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2019 – 2020 DIRECTORYLead
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elegates 2019 – 2020 D
IRECTO
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Leadership
House ofDelegates
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
Leadership &House of Delegates
DIRECTORY
Henry M. GreenbergPresident 2019-2020
Copyright © 2019, New York State Bar Association.
Reproduction of this publication or any portion thereof is strictly prohibited without the written permission
of the Executive Directorof the New York State Bar Association.
Preface
Our 2019–2020 New York State Bar Association Leadership and House of Delegates Directory is designed to help you keep in touch with your colleagues in the House of Delegates, Executive Committee, and Sections and Committees. It also includes contact information for the Bar Journal Board of Editors, NYSBA staff liaisons and department contacts, and The New York Bar Foundation. The directory is a resource to all as we connect and work together to grow our Bar Association.
The attorneys listed in this directory are among the best that the legal profession has to offer. Together, we serve as the voice of the legal profession and work to support the rule of law, improve the administration of justice, and advocate for the public good. Please continue to be involved. Our profession is more impactful and important than ever. I thank you for your leadership and dedication to our New York State Bar Association.
Henry M. GreenbergPresident
Table of ContentsSection OneImportant Dates – page 1
Section TwoExecutive Committee – pages 3-10
Section ThreeExecutive Committee Liaisons – pages 11-14
Section FourSection Officers – pages 15-35
Section FiveCommittee Chairs – pages 37-58
Section SixHouse of Delegates – pages 59-194
Section SevenDelegates to the ABA – pages 195-199
Section EightThe New York Bar Foundation Board of Directors – pages 200-208
Section NineNYSBA Staff Liaisons – pages 209-213
Section TenNYSBA Department Contacts – pages 215-228
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Important Dates
NYSBA2020 Annual Meeting January 27-January 31
Executive Committee Meetings January 30
April 3
June 11 & 12
November 6
House of Delegates Meetings January 31
April 4
June 13
November 7
ABAFebruary 12-17, 2020 (NABE/NCBP/NCBF/ABA) Midyear Meeting, Austin, TX
March 11-13, 2020 Bar Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL
July 29-August 4, 2020 (NABE/NCBP/NCBF/ABA) 2020 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
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Executive CommitteeHenry M. Greenberg, Esq. PRESIDENT
Office AddressGreenberg Traurig, LLP 54 State Street Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 689-1492 Fax (518) 689-1499 Email greenbergh@gtlaw.com
Scott M. Karson, Esq. PRESIDENT-ELECT
Office AddressLamb & Barnosky LLP 534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210 P.O. Box 9034 Melville, NY 11747-9034Phone (631) 694-2300 Fax (631) 694-2309 Email smk@lambbarnosky.com
Sherry Levin Wallach, Esq. SECRETARY
Office AddressThe Legal Aid Society of Westchester County 150 Grand St. White Plains, NY 10601Phone (914) 286-3411 Email sherry@slevinesq.com
Domenick Napoletano, Esq. TREASURER
Office Address351 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11231-4384Phone (718) 522-1377 Fax (718) 596-6137 Email domenick@napoletanolaw.com
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Executive Committee
Michael Miller, Esq. IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Office AddressLaw Office of Michael Miller 666 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1717 New York, NY 10103-0001Phone (212) 545-7000 Fax (212) 532-8800 Email mm@michaelmilleresq.com
Diana S. Sen, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 1ST DISTRICT
Office AddressOffice of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 201 Varick Street, Room 750 New York, NY 10014
Phone (646) 320-8240 Email dsen29@gmail.com
Carol Ann Sigmond, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 1ST DISTRICT
Office AddressCohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, P.C. 55 Broadway, Suite 901 New York, NY 10006Phone (212) 871-7046 Fax (212) 981-2928 Email csigmond@cohenseglias.com
Aimee L. Richter, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 2ND DISTRICT
Office AddressLee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter LLP 99 Madison Ave, 8th Floor New York, NY 10016Phone (212) 271-0664 Fax (212) 271-0665 Email aimeerichter@lacwkrr.com
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Robert T. Schofield, IV, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 3RD DISTRICT
Office AddressWhiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP One Commerce Plaza, 19th Floor Albany, NY 12260Phone (518) 487-7616 Fax (518) 487-7777 Email rschofield@woh.com
Marne L. Onderdonk, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 4TH DISTRICT
Office AddressAlbany County Courthouse Chambers of the Hon. Margaret Walsh 16 Eagle Street, Room 38 Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 285-6139 Email monderdo@nycourts.gov
Jean Marie Westlake, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 5TH DISTRICT
Office AddressDeFrancisco & Falgiatano, LLP 6739 Myers Road. East Syracuse, NY 13057Phone (315) 479-9000 Fax (315) 479-9000 Email jeanmarie@defranciscolaw.com
Richard C. Lewis, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 6TH DISTRICT
Office AddressHinman Howard & Kattell, LLP 80 Exchange Street, PO Box 5250 Binghamton, NY 13901-3400Phone (607) 231-6891 Fax (607) 723-6605 Email Rlewis@HHK.com
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David H. Tennant, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 7TH DISTRICT
Office AddressLaw Office of David Tennant PLLC 3349 Monroe Avenue, Suite 345 Rochester, NY 14618Phone (585) 708-9338 Email David.tennant@appellatezealot.com
Norman P. Effman, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 8TH DISTRICT
Office AddressWyoming County Public Defender Wyoming Cty Attica Legal Aid Bureau Inc. 18 Linwood Avenue Warsaw, NY 14569Phone (585) 786-8450 Fax (585) 786-8478 Email attlegal@yahoo.com
Mark T. Starkman, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 9TH DISTRICT
Office Address Law Office of Mark T. Starkman 14 Rudy Road New Windsor, NY 12553-8636
Phone (914) 262-0024 Email marktstarkman@gmail.com
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Donna England, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 10TH DISTRICT
Office AddressEngland & England PC 2556 Middle Country Road Centereach, NY 11720-3549Phone (631) 588-0250 Fax (631) 588-0329 Email dengland@englandlaw.legal
Hon. Karina E. Alomar VICE-PRESIDENT 11TH DISTRICT
Office AddressCriminal Court of the City of New York 125-01 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, NY 11415Phone (718)298-1491 Email kalomar@nycourts.gov
Michael A. Marinaccio, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 12TH DISTRICT
Office AddressLaw Office of Michael A. Marinaccio 245 Main Street, Suite 420 White Plains, NY 10601-2411Phone (914) 761-0707 Fax (914) 761-0795 Email michael@mamarinacciolaw.com
Jonathan B. Behrins, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT 13TH DISTRICT
Office AddressThe Behrins Law Firm PLLC 1491 Richmond Road Staten Island, NY 10304Phone (718) 447-5541 Fax (718) 983-5088 Email jb@behrinslaw.com
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Mark Arthur Berman, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressGanfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP 360 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10017-6502Phone (212) 922-9250 x266 Fax (212) 922-9335 Email mberman@ganfershore.com
Earamichia Brown, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office Address 2448 Rotherham Circle McKinney, TX 75071Phone (917) 837-7673 Email enbrownesq@gmail.com
John P. Christopher, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office Address Publicis Health Media 1675 Broadway, 4th Floor New York, NY 10119
Phone (610) 554-6500 Email jpchristopher@gmail.com
Margaret J. Finerty, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressGetnick & Getnick LLP 521 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10175Phone (212) 376-5666 Fax (212) 292-3942 Email mfinerty@getnicklaw.com
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Evan M. Goldberg, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office Address Evan M. Goldberg, P.C. 2 Perlman Drive, Suite LL-05 Spring Valley, NY 10977
Phone (845) 545-0448 Email info@evangoldberglaw.com
Richard M. Gutierrez, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressRichard Gutierrez Law 118-35 Queens Blvd., Suite 1500 Forest Hills, NY 11375-7205Phone (718) 520-0663 Fax (718) 520-8306 Email richlaw101@aol.com
Erica M. Hines, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203Phone (518) 452-5600 Fax (518) 452-5579 Email Erica.Hines@hrfmlaw.com
Andre R. Jaglom, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressTannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP 900 Third Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10022-4728Phone (212) 508-6740 Fax (646) 390-7042 Email jaglom@thsh.com
