cases: Jaffer v. Miles, 134 A.D. 2d 572 (2d Dep't), appeal den'd., 71 N.Y. 2d 927 (1988); Schulman Investment Co. v. Innomed, Inc., 160 A.D. 2d 865 (2d Dep't 1990); 1185 Avenue of the Americas Associates v. Resolution Trust Corp., 22F.3d 494 (2d Cir. 1994); Route 22 Associates v. Cipes, 204 A.D.2d 705 (2d Dep't 1994); Tropea v. Tropea; Brown v. Kenward, 87 N.Y.2d 727 (1996); Frayne v. Frayne, 234 A.D.2d 545 (2d Dep't 1996); Amari v. Molloy, 180 Misc.2d 664 (Kings Co. 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Matrimonial Law; Family Law. Email: Kathleen Donelli | | John A. Fowler (Member) born Hamilton, Montana, June 14, 1935; admitted to bar, 1968, New York, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Montana (B.A., with honors, 1957); School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (M.A., 1961); Columbia University (J.D., 1967). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: John A. Fowler | | Joseph P. Harrington (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, May 15, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Massachusetts; 1972, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1962); Boston College Law School (LL.B., 1965). Member: Westchester County (Co-Chairman, Law Office Management Committee, 1988-1990) and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Real Estate. Email: Joseph P. Harrington | | Lisa Newfield (Member) born New York, N.Y., March 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Connecticut; 1996, New York. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1992); University of Michigan (J.D., 1995). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations; Westchester Women's Bar Association; Planned Giving Group of Greater New York. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Charitable Giving; Tax Exempt Organizations; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Elder Law. Email: Lisa Newfield | | Robert M. Redis (Member) born Jackson Heights, New York, December 8, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd and 3rd Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., cum laude, 1966); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1969). Co-Author, "New York Report on First Amendment Law," National Libel Defense Resource Center, 1982. Chair, Economic Development Committee, Yorktown Chamber of Commerce. Director and First Vice President, Westchester Food Patch. Member: Westchester County Bar Association (Pro Bono Chairperson). Practice Areas: Land Use; Zoning Law; Litigation; Surrogates Court Practice. Email: Robert M. Redis | | Robert H. Rosh (Member) born New York, N.Y., March 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1990, New York. Education: Drew University (B.A., 1983); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1989). Notes Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1987-1989. Author: "New York's Response to the Director and Officer Liability Crisis: A Need to Reexamine the Importance of D & O Insurance," 54 Brook.L.Rev. 1305 (1989). Member: White Plains and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Robert H. Rosh | | Frank W. Streng (Member) born Bronx, New York, January 21, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1979); Syracuse University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member, Justinian Society. Member, Editorial Staff, 1980-1981 and Notes and Comments Editor, 1981-1982, Syracuse Law Review. Co-Author: New York Wills and Trusts, 3rd Edition, 1990. Member: Westchester County (Member, Executive Committee, Trusts and Estates Section) and New York State (Member, Trusts & Estates Section, Committee on Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Charitable Giving; Surrogates Court Practice; Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Frank W. Streng | | Philip T. Temple (Member) born New York, N.Y., January 14, 1933; admitted to bar, 1957, New York; 1963, U.S. Tax Court. Education: City College of the City University of New York (A.B., 1954); Columbia University (LL.B., 1957). Founding Faculty, American Institute for Philanthropic Studies. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Non-Profit Organizations, 1973-1981; 1986-1992; 1997-1999; 2004—; Chair, 1989-1992; Council on Taxation, 1990-1999); National Association of College and University Attorneys. Practice Areas: Charitable Giving; Tax Exempt Organizations; Trusts and Estates. Email: Philip T. Temple | | Dolores Gebhardt (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 22, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1981); Hofstra University (J.D., 1984). Editor-in-Chief, Hofstra Labor Law Journal, 1983-1984. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Westchester County, White Plains, New York State and American Bar Associations; Westchester Women's Bar Association (Co-Chair, Programs Committee). Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law. Email: Dolores Gebhardt | | ASSOCIATES | | Dina M. Aversano (Associate) born Bronx, New York, June 15, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut; 2008, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Articles Editori, Pace International Law Review, 2006-2007. Author, "Can the Pope Be a Defendant in American Courts? The Grant of Head of State Immunity and the Judiciary's Role to Answer This Question," Pace Int'l L. Rev., Vol. II, Fall 2006. Member: Westchester County, Connecticut, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation(50%); Trusts and Estates(25%); Surrogacy Law(25%). Email: Dina M. Aversano | | Michelle L. Santoro (Associate) born Stamford, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2002, Connecticut; 2003, New York. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1989); Fordham University (M.A., 1992; Ph.D. Candidate, 1993-1998); St. John's University (J.D., 2002). Alpha Epsilon Phi. Member, Westchester Village Kiwanis. Member: New Rochelle Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Westchester Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Michelle L. Santoro | | Katherine M. Sohr (Associate) born Yonkers, New York, May 6, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut; 2008, New York. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Pace University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Sigma Tau Delta (Member, Nu Chi Chapter). Managing Editor, 2006-2007 and Associate Member, 2005-2006, Pace International Law Review. Author, "Difficulties Implementing the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: A Criticism of the Proposed Ortega's Law and an Advocacy for Moderate Adoption Reform in Guatemala," 18 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 559 (2006). