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| | Address | | One Barker Avenue | | White Plains, New York 10601 | | (Westchester Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| O'Connor, McGuinness, Conte, Doyle & Oleson practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Banking, Insurance, Personal Injury, Negligence, Environmental, Malpractice, Products Liability, Railroad, Probate and Real Estate Law, Appellate Practice. | | Year Established: 1952 | Firm Profile:
The law firm commenced its practice in 1952 in White Plains, New York, under the firm name of King Edwards & O'Connor, Esqs. At the time, its focus was in the area of civil litigation from the defense standpoint. Since then, the firm has grown significantly and expanded its focus, although it remains primarily a civil litigation defense firm. Members of the firm have appeared throughout New York State's Ninth Judicial District, which includes the Counties of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland and Orange, as well as Bronx County, Sullivan County, Ulster County and the Federal Court System in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Cases involve claims made for personal injuries arising out of general liability matters, motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice of physicians, hospital and nursing malpractice and legal malpractice. From an administrative standpoint, the office is computerized which has streamlined communications, docketing of entries and billing. | | Firm Size: 20 | Languages:
English and Spanish. | Clients:
ATTORNEYS FOR: Allstate Insurance Co.; Merchants Mutual Insurance Co.; GEICO; Criterion Insurance Co.; Colonial Penn Insurance Co.; Balboa Insurance Co.; Exchange Mutual Insurance Co.; Prudential Insurance Co.; Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co.; St. Paul Insurance Companies; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Employers Self Insurance Service; Wright Risk Management; Northbrook Insurance Co.; Alexis; American International Adjustment Co.; American Home Insurance Co.; Supermarkets General Corp.; Adjustco; Physicians Reciprocal Insurance Co.; New York School Insurance Reciprocal; New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal; New York State Liquidation Bureau; Colonial Indemnity Insurance Co.; Commercial Mutual Insurance Co.; Crawford and Co.; Chubb Insurance Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Rocco Conte (Member) born Mt. Vernon, New York, February 24, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, New York; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and District of Connecticut; 1979, Connecticut. Education: Fordham University (A.B., 1963); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1966). Member: Westchester County, New York State, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Civil Rights Defense. Email: Rocco Conte | | Dennis T. Doyle (Member) admitted to bar, 1968, New York; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1965); Fordham University (J.D., 1968). Member: Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Associations; Federation of Insurance Counsel; American Trial Lawyers Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Email: Dennis T. Doyle | | Richard C. Oleson (Member) born White Plains, New York, December 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1975); Fordham University (J.D., 1978). Member: White Plains, Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; School Liability; Municipal Liability; Automobile Malpractice; Real Estate; Wills; Probate. Email: Richard C. Oleson | | Dennis L. O'Connor, Jr. (Member) born Portchester, New York, January 11, 1948; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Long Island University (B.A., 1971); Manhattanville College (M.A., 1974); Pace University (J.D., 1980). Member: White Plains, Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Lead Poisoning. Email: Dennis L. O'Connor, Jr. | | William R. Watson (Member) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1980); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1984). Member: Westchester County Bar Association. Email: William R. Watson | | Kevin M. Loftus (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York. Education: St. Peter's College (B.A., 1980); Hofstra University (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Westchester County, Dutchess County and New York State Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association. Email: Kevin M. Loftus | | Philomena Basuk (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, July 5, 1948; admitted to bar, 1986, New York and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Cortland (B.S.E., 1975); New York University (M.A., 1978); Yeshiva University (J.D., 1985). Member: Westchester County, New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Email: Philomena Basuk | | Montgomery Lee Effinger (Member) born Wheeling, West Virginia, October 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut; 1992, New York. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Pace University (J.D., 1991). Member: New York State Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Email: Montgomery Lee Effinger | | ASSOCIATES | | Robert Wolf (Associate) born Bronx, New York, October 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, New York. Education: State University of Albany (B.A., 1988; M.A., 1989); Touro Law School (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Automobile Insurance Defense; Premise Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Robert Wolf | | Katherine A. Lynch (Associate) born New York, New York, February 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 2000, New York and Connecticut. Education: Marist College (B.A., 1986); Quinnipiac College (J.D., 1999). Email: Katherine A. Lynch | | Elizabeth Holmes (Associate) born New York, New York, December 8, 1947; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey; 1988, New York. Education: Barnard College (B.S., 1969); Rutgers University Law School at Newark (J.D., 1985). Certified Elementary Teacher, New Jersey, 1974. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Elizabeth Holmes | | Robert E. Cosentino (Associate) born Bronx, New York, January 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Connecticut, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: St. John's University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1992; M.A., 1997; J.D., 1997). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Real Estate; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Robert E. Cosentino | | Martha S. Keane (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania; 1995, Georgia; 1998, District of Columbia; 1999, New York. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1986); Tulane University (J.D., 1989). Formerly with Federal Maritime Commission. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Transportation; General Practice. | | Jennifer M. Klee (Associate) born Washington, D.C., June 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: State University of New York College at Geneseo (B.A., 1995); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member, Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce. Member: New York State Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Email: Jennifer M. Klee | | Patrick J. McGinley (Associate) born Bronx, New York, March 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: Siena College (B.A., 1993); Quinnipiac University (J.D., 1996). | | Nancy Shea Kopka (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, March 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 2002, Connecticut; 2003, New York. Education: Clark University (B.A., 1990); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Executive Editor, Pace International Law Review, 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice. Email: Nancy Shea Kopka | | Monica G. Snitily (Associate) born Los Angeles California, December 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 2000); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Monica G. Snitily |
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