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William T. Russell, Jr., Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017-3954Phone (212) 455-3979 Fax (212) 455-2502 Email wrussell@stblaw.com
Rona G. Shamoon, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressRona Shamoon ADR 48 Edgewood Road Scarsdale, NY 10583-6421Phone (914) 723-2416 Fax (914) 723-7544 Email rona.shamoon@ronashamoonadr.com
Tucker C. Stanclift, Esq. MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Office AddressStanclift Law PLLC 704 Upper Glen Street, PO Box 4595 Queensbury, NY 12804Phone (518) 745-4346 Fax (518) 745-5210 Email tcs@stancliftlaw.com
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Hon. Karina E. AlomarCommittee on Children and the LawCommittee on Families and the LawCommittee on Law, Youth and Citizenship
Jonathan B. Behrins, Esq.Committee on Cannabis LawCommittee on Law Practice ManagementCommittee on Lawyer Referral ServiceGeneral Practice Section
Mark Arthur Berman, Esq.Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the BarCommittee on MembershipCommittee on Technology & the Legal ProfessionCorporate Counsel SectionTask Force on the New York Bar Examination
Earamichia Brown, Esq.Committee on Lawyers in TransitionCommittee on TransportationWomen in Law Section
John P. Christopher, Esq.Committee on Continuing Legal EducationYoung Lawyers Section
Norman P. Effman, Esq.Committee on Mandated RepresentationSenior Lawyers Section
Donna England, Esq.Committee on Media LawReal Property Law SectionTax Section
Executive Committee Liaisons
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Executive Committee Liaisons
Margaret J. Finerty, Esq.Committee on Professional EthicsCommittee on Standards of Attorney ConductTask Force on Free Expression in the Digital AgeTask Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons
Evan M. Goldberg, Esq.Committee on Federal Legislative PrioritiesSpecial Committee on Strategic CommunicationsState Legislative Policy Committee
Henry M. Greenberg, Esq.Committee on Annual AwardCommittee on the New York State ConstitutionJudicial SectionSpecial Committee on Association Structure and Operations
Richard M. Gutierrez, Esq.Committee on Attorney ProfessionalismCommittee on Professional DisciplineTorts, Insurance and Compensation Law SectionWorking Group on Puerto Rico
Erica M. Hines, Esq.Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law SectionIntellectual Property Law Section
Andre R. Jaglom, Esq.Antitrust SectionCommittee on VeteransInternational SectionTask Force on Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
Scott M. Karson, Esq.Committee on BylawsCommittee on Leadership Development
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Sherry Levin Wallach, Esq.Committee on Immigration RepresentationCommittee on LGBT People and the LawCommittee on Resolutions
Richard C. Lewis, Esq.Business Law SectionCommittee on Disability RightsEntertainment, Arts, and Sports Law SectionTask Force on Rural Justice
Michael A. Marinaccio, Esq.Health Law SectionJudicial Wellness CommitteeLawyer Assistance Committee
Domenick Napoletano, Esq.Audit CommitteeCommittee on Association Insurance ProgramsCommittee on Civil Practice Law and RulesFinance Committee
Marne L. Onderdonk, Esq.Committee on Animals and the LawCommittee on Civil RightsCommittee on Diversity and InclusionTrusts and Estates Law Section
Aimee L. Richter, Esq.Committee for Bar Leaders of New York StateElder Law and Special Needs SectionFamily Law Section
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Executive Committee Liaisons
William T. Russell, Jr., Esq.Committee on Legal AidPresident’s Committee on Access to JusticeTask Force on the Parole SystemTask Force on the Role of the Paralegals
Robert T. Schofield, IV, Esq.Committee to Review Judicial NominationsEnvironmental & Energy Law SectionLabor and Employment Law Section
Rona G. Shamoon, Esq.Committee on Procedures for Judicial DisciplineDispute Resolution Section
Carol Ann Sigmond, Esq.Committee on CommitteesCommittee on Mass Disaster ResponseLocal and State Government Law Section
Tucker C. Stanclift, Esq.Criminal Justice Section
David H. Tennant, Esq.Commercial and Federal Litigation SectionCommittee on Communications and PublicationsCommittee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction
Jean Marie Westlake, Esq.Committee on the Tort SystemTask Force on School to Prison PipelineTrial Lawyers Section
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Section OfficersAntitrust Law SectionNicholas Emrys Owen Gaglio, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressAXINN 114 West 47th Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10036Phone (212) 728-2228 Fax (212) 728-2201 Email ngaglio@axinn.com
Hollis Salzman, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressRobins Kaplan LLP 399 Park Avenue, Suite 3600 New York, NY 10022Phone (212) 980-7405 Fax (212) 980-7499 Email hsalzman@RobinsKaplan.com
Benjamin Douglas Victor Sirota, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressKobre & Kim LLP 800 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10022Phone (212) 488-1265 Email benjamin.sirota@kobrekim.com
Business Law SectionAndre R. Jaglom, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressTannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP 900 Third Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10022-4728Phone (212) 508-6740 Fax (646) 390-7042 Email jaglom@thsh.com
Anthony Q. Fletcher, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressLaw Office of Anthony Q. Fletcher 31 Tiemann Place, Suite 6 New York, NY 10027Phone (212) 865-0800 Fax (212) 666-9602 Email aqfletch@aol.com
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Section Officers
Thomas M. Pitegoff, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressOffitt Kurman Attorneys At Law 10 East 40th Street, 35th Floor New York, NY 10016Phone (929) 476-0026 Email tom.pitegoff@offitkurman.com
Anastasia T. Rockas, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 4 Times Square New York, NY 10036-6518Phone (212) 735-2987 Fax (917) 777-2987 Email anastasia.rockas@skadden.com
Commercial & Federal Litigation SectionLaurel R. Kretzing, Esq., CHAIROffice Address20 Oriole Way Dix Hills, NY 11746Phone (516) 571-3012 Fax (516) 571-6228 Email laurelkretzing@gmail.com
Jonathan B. Fellows, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice AddressBond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC One Lincoln Centre Syracuse, NY 13202-1324Phone (315) 218-8120 Email fellowj@bsk.com
Daniel K. Wiig, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice Address8701 Shore Road, Apt 613 Brooklyn, NY 11209Email daniel.wiig@Yahoo.com
Natasha Shishov, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressNew York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department 41 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010Phone (212) 340-0507 Email nshishov@nycourts.gov
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Anne B. Sekel, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressFoley & Lardner LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-1301Phone (212) 682-7474 Fax (212) 687-2329 Email asekel@foley.com
Corporate Counsel SectionMitchell F. Borger, Esq., CHAIRPERSONOffice Address84 Castles Dr. Wayne, NJ 07470Phone (917) 757-3832 Email mitchell.borger@gmail.com
Joy D. Echer, Esq., CHAIRPERSON-ELECTOffice AddressFoot Locker, Inc. 330 West 34th Street, Law Department, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001Phone (212) 720-4693 Fax (212) 720-4116 Email jecher@footlocker.com
Naomi K. Hills, Esq., VICE-CHAIRPERSONOffice Address17456 128th Avenue Jamaica, NY 11434Email naomikhillslaw@gmail.com
Miya T. Owens, Esq., VICE-CHAIRPERSONOffice AddressJewelers Vigilance Committee 801 2nd Avenue, Suite 303 New York, NY 10017Phone (212) 997-2002 Fax (212) 997-9148 Email miya@jvclegal.org
Sanoj Stephen, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressSotheby’s International Realty 38 East 61st Street New York, NY 10065-8007Phone (212) 606-4144 Email sanoj.stephen@sothebyshomes.com
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Section Officers
Yamicha Stephenson, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressDeloitte 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112Phone (347) 200-0128 Email ystephenson@deloitte.com
Criminal Justice SectionRobert J. Masters, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressDistrict Attorney’s Office Queens County 125-01 Queens Boulevard Kew Gardens, NY 11415Phone (718) 286-5900 Fax (718) 286-5820 Email Rjmasters@queensda.org
David Louis Cohen, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressLaw Office of David L. Cohen, Esq. 125-10 Queens Boulevard, Suite 5 Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1522Phone (718) 793-1553 Fax (718) 261-2129 Email david@davidlouiscohenlaw.com
Leah Rene Nowotarski, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressWyoming County Public Defender 18 Linwood Avenue Warsaw, NY 14569Phone (585) 786-8450 Fax (585) 786-8478 Email lnowotarski.attlegal@yahoo.com
Benjamin Ostrer, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressOstrer & Associates, P.C. PO Box 509, 111 Main Street Chester, NY 10918Phone (845) 469-7577 Fax (845) 469-8690 Email ostrerben@aol.com