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Surrogacy Law; Litigation. Email: Katherine M. Sohr | | OF COUNSEL | | Joel M. Aurnou (Of Counsel) born Bronx, New York, May 3, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, New York; 1960, U.S. District Court, District of New York; 1965, Connecticut. Education: City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1954); New York University (LL.B., cum laude, 1959). Order of the Coif. Champion, Moot Court. Recipient: John Norton Pomeroy Scholarship; General University Scholarship; H.B. Richard Law Award. Adjunct Professor, Pace Law School, 2001. Court Judge, Westchester County, 1977. Member: White Plains (President, 2000-2002), Westchester County (Chairman, Building Committee) and New York State Bar Associations. [Military Police, U.S. Army, 1954-1956]. Reported Cases: People v. Mirenda, 23 N.Y.2d 439, 297 N.Y.S.2d 532 (1969); People v. Shapiro, 50 N.Y.2d 747, 431 N.Y.S.2d 422 (1980); People v. DeConto, 80 N.Y.2d 433, 591 N.Y.2d 433, 591 N.Y.S.2d 131 (1992), aff'g 172 A.D.2d 684 (2d Dep't); Harris v. NY, 401 U.S. 222, 91 S. Ct. 643, 28 L.Ed.1 (1971). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense Litigation; Appellate Practice; Administrative Law. Email: Joel M. Aurnou | | Charles F. Crames (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1927; admitted to bar, 1952, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: New York University (A.B., 1948); Harvard University (LL.B., 1951). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Charles F. Crames | | William A. Donovan (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., April 24, 1926; admitted to bar, 1951, New York. Education: Culver Military Academy, Stevens Institute of Technology, Northwestern University (B.S. in E.E., 1946); Brown University (A.B., 1947); Northwestern University (J.D., 1950). | | L. William Fishman (Of Counsel) born Louisville, Kentucky, January 17, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Kentucky; 1977, New York. Education: University of Louisville (B.S.C., 1969; J.D., cum laude, 1972); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1976). Order of the Coif. Delta Theta Phi. Member, City of Rye Board of Assessment Review. Member: New York State (Member, Taxation Section) and Kentucky Bar Associations. [U.S. Army, 1968-1974]. Reported Cases: Estate of Levine v. Commissioner, 634 F.2d 12 (2nd Cir. 1980); Jacoby v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo, 1996-477 (1996); Goldstein v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo, 1984-62. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: L. William Fishman | | Milton R. Gleit (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., June 1, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., 1958); Harvard University (J.D., 1961). Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Securities. Email: Milton R. Gleit | | William Sloan Greenawalt (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, March 4, 1934; admitted to bar, 1962, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1966, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1956); Yale University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1959-1961. Director, Legal Services Program, Northeast Region Legal Services, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965-1968. President, Westchester Putnam Legal Services, 1971-1974; Director, 1971-1995. Chairman, Board of Directors, Applied Resources, Inc., 1968-1970. Chairman, Community Aid for Employment of Ex-Offenders, Westchester, New York, 1971. Member: Governor's Task Force on Elementary and Secondary Education, 1974-1975; Presidential Task Force on Criminal Justice, 1976; Westchester County Executive Task Force on Land Use and Planning, 1993-1999; Adv. Coun. New York State Senate Dems., 1978—; New York State Council on Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 1988-1994. Chair, Taconic State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commission, 1989-1997; Commissioner, 1984-1997; 2004—; Chair, Westchester Parks, Recreation and Conservation Board, 2004—; Vice Chair, 1999-2004; Member, 1998—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Civil Rights Committee, 1970-1975; Lawyer Referral Committee, 1980-1983); Westchester County, New York State (Chairman: Committee on Availability of Legal Services, 1968-1970; Action Unit #3 on Extending Legal Services, 1979-1981; Special Committee on Alternatives to Court Resolution of Disputes, 1981-1984; Member: Specialization Committee, 1968-1970; Revisions of Canons of Ethics Committee, 1969-1970) and American Bar Associations. Fellow, New York Bar Foundation. [Lt. Comdr., U.S. Navy, 1956-1958 and Reserves]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Negligence; Matrimonial Law; Product Liability; Complex Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation; Trials and Appeals. Email: William Sloan Greenawalt | | Robert J. Kiggins (Of Counsel) born Rochester, New York, October 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York. Education: Boston College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); Cornell College (J.D., 1974); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Instructor, in Estate Planning Law at Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, Fall, 1988. Languages: Spanish, Japanese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; E-Business; Business Law; Securities. Email: Robert J. Kiggins | | Phillip C. Landrigan (Of Counsel) born Morristown, New Jersey, July 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York. Education: New York University (B.S., 1981); University of Southern California (J.D., 1984). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Phillip C. Landrigan | | William F. Macreery (Of Counsel) born Elmira, New York, February 3, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Trinity College (B.S., 1970); Fordham University (J.D., 1974). Member: Northern Westchester (President, 1987) and Westchester County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation. Email: William F. Macreery | | Sondra M. Miller (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., February 10, 1929; admitted to bar, 1955, New York; 1980, Florida. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., 1950); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1953; LL.B., 1953). Author: "Legal Opinions (Family Court, Supreme Court, Appellate Court)," 1984-2006. Member: Family Court Woehberls County, New York State, 1984-1987; New York State Supreme Court, 1987-1990; New York State Appellate Division, 1990-2006. Email: Sondra M. Miller |
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