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Dispute Resolution SectionTheodore K. Cheng, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressADR Office of Theo Cheng LLC 66 Cartwright Drive Princeton Junction, NJ 08550Phone (917) 459-3669 Email tcheng@theocheng.com
Laura A. Kaster, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice AddressLaura A Kaster LLC 84 Heather Lane Princeton, NJ 08540Phone (908) 230-1666 Fax (609) 924-3068 Email laura.kaster@kasteradr.com
Ross J. Kartez, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressRuskin Moscou Faltischek P.C. 1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15th Floor Uniondale, NY 11556Phone (516) 663-6651 Fax (516) 663-6851 Email rkartez@rmfpc.com
Alfreida B. Kenny, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressLaw Office of Alfreida B. Kenny 111 John Street, Suite 800 New York, NY 10038Phone (212) 809-2700 Fax (212) 968-1737 Email abkenny@abkenny.com
Gabrielle Y. Vazquez, Esq., ASSISTANT SECRETARYOffice AddressMcGrail & Bensinger LLP 888-C 8th Ave, #107 New York, NY 10019Phone (917) 509-7818 Email GVazquez@mcgrailbensinger.com
Krista Gottlieb, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressADR Center & Law Office 43 Court Street, Suite 1100 Buffalo, NY 14202-3111Phone (716) 218-2188 Fax (716) 856-5814 Email kg@kristagottlieb.com
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Elder Law and Special Needs SectionTara Anne Pleat, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressWilcenski & Pleat PLLC 5 Emma Lane Clifton Park, NY 12065Phone (518) 881-1621 Fax (518) 881-1622 Email TPleat@WPLawNY.com
Matthew J. Nolfo, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice AddressMatthew J. Nolfo & Associates 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 1714 New York, NY 10016Phone (212) 286-9499 Fax (212) 286-8881 Email mnolfo@estateandelderlaw.net
Deepankar Mukerji, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressGoldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4310 New York, NY 10118Phone 212-387-8400 X 235 Fax 212-387-8404 Email mukerji@seniorlaw.com
Christopher R. Bray, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressRheinhardt & Bray, PC 85 Otsego Street, PO Box 360 Ilion, NY 13357-1803Phone (315) 894-8330 Fax (315) 894-8421 Email cbray@cnyelderlaw.com
Fern J. Finkel, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressFinkel & Fernandez LLP 16 Court Street, Suite 1007 Brooklyn, NY 11241Phone (347) 296-8200 Fax (718) 965-3185 Email ffinkel@ffelderlaw.com
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Martin S. Finn, Esq., FINANCIAL OFFICEROffice AddressLavelle & Finn, LLP 29 British American Boulevard Latham, NY 12110-1405Phone (518) 869-6227 Fax (518) 869-0572 Email marty@lavelleandfinn.com
Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law SectionBarry Skidelsky, Esq., CHAIROffice Address185 East 85th Street, Apt. 23 D New York, NY 10028Phone (212) 832-4800 Email bskidelsky@mindspring.com
Anne S. Atkinson, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressPryor Cashman LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036-6569Phone (212) 326-0867 Fax (212) 798-6436 Email aatkinson@pryorcashman.com
Andrew Howard Seiden, Esq., SECOND VICE-CHAIROffice AddressCurtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP 101 Park Avenue, Suite 3500 New York, NY 10178-0061Phone (212) 696-8890 Fax (212) 697-1559 Email aseiden@curtis.com
Ethan Y. Bordman, Esq., SECRETARYOffice Address244 Godwin Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450Phone (347) 583-9651 Email ethan@ethanbordman.com
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Joan S. Faier, Esq., ASSISTANT SECRETARYOffice Address1011 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804-3610Phone (914) 633-7199 Fax (914) 636-6799 Email bookf@aol.com
Environmental Law SectionHoward M. Tollin, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressSterling Environmental Services 135 Crossways Park Drive, 3rd Floor Woodbury, NY 11797Phone (516) 773-8718 Email HTollin@sterlingrisk.com
Nicholas M. Ward-Willis, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressKeane & Beane, PC 445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 1500 White Plains, NY 10601Phone (914) 946-4777 Fax (914) 946-6868 Email nward-willis@kblaw.com
James P. Rigano, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressRigano, LLC 538 Broadhollow Road., Suite 217 Melville, NY 11747Phone (631) 756-5900 Fax (631) 756-0008 Email jrigano@riganollc.com
Linda R. Shaw, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressKnauf Shaw LLP 2 State Street, Suite 1400 Rochester, NY 14614-1365Phone (585) 546-8430 Fax (585) 546-4324 Email lshaw@nyenvlaw.com
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Family Law SectionEric A. Tepper, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressGordon, Tepper & DeCoursey, LLP Socha Plaza South, 113 Saratoga Road Glenville, NY 12302Phone (518) 399-5400 Fax (518) 399-5951 Email etepper@gtdlaw.com
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressGassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C. 666 Old Country Road, Suite 801 Garden City, NY 11530Phone (516) 228-9181 Fax (516) 745-6712 Email rbaiamonte@gbgmatlaw.com
Joan Casilio Adams, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressJ. Adams & Associates, PLLC 500 Essjay Road, Suite 260 Buffalo, NY 14221Phone (716) 568-8200 Fax (716) 568-8292 Email jadams@adamspllc.com
Peter R. Stambleck, Esq., FINANCIAL OFFICEROffice AddressAronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP 12 East 49th Street New York, NY 10017Phone (212) 521-3522 Fax (212) 838-5505 Email stambleck@amsllp.com
Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law SectionBrian J. Malkin, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressArent Fox LLP 1717 K Street Washington, DC 20006-5344Phone (202) 857-6000 Fax (202) 857-1737 Email brian.malkin@arentfox.com
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Janet B. Linn, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressTarter Kinsky & Drogin 1350 Broadway New York, NY 10018Phone (212) 216-8067 Fax (212) 216-8001 Email jlinn@tarterkrinsky.com
Larissa Cuccurullo Bergin, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressJones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001-2113Phone (202) 879-5499 Email lbergin@jonesday.com
General Practice SectionElisa Strassler Rosenthal, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressFranchina Law Group LLC 1050 Franklin Avenue, Suite 302 Garden City, NY 11530Phone (516) 743-9988 Email erosenthal@elderlawflg.com
Domenick Napoletano, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice Address351 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11231-4384Phone (718) 522-1377 Fax (718) 596-6137 Email domenick@napoletanolaw.com
Sarah E. Gold, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressGold Law Firm 1568 Central Avenue, Suite 1 Albany, NY 12205Phone (518) 213-2345 Fax (518) 213-2122 Email sg@goldlawny.com
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Bruce R. Hafner, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressLaw Office of Bruce R. Hafner 81 Hempstead Ave, Unit A Lynbrook, NY 11563-1665Phone (516) 593-5656 Fax (516) 593-1240 Email bhafner@hafnerlaw.net
Health Law SectionHermes Fernandez, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressBond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC 22 Corporate Woods, Suite 501 Albany, NY 12211Phone (518) 533-3209 Fax (518) 533-3299 Email hfernandez@bsk.com
Karen L. I. Gallinari, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice Address160 Water Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10038Phone (646) 458-5695 Email kgallin@optonline.net
Anoush Koroghlian Scott, VICE-CHAIROffice AddressJackson Lewis, PC 677 Broadway, 9th Floor Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 512-8742 Fax (518) 512-8700 Email anoush.scott@jacksonlewis.com
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Intellectual Property Law SectionRobin E. Silverman, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressGolenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP 711 Third Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10017Phone (212) 907-7381 Email rsilverman@golenbock.com
Michael A. Oropallo, VICE-CHAIROffice AddressBarclay Damon LLP Barclay Damon Tower, 125 East Jefferson Street Syracuse, NY 13202Phone (315) 425-2831 Fax (315) 703-7367 Email moropallo@barclaydamon.com
William R. Samuels, SECRETARYOffice AddressScarinci Hollenbeck 3 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, Suite 600 New York, NY 10016Phone (212) 784-6935 Email wsamuels@sh-law.com
Brooke Erdos Singer, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressDavis & Gilbert LLP 1740 Broadway New York, NY 10019Phone (212) 468-4940 Fax (212) 974-6947 Email bsinger@dglaw.com
International SectionDiane E. O’Connell, CHAIROffice AddressPriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016Phone (646) 725-8473 Email diane.oconnell@ocolegal.com
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Jay L. Himes, Esq., CHAIR-ELECT/CIOOffice AddressLabaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY 10005Phone (212) 907-0834 Fax (212) 883-7501 Email jhimes@labaton.com
Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, SECRETARYOffice AddressAlston & Bird 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016Phone 212-210-9585 Email Carlos.Ramos-Mrosovsky@alston.com
Lawrence E. Shoenthal, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressWeiser Mazars LLP 6 Dorothy Drive Spring Valley, NY 10977Phone (845) 354-0479 Email lbirder@aol.com
Judicial (Courts of Record) SectionHon. James P. Murphy, PRESIDING MEMBEROffice AddressOnondaga County Courthouse 401 Montgomery Street Syracuse, NY 13202-1422Phone (315) 671-1109 Fax (315) 671-1186 Email jmurphy@nycourts.gov
Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, ASSISTANT PRESIDING MEMBEROffice AddressNYS Appellate Division, 1st Dept. 27 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010-2201Phone (212) 340-0461 Email bkapnick@nycourts.gov
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Hon. Denise A. Hartman, SECRETARYOffice AddressState of NY Supreme Court Chambers 16 Eagle Street, Room 220 Albany, NY 12207-1011Phone (518) 285-4310 Email dahartma@nycourts.gov
Hon. Joanne D. Quinones, TREASUREROffice AddressSupreme Court, Kings County 320 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201Phone (347) 296-1366 Email jquinone@nycourts.gov
Labor and Employment Law SectionAlyson Mathews, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressLamb & Barnosky, LLP 534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210 Melville, NY 11747-9034Phone (631) 414-5825 Fax (631) 454-3856 Email am@lambbarnosky.com
Christopher A. D’Angelo, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice Address511 Manor Lane Pelham, NY 10803Phone (914) 886-2852 Email dangeloc@coned.com
Michael C. Lydakis, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressKane Kessler, P.C. 2 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10121Phone (212) 465-5985 Email michael.lydakis@gmail.com
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Local and State Government Law SectionSharon N. Berlin, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressLamb & Barnosky LLP 534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210, PO Box 9034 Melville, NY 11747-9034Phone (631) 694-2300 Fax (631) 694-2309 Email snb@lambbarnosky.com
Michael E. Kenneally, Jr., Esq., FIRST VICE-CHAIROffice Address2 Woodlot Court Waterford, NY 12188Phone (518) 465-0128 Email mkenneally@nycompalliance.org
Lisa M. Cobb, Esq., SECOND VICE-CHAIROffice AddressWallace & Wallace, LLP 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite LL3 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601Phone (845) 473-0900 Email lcobb@wallacelaw.net
Steven G. Leventhal, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressLeventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP 15 Remsen Avenue Roslyn, NY 11576-2102Phone (516) 484-5440 x101 Fax (516) 484-2710 Email sleventhal@lcmblaw.com
Real Property Law SectionGerard G. Antetomaso, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressEvans Fox, LLP 100 Meridian Centre Blvd, Suite 300 Rochester, NY 14618Phone (585) 787-7000 Fax (585) 787-7007 Email jerry@evansfox.com
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Ira S. Goldenberg, Esq., FIRST VICE-CHAIROffice AddressGoldenberg & Selker, LLP 399 Knollwood Road, Suite 112 White Plains, NY 10603-1937Phone (914) 997-0999 x103 Fax (914) 682-1512 Email igoldenberg@goldenbergselkerlaw.com
Michelle H. Wildgrube, Esq., SECOND VICE-CHAIROffice AddressCioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C. 1473 Erie Boulevard, 1st Floor Schenectady, NY 12305Phone (518) 377-6700 Fax (518) 377-6110 Email mwildgrube@cswlawfirm.com
S.H. S. Compton. Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressFirst American Title 666 Third Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10017Phone (212) 850-0647 Fax (212) 331-1680 Email SHCompton@firstam.com
Senior Lawyers SectionAnthony J. Enea, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressEnea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP 245 Main Street, 5th Floor White Plains, NY 10601Phone (914) 948-1500 Fax (914) 948-9316 Email a.enea@esslawfirm.com
Charles E. Lapp, III, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressLapp & Lapp 100 Cedarhurst Avenue, Suite 200 Cedarhurst, NY 11516-2158Phone (516) 295-3344 Fax (516) 295-3460 Email lappandlapp@optimum.net
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Tax SectionDeborah L. Paul, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019-6150Phone (212) 403-1300 Fax (212) 403-2300 Email dlpaul@wlrk.com
Andrew H. Braiterman, Esq., FIRST VICE-CHAIROffice AddressHughes Hubbard & Reed LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, NY 10004-1403Phone (212) 837-6315 Fax (212) 299-6315 Email andy.braiterman@hugheshubbard.com
Gordon Warnke, Esq., SECOND VICE-CHAIROffice AddressKPMG LLP 1350 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105Phone (212) 954-2458 Fax (212) 903-9100 Email gwarnke@kpmg.com
Robert Cassanos, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressFried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza, 26th Floor New York, NY 10004-1980Phone (212) 859-8278 Fax (212) 859-4000 Email robert.cassanos@friedfrank.com
Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law SectionJames P. O’Connor, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressMaroney O’Connor LLP 11 Broadway Suite 831 New York, NY 10004-1362Phone (212) 509-2009 Fax (212) 504-2754 Email joconnor@maroneyoconnorllp.com
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Lori E. Petrone, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressKenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP The Calumet Building, 233 Franklin Street Buffalo, NY 14202Phone (315) 794-4135 Fax (716) 853-0265 Email lepetrone@kslnlaw.com
Michael P. O’Brien, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressO’Brien Law Firm, PLLC 30 Wall Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10005Phone (212) 859-5051 Fax (212) 943-2300 Email mobrienlaw@gmail.com
Brendan Francis Baynes, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressThe Baynes Law Firm PLLC PO Box 160 Ravena, NY 12143Phone (518) 756-6000 Fax (518) 756-6007 Email bfb@bayneslawfirm.com
Trial Lawyers SectionKevin J. Sullivan, Esq., CHAIROffice AddressNichols & Sullivan P.C. 716 Brisbane Bldg., 403 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-2109Phone (716) 362-0300 Fax (716) 853-2892 Email kevinsullivanlaw@gmail.com
Betty Lugo, Esq., VICE-CHAIROffice AddressPacheco & Lugo, PLLC 340 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11201-5870Phone (718) 855-3000 Fax (718) 855-6565 Email blugo@pachecolugo.com
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William S. Friedlander, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressFriedlander & Friedlander PC 103 West Seneca Street, Suite 301 Ithaca, NY 14850Phone (607) 272-5590 Fax (607) 565-8485 Email wsf@friedlanderlaw.com
Daniel G. Ecker, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressLever & Ecker, PLLC 120 Bloomingdale Road., Suite 401 White Plains, NY 10605Phone (914) 461-0059 Fax (914) 347-8898 Email decker@leverecker.com
Trusts and Estates Law SectionRobert Matthew Harper, Esq., CHAIRPERSONOffice AddressFarrell Fritz, P.C. 400 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556Phone (516) 227-0625 Email rharper@farrellfritz.com
Jill C. Beier, Esq., CHAIRPERSON-ELECTOffice AddressBeier & Associates, PLLC 1936 Saranac Avenue, Suite #297 Lake Placid, NY 12946Phone (518) 837-5530 Email jcbeier@beierpllc.com
Jennifer F. Hillman, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressRuskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. 1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 14th Floor Uniondale, NY 11556Phone (516) 663-6672 Fax (516) 663-6872 Email jhillman@rmfpc.com
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Laurence Keiser, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressStern Keiser & Panken LLP 1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 305 West Harrison, NY 10604Phone (914) 428-8800 Fax (914) 428-3199 Email lkeiser@skpllp.com
Kenneth Aaron Grossberg, Esq., FINANCIAL OFFICEROffice Address76 Emma Way East Amherst, NY 14051-2727Phone (716) 847-7017 Email KGrossberg@phillipslytle.com
Women in LawTerri A. Mazur, Esq., CHAIROffice Address726 Peach Tree Lane Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417Email tmazur575@gmail.com
Carol Cecilia Villegas, Esq., CHAIR-ELECTOffice AddressLabaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway New York, NY 10005-1108Phone (212) 907-0824 Email cvillegas@labaton.com
Linda A. Redlisky, Esq., SECRETARYOffice AddressRafferty & Redlisky, LLP 438 Fifth Avenue, 1st Floor Pelham, NY 10803Phone (914) 696-0006 Fax (914) 560-3333 Email redlisky@randrlegal.com
Lisa R. Schoenfeld, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressSchlissel Ostrow Karabatos PLLC 200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 301 Garden City, NY 11530-3301Phone (516) 877-1800 Fax (516) 294-3188 Email lschoenfeld@soklaw.com
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Young Lawyers SectionLauren E. Sharkey, Esq., CHAIRPERSONOffice AddressCioffi Slezak Wildgrube PC 1473 Erie Boulevard, 1st Floor Schenectady, NY 12305Phone (518) 377-6700 Fax (518) 377-6110 Email LSharkey@cswlawfirm.com
Michael D. DiFalco, Esq., CHAIRPERSON-ELECTOffice AddressAiello, DiFalco & Gianakos LLP 600 Old Country Road, Suite 520 Garden City, NY 11530Phone (516) 747-1131 Fax (516) 794-3363 Email mdd@matlawyers.com
Brandon Lee Wolff, Esq., SECRETARYOffice Address17 Lonergan Lane West Orange, NJ 07052Email brandonleewolff@gmail.com
Anne Louise LaBarbera, Esq., TREASUREROffice AddressThomas LaBarbera Counselors At Law PC 11 Broadway, Suite 615 New York, NY 10004Phone (917) 704-9759 Fax (315) 714-4111 Email anne@tlcpc.law
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Committee ChairsANIMALS AND THE LAWAmy M. Pontillo, Esq., ChairOffice AddressDivision of Professional and Court Services Office of ADR Programs 25 Beaver Street / 8th Floor New York, NY 10004Phone (212) 428-2892 Email asherida@nycourts.gov
ANNUAL AWARDBernice K. Leber, Esq., ChairOffice AddressArent Fox LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10019-6040Phone (212) 484-3930 Fax (212) 484-3990 Email bernice.leber@arentfox.com
ASSOCIATION INSURANCE PROGRAMSDavid A. Glazer, Esq., ChairOffice AddressShafer Glazer LLP 125 Maiden Lane, Room 16AB New York, NY 10038Phone (212) 267-0011 Fax (646) 435-9434 Email dglazer@shaferglazer.com
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ASSOCIATION STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONSGlenn Lau-Kee, Esq., ChairOffice AddressLau-Kee Law Group, PLLC 354 Broome Street, Suite 1 New York, NY 10013Phone (212) 625-0300 x110 Fax (212) 625-1812 Email glaukee@laukeelaw.com
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ATTORNEY PROFESSIONALISMAndrew L. Oringer, Esq., ChairOffice AddressDechert LLP Three Bryant Park 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6797Phone (212) 698-3571 Email Andrew.Oringer@dechert.com
AUDIT COMMITTEEElizabeth Jean Shampnoi, Esq., ChairOffice AddressShampnoi Dispute Resolution & Management Services, Inc. 76 Hancock Place Thornwood, NY 10594Phone (914) 522-0174 Email elizabeth@shampnoiadr.com
TASK FORCE ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND THE LAWDean Aviva Abramovsky, ChairOffice AddressUniversity at Buffalo School of Law 319 John Lord O’Brian Hall Buffalo, NY 14260Phone (716) 645-6525 Email aabramov@buffalo.edu
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COMMITTEE FOR BAR LEADERS OF NEW YORK STATEMarne L. Onderdonk, Esq., ChairOffice AddressAlbany County Courthouse Chambers of the Hon. Margaret Walsh 16 Eagle Street, Room 38 Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 285-6139 Email monderdo@nycourts.gov
BYLAWSRobert T. Schofield, IV, Esq., ChairOffice AddressWhiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP One Commerce Plaza, 19th Floor Albany, NY 12260Phone (518) 487-7616 Fax (518) 487-7777 Email rschofield@woh.com
CANNABIS LAWAleece Burgio, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address345 St. Lawrence Ave Buffalo, NY 14216Phone 716-472-5950 Email aburgio@barclaydamon.com
Brian J. Malkin, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressArent Fox LLP 1717 K Street Washington, DC 20006-5344Phone (202) 857-6000 Fax (202) 857-1737 Email brian.malkin@arentfox.com
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CHILDREN AND THE LAWLorraine R. Silverman, Esq., ChairOffice AddressCopps DiPaola Silverman PLLC 126 State Street, 6th Floor Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 436-4170 Email lsilverman@thecdslawfirm.com
CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULESSouren Avetick Israelyan, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressLaw Office of Souren A. Israelyan 39 Broadway, Suite 950 New York, NY 10006-3003Phone (646) 459-7556 Fax (888) 217-1948 Email si@israelyanlaw.com
Domenick Napoletano, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address351 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11231-4384Phone (718) 522-1377 Fax (718) 596-6137 Email domenick@napoletanolaw.com
CIVIL RIGHTSMatthew Wayne Alpern, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressNYS Office of Indigent Legal Services A.E. Smith Bldg., 80 Swan Street 29th Floor Albany, NY 12210
Phone (518) 473-5109 Fax (518) 436-0014 Email Matthew.Alpern@ils.ny.gov
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Cheryl Smith Fisher, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressMagavern Magavern Grimm LLP 110 Rand Building 14 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 14203Phone (716) 856-3500 Email cfisher@magavern.com
COMMITTEESDonald C. Doerr, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressCerio Law Offices 407 South Warren Street, 5th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202Phone (315) 422-8769 Fax (315) 703-4884 Email don@ceriolawoffices.com
Carol Ann Sigmond, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressCohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, P.C. 55 Broadway, Suite 901 New York, NY 10006Phone (212) 871-7046 Fax (212) 981-2928 Email csigmond@cohenseglias.com
COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONSProf. Michael L. Fox, ChairOffice AddressMount Saint Mary College School of Business 330 Powell Avenue Newburgh, NY 12550Phone (845) 569-3122 Email michael.fox@msmc.edu
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CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATIONJames R. Barnes, Esq., ChairOffice AddressBurke & Casserly, P.C. 255 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY 12205Phone (518) 452-1961 Fax (518) 452-4230 Email jbarnes@burkecasserly.com
COURTS OF APPELLATE JURISDICTIONCheryl F. Korman, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressRivkin Radler LLP 926 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556-0926Phone (516) 357-3573 Fax (516) 357-3333 Email cheryl.korman@rivkin.com
Timothy P. Murphy, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressFederal Public Defender’s Office WD, NY 300 Pearl Street, Suite 200 Buffalo, NY 14202Phone (716) 845-1925 Email timothy_murphy@fd.org
DISABILITY RIGHTSAlyssa M. Barreiro, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressWilmington Trust 68 Exchange Street, 3rd Floor Binghamton, NY 13901Phone (607) 779-5926 Fax (607) 273-0024 Email abarreiro@wilmingtontrust.com
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Sheila E. Shea, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressMental Hygiene Legal Service Third Judicial Department 286 Washington Avenue Extension, Suite 205 Albany, NY 12203-6320Phone (518) 451-8710 Fax (518) 473-5849 Email sshea@nycourts.gov
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIONMirna M. Santiago, Esq., ChairOffice AddressAcacia Network 10 Broad Street, P.O. Box 301 Pawling, NY 12564Phone (917) 301-5503 Fax (917) 931-8474 Email Mirna@GirlsRuleTheLaw.org
FAMILIES AND THE LAWHon. Mary Rita Connerton, Co-ChairOffice AddressBroome County Family Court 65 Hawley Street Binghamton, NY 13901Phone (607) 240-5833 Email ritaconnerton@yahoo.com
Susan B. Lindenauer, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address45 Gramercy Park North, Apt. 8A New York, NY 10010Phone (212) 982-0298 Fax (212) 477-6728 Email alindenauer@nyc.rr.com
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIESHilary F. Jochmans, Esq., ChairOffice Address546 7th Street SE Washington, DC 20003Phone (202) 669-3585 Email HFJ@JochmansConsulting.com
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FINANCE COMMITTEET. Andrew Brown, Esq., ChairOffice AddressBrown Hutchinson LLP 2 State Street, 925 Crossroads Building Rochester, NY 14614Phone (585) 454-5050 Fax (585) 454-5066 Email abrown@brownhutchinson.com
TASK FORCE ON FREE EXPRESSION IN THE DIGITAL AGECynthia Arato, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressShapiro Arato Bach LLP 500 Fifth Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10110Phone (212) 257-4882 Fax (212) 202-6417 Email carato@shapiroarato.com
David E. McCraw, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressThe New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018Phone (212) 556-4031 Fax (212) 556-1009 Email mccraw@nytimes.com
IMMIGRATION REPRESENTATIONCamille Mackler, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressNew York Immigration Coalition 131 West 33rd Street, Suite 610 New York, NY 10001
Phone (212) 627-2227 x226 Email CMackler@nyic.org
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Prof. Sarah F. Rogerson, Co-ChairOffice AddressAlbany Law School 80 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208-3434Phone (518) 445-3246 Fax (518) 434-8612 Email sroge@albanylaw.edu
JUDICIAL WELLNESS COMMITTEEHon. Jonah Triebwasser, ChairOffice AddressTown and Village Courts of Red Hook 7467 South Broadway Red Hook, NY 12571-1750Phone (845) 758-4113 Fax (845) 758-1695 Email jtriebwasser@nycourts.gov
LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENTSarah E. Gold, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressGold Law Firm 1568 Central Avenue, Suite 1 Albany, NY 12205
Phone (518) 213-2345 Fax (518) 213-2122 Email sg@goldlawny.com
Marian C. Rice, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressL’Abbate Balkan Colavita & Contini, LLP 1001 Franklin Avenue, 3rd Floor, Suite 300 Garden City, NY 11530-2901Phone (516) 837-7415 Fax (516) 294-8202 Email mrice@lbcclaw.com
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LAW, YOUTH AND CITIZENSHIPCraig Robert Bucki, Esq., ChairOffice AddressPhillips Lytle LLP One Canalside, 125 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203Phone (716) 847-5495 Fax (716) 852-6100 Email cbucki@phillipslytle.com
LAWYER ASSISTANCE COMMITTEEDaniella E. Keller, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressNYS Dept of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Albany, NY 12233Phone (518) 402-9532 Fax (518) 374-5600 Email dkellerlaw@gmail.com
Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressPO Box 168 Delhi, NY 13753Phone (607) 746-2193 Fax (607) 746-6057 Email nytrialman@aol.com
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICESoma Sultana Syed, Esq., ChairOffice Address118-21 Queens Boulevard, Suite 606 Forest Hills, NY 11375Phone (718) 261-2003 Fax (347) 923-3210 Email soma.syedesq@gmail.com
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LAWYERS IN TRANSITIONErin Kathleen Flynn, Esq., ChairOffice Address107 North Water Street, Apt. 2 Greenwich, CT 06830Phone (914) 472-6202 Email erin.k.flynn@gmail.com
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTHon. Helena Heath, Co-ChairOffice AddressAlbany City Court – Civil Division Albany City Hall, Room 209 24 Eagle Street Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 453-4640 Fax (518) 453-8679 Email hheathroland@gmail.com
Edwina Frances Martin, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address966K Clove Road Staten Island, NY 10301Phone (212) 788-6972 Email edwinamartin@hotmail.com
LEGAL AIDSally F. Curran, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressVolunteer Lawyers of Onondaga Co. Inc. 221 S. Warren Street, Suite 200 Syracuse, NY 13202Phone (315) 579-2576 Fax (315) 939-1466 Email scurran@onvlp.org
Adriene L. Holder, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressThe Legal Aid Society Civil Practice 199 Water Street New York , NY 10038-3526Phone (212) 577-3300 Email aholder@legal-aid.org
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LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BARProf. Larry Cunningham, Co-ChairOffice AddressSt. John’s University School of Law 8000 Utopia Parkway Jamaica, NY 11439Phone (718) 990-7616 Email Larry.Cunningham@stjohns.edu
Marta Galan Ricardo, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressColumbia Law School 435 West 116th St. New York, NY 10027Phone (212) 854-6487 Email mgr33@columbia.edu
LGBT PEOPLE AND THE LAWLewis A. Silverman, Esq., ChairOffice AddressPO Box 147 Lake Grove, NY 11755-0147Email proflew@optonline.net
MANDATED REPRESENTATIONRobert S. Dean, Esq., ChairOffice AddressCenter for Appellate Litigation 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor New York, NY 10005Phone (212) 577-2523 ext 502 Fax (212) 577-2535 Email rdean@cfal.org
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MASS DISASTER RESPONSELaMarr J. Jackson, Esq., ChairOffice Address23 Overland Trail West Henrietta, NY 14586-9733Phone (585) 747-2261 Email jacksonlaw2440@gmail.com
TASK FORCE ON MASS SHOOTINGS AND ASSAULT WEAPONSMargaret J. Finerty, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressGetnick & Getnick LLP 521 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10175Phone (212) 376-5666 Fax (212) 292-3942 Email mfinerty@getnicklaw.com
David M. Schraver, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressNixon Peabody LLP 1300 Clinton Square Rochester, NY 14604Phone (585) 263-1341 Email dschraver@nixonpeabody.com
MEDIA LAWSandra S. Baron, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address140 Riverside Drive, Apt. 18 A New York, NY 10024Phone (917) 693-8069 Email Sandra.baron@outlook.com
Daniel R. Novack, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressPenguin Random House 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019Email dnovack@penguinrandomhouse.com
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MEMBERSHIPHyun Suk Choi, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressChoi & Park, LLC 23 South Warren Street, 2nd Floor Trenton NJ, 08608Phone (609) 396-2800 Email hchoi@choiandpark.com
Mitchell J. Katz, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressBarclay Damon LLP 125 East Jefferson Street Syracuse, NY 13202-2078Phone 315-413-7114 Fax 315-703-7348 Email mkatz@barclaydamon.com
TASK FORCE ON THE NEW YORK BAR EXAMINATIONEileen D. Millett, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressNYS Office of Court Administration 25 Beaver Street New York, NY 10006
Phone (212) 841-0529 Email emillett@nycourts.gov
Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman, Co-ChairOffice AddressAppellate Division Second Judicial Department 45 Monroe Place Brooklyn, NY 11201Phone (718) 722-6400 Email ascheink@nycourts.gov
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THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTIONHon. Karen K. Peters, ChairOffice AddressPO Box 1192 Woodstock, NY 12498Phone (845) 417-4139 Email Hon.KarenPeters@gmail.com
NOMINATING COMMITTEEClaire P. Gutekunst, Esq., ChairOffice AddressJudges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert 369 Park Hill Avenue Yonkers, NY 10705Phone (917) 734-5458 Email cgutekunst@gutekunstadr.com
TASK FORCE ON THE PAROLE SYSTEMSeymour W. James, Jr., Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressBarket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6400 New York, NY 10118Phone (212) 972-1710 Fax (516) 745-1245 Email sjames@barketepstein.com
William T. Russell, Jr., Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017-3954Phone (212) 455-3979 Fax (212) 455-2502 Email wrussell@stblaw.com
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PRESIDENT’S RAPID RESPONSE ADVISORY GROUPDavid P. Miranda, Esq., ChairOffice AddressHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203Phone (518) 452-5600 Fax (518) 452-5579 Email dpm@hrfmlaw.com
PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE ON ACCESS TO JUSTICEScott M. Karson, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressLamb & Barnosky LLP 534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210 PO Box 9034 Melville, NY 11747-9034Phone (631) 694-2300 Fax (631) 694-2309 Email smk@lambbarnosky.com
Edwina Frances Martin, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address966K Clove Road Staten Island, NY 10301Phone (212) 788-6972 Email edwinamartin@hotmail.com
PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL DISCIPLINEJustin S. Teff, Esq., ChairOffice AddressKirk & Teff, LLP 10 Westbrook Lane Kingston, NY 12401Phone (845) 338-4477 Fax (845) 338-2892 Email JustinTeff@kirkandteff.com
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PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINERichard M. Maltz, Esq., ChairOffice AddressFrankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC 28 Liberty Street, 35th Floor New York, NY 10005Phone (212) 705-4804 Fax (347) 438-2087 Email rmaltz@fkks.com
PROFESSIONAL ETHICSGerard E. Harper, Esq., ChairOffice AddressPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064Phone (212) 373-3000 Email gharper@paulweiss.com
RESOLUTIONSSherry Levin Wallach, Esq., ChairOffice AddressThe Legal Aid Society of Westchester County 150 Grand Street White Plains, NY 10601Phone (914) 286-3411 Email Slw@laswest.com
COMMITTEE TO REVIEW JUDICIAL NOMINATIONSEmily F. Franchina, Esq., ChairOffice AddressFranchina Law Group, LLC 1050 Franklin Avenue, Suite 302 Garden City, NY 11530Phone (516) 743-9988 Fax (516) 908-9644 Email efranchina@elderlawflg.com
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TASK FORCE ON THE ROLE OF THE PARALEGALSVincent Ted Chang, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressWollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP 12th Floor, 500 5th Avenue New York, NY 10110-0002Phone (212) 382-3300 Fax (212) 382-0050 Email vchang@wmd-law.com
Margaret L. Phillips, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressDaemen College – Paralegal Studies 4380 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14226Phone (716) 839-8283 Email mphillip@daemen.edu
Maryann Saccomando Freedman, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressCohen & Lombardo, P.C. 343 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222Phone (716) 881-3010 x229 Fax (716) 881-2755 Email freedman@cn-lo.com
TASK FORCE ON RURAL JUSTICETaier Perlman, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressAlbany Law School Government Law Center Rural Law Initiative 80 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208Phone (917) 533-8666 Email tperl@albanylaw.edu
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Hon. Stan L. Pritzker, Co-ChairOffice AddressNew York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department 383 Broadway Fort Edward, NY 12828-1015Phone (518) 746-2506 Email spritzke@nycourts.gov
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONSDavid P. Miranda, Esq., ChairOffice AddressHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203Phone (518) 452-5600 Fax (518) 452-5579 Email dpm@hrfmlaw.com
STANDARDS OF ATTORNEY CONDUCTBarbara S. Gillers, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressNew York University School of Law 40 Washington Square South, VH 422 New York, NY 10012Email barbara.gillers@nyu.edu
Prof. Roy D. Simon, Co-ChairOffice Address205 West End Avenue, Suite 8N New York, NY 10023Phone (607) 342-0840 Email Roy.D.Simon@hofstra.edu
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STATE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEESandra Rivera, Esq., ChairOffice AddressRivera Law, PLLC 140 State Street, 3rd Floor Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 533-2884 Email srivera@rivera.legal
TASK FORCE ON SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINEJohn H. Gross, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressIngerman Smith LLP 150 Motor Parkway, Suite 400 Hauppauge, NY 11788-5108Phone (631) 261-8834 x240 Fax (631) 261-0523 Email jhgross@ingermansmith.com
Sheila A. Gaddis, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressBarclay Damon LLP 2000 Five Star Bank Plaza 100 Chestnut Street Rochester, NY 14604Phone (585) 295-4357 Fax (585) 295-8471 Email sgaddis@barclaydamon.com
TECHNOLOGY AND THE LEGAL PROFESSIONMark Arthur Berman, Esq., ChairOffice AddressGanfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP 360 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10017-6502Phone (212) 922-9250 x266 Fax (212) 922-9335 Email mberman@ganfershore.com
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THE TORT SYSTEMMargaret Comard Lynch, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressMaguire Cardona PC 22 Clinton Avenue Albany, NY 12207Phone (518) 434-9807 Email margaret@maguirecardona.com
Craig Arthur Purcell, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressGlynn Mercep and Purcell LLP PO Box 712 Stony Brook, NY 11790-0712Phone (631) 751-5757 Email acpurcell@glymerlaw.com
TRANSPORTATIONHon. Frank V. Carone, Jr., ChairOffice Address2626 National Drive Brooklyn, NY 11234Phone (917) 685-7445 Email fcarone@abramslaw.com
VETERANSRobert A. Mulhall, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address1001 Clove Road Staten Island, NY 10301Phone (718) 816-6767 Fax (718) 816-0350 Email motionwarrior@gmail.com
Jessica D. Parker, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address21 Amalfi Drive Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567Phone (646) 596-1523 Fax (347) 436-9023 Email jthalerparker@gmail.com
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WORKING GROUP ON PUERTO RICORichard M. Gutierrez, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressRichard Gutierrez Law 118-35 Queens Blvd., Suite 1500 Forest Hills, NY 11375-7205Phone (718) 520-0663 Fax (718) 520-8306 Email richlaw101@aol.com
Andre R. Jaglom, Esq., Co-ChairOffice AddressTannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP 900 Third Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10022-4728Phone (212) 508-6740 Fax (646) 390-7042 Email jaglom@thsh.com
Hilary F. Jochmans, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address546 7th Street SE Washington, DC 20003Phone (202) 669-3585 Email HFJ@JochmansConsulting.com
Maria Matos, Esq., Co-ChairOffice Address62 Claremont Drive Voorheesville, NY 12186-9101Phone (518) 457-2070 Email mmatoslaw@aol.com
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House of DelegatesStewart D. Aaron, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address United States District Court Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street, Chambers 1970 New York, NY 10007
Phone (212) 805-0274 Email stewart.aaron@verizon.net
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Holly A. Adams, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ONTARIO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Ontario County Attorney’s Office 20 Ontario Street, 3rd Floor Canandaigua NY, 14424
Phone (585) 396-4411 Fax (585) 396-4481 Email holly.adams@co.ontario.ny.us
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Family Law
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Mark H. Alcott, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor New York, NY 10019-6064
Phone (212) 373-3179 Fax (212) 492-0179 Email malcott@paulweiss.com
Law School Harvard University
Undergraduate School Harvard College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; International Law; Litigation - General Civil
Hon. Karina E. Alomar
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Criminal Court of the City of New York 125-01 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Phone (718)298-1491 Email kalomar@nycourts.gov
Law School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Family Law
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Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-COMMERCIAL AND FEDERAL LITIGATION SECTION
Office Address Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP 850 Third Avenue, Suite 1400 New York, NY 10022-7237
Phone (212) 687-1980 Fax (212) 687-7714 Email garenson@kaplanfox.com
Law School University of Chicago
Undergraduate School Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade; Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation
Kathleen Anne Barclay, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ALBANY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address O’Connor O’Connor Bresee & First PC 20 Corporate Woods Blvd. Albany, NY 12211
Phone (518) 465-0400 Fax (518) 465-0015 Email barclay@oobf.com
Law School Boston College
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Jeffrey S. Battistoni, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-DUTCHESS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Van DeWater & Van DeWater LLP 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 101 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone (845) 452-5900 Fax (845) 452-5848 Email jbattistoni@vandewaterlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice General Practice
Simeon H. Baum, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION
Office Address Resolve Mediation Services Inc. 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 355-6527 Fax (212) 753-0396 Email simeonhb@disputeresolve.com
Law School Fordham University
Undergraduate School Colgate University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Insurance; Litigation - General Civil
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Hon. Harold J. Bauman
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-GREENE, SCHOHARIE & SULLIVAN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATIONS
Office Address 45 Delaware Avenue Liberty NY, 12754
Phone (845) 292-0290 x 21 Fax (845) 295-9216 Email harbau@verizon.net
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
Jonathan B. Behrins, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE PRESIDENT, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address The Behrins Law Firm PLLC 1491 Richmond Road Staten Island NY, 10304
Phone (718) 447-5541 Fax (718) 983-5088 Email jb@behrinslaw.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate School The Colorado College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Business Law; Civil Rights; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Criminal Law; Employee Benefits; Family Law; Finance and Securities; Food, Drug & Cosmetics; General Practice; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Libel; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Professional Liability; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Jonathan Ben-Asher, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION
Office Address Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP One Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10006
Phone (212) 321-7075 Fax (212) 321-7078 Email jben-asher@rcbalaw.com
Law School New York University
Undergraduate School Columbia University
Areas of Practice Contracts; Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment Law
Ericka N. Bennett, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
Office Address Roswell Park Cancer Institute Elm and Carlton Streets Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone 7168458132 Fax 7168454781 Email ericka.bennett@yahoo.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Contracts; Health Law
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David L. Berkey, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION
Office Address Gallet Dreyer & Berkey LLP 845 Third Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10022-6601
Phone (212) 935-3131 Fax (212) 935-4514 Email dlb@gdblaw.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School New York University School of Engineering
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Leases And Leasing; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law
Mark Arthur Berman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP 360 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10017-6502
Phone (212) 922-9250 x266 Fax (212) 922-9335 Email mberman@ganfershore.com
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Undergraduate School Columbia College
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Technology and Computer Law; Commercial Litigation; Ethics; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law; Women and the Law
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Hon. Lucy Billings
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address New York State Supreme Court 71 Thomas Street New York, NY 10013
Phone (646) 386-3856 Fax (212) 952-6511 Email lbilling@nycourts.gov
Law School University of California - Berkeley
Allan S. Bloom, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION
Office Address Proskauer Eleven Times Square New York, NY 10036-8299
Phone (212) 969-3880 Email abloom@proskauer.com
Law School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil
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John P. Bracken, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address 1120 Crystal Drive Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-4028
Email jbrackenesq@gmail.com
Law School Fordham University
Undergraduate School Hobart College
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Corporate Law; Leases And Leasing; Personal or Property Injury; Professional Liability
Lawrence Jay Braunstein, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-FAMILY LAW SECTION
Office Address Braunstein & Zuckerman Esqs. 333 Westchester Avenue, Suite S 302 White Plains, NY 10604
Phone (914) 997-6220 Fax (914) 328-0916 Email ljbraunstein@bzesqs.com
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Family Law
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Samuel M. Braverman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Fasulo Braverman & Di Maggio, LLP 225 Broadway, Suite 715 New York, NY 10007
Phone (212) 566-6213 Fax (718) 293-5395 Email sbraverman@fbdmlaw.com
Law School Out of State
Areas of Practice Corporate Law; Criminal Law
Alice M. Breding, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION
Office Address Law Office of Alice M Breding, Esq., PLLC 632 Plank Road, Suite 201 Clifton Park, NY 12065-6588
Phone (518) 212-7520 Fax (518) 512-0702 Email alice@bredinglaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Real Property Law
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Earamichia Brown, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address 2448 Rotherham Circle McKinney, TX 75071
Phone (917) 837-7673 Email enbrownesq@gmail.com
Law School Howard University
Undergraduate School George Mason University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Criminal Law; General Practice; Government; Labor and Employment Law; Municipal Law; Professional Liability; Workers Compensation
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T. Andrew Brown, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE, FOURTH DEPARTMENT
Office Address Brown Hutchinson LLP 2 State Street, 925 Crossroads Building Rochester, NY 14614
Phone (585) 454-5050 Fax (585) 454-5066 Email abrown@brownhutchinson.com
Law School University of Michigan
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Civil Rights; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury
Eileen E. Buholtz, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TORTS, INSURANCE AND COMPENSATION LAW SECTION
Office Address Connors, Corcoran & Buholtz, PLLC 45 Exchange Blvd., Suite 250 Rochester, NY 14614
Phone (585) 232-5885 Fax (585) 546-3631 Email ebuholtz@connorscorcoran.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School Eastman School of Music
Areas of Practice Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Banking; Business Law; Contracts; General Practice; Leases And Leasing; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law
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Jane B. Burke, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-HEALTH LAW SECTION
Office Address Hodgson Russ LLP 677 Broadway, Suite 301 Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 465-2333 Fax (877) 432-1625 Email jbburke@hodgsonruss.com
Law School Out Of State
Areas of Practice Health Law; Litigation - General Civil
A. Vincent Buzard, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address 16 Mitchell Road Pittsford, NY 14534
Email avincentbuzard@gmail.com
Law School University of Michigan
Undergraduate School Wabash College
Areas of Practice Business Law; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
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Carlos M. Calderón, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 99 Court Street White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 668-8900 x13 Fax (914) 668-8969 Email ccalderon@wandcllp.com
Law School University of Connecticut
Areas of Practice Elder Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury
Daniel D. Cassidy, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BRONX COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Law Office of Daniel D Cassidy, PLLC 881 Gerard Avenue, Suite 200 Bronx, NY 10452-9434
Phone (718) 293-3046 Email dcassidy@danieldcassidy.com
Law School Pace University
Areas of Practice Construction; Insurance; Personal or Property Injury
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June M. Castellano, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Law Office of June Castellano 150 Allens Creek Road Rochester, NY 14618
Phone (585) 256-1927 Fax (585) 242-7873 Email june@junecastellano.com
Law School Northeastern University
Areas of Practice Family Law
Soo-young Chang, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE, FOURTH DEPARTMENT
Office Address 279 Wellingwood Drive East Amherst, NY 14051
Phone (716) 249-5147 Email chang.sooyoung@gmail.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
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Vincent Ted Chang, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP 12th Floor, 500 5th Avenue New York, NY 10110-0002
Phone (212) 382-3300 Fax (212) 382-0050 Email vchang@wmd-law.com
Law School Harvard Law School
Undergraduate School Harvard University
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade; Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Business Law; Commercial Litigation
David M. Chidekel, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Law Office of David M. Chidekel, Esq. 575 Madison Avenue, Suite 1006 New York, NY 10022-2511
Phone (212) 605-0161 Email dcjoyesq@aol.com
Law School Out of State
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Family Law
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Amy L. Christensen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. 16 W. William Street, PO Box 272 Bath, NY 14810
Phone (607) 776-4126 Fax (607) 776-4029 Email achristensen@lawny.org
Law School Yale University
Catherine A. Christian, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address New York County District Attorney’s Office One Hogan Place, Special Victims Bureau New York, NY 10013
Phone (212) 335-4068 Fax (212) 815-0128 Email christianc@dany.nyc.gov
Law School Dickinson School of Law
Undergraduate School Hofstra
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Government
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John P. Christopher, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Publicis Health Media 1675 Broadway, 4th Floor New York, NY 10119
Phone (610) 554-6500 Email jpchristopher@gmail.com
Law School Touro College
Undergraduate School Villanova University
Areas of Practice Technology and Computer Law; Contracts; Food, Drug & Cosmetics; Health Law
Lisa M. Cobb, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-DUTCHESS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Wallace & Wallace, LLP 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite LL3 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone (845) 473-0900 Email lcobb@wallacelaw.net
Law School Dickinson School of Law
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
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Peter V. Coffey, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Sciocchetti & Abbott, PLLC 800 Troy-Schenectady Road, Suite 102 Latham, NY 12110
Phone (518) 867-3001 Fax (518) 867-3017 Email pcoffey@pvslaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School Siena College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Banking; Business Law; Elder Law; General Practice; Real Property Law
David Louis Cohen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-QUEENS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Law Office of David L. Cohen, Esq. 125-10 Queens Boulevard, Suite 5 Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1522
Phone (718) 793-1553 Fax (718) 261-2129 Email david@davidlouiscohenlaw.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate School New York University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law
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Mitchell Y. Cohen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-FAMILY LAW SECTION
Office Address Johnson & Cohen LLP 701 Westchester Avenue, Suite 208W White Plains, NY 10604
Phone (914) 644-7100 Fax 9149229500 Email mcohen@johnsoncohenlaw.com
Law School Emory University
Areas of Practice Family Law
Orin J. Cohen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 1162 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone (718) 448-2889 Fax (718) 650-9965 Email orinjc@aol.com
Law School New York Law School
Areas of Practice General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Real Property Law
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Steven D. Cohn, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Goldberg & Cohn 16 Court Street, Suite 2304 Brooklyn, NY 11241-1003
Phone (718) 875-2400 Fax (718) 858-2101 Email s.cohn@goldbergandcohn.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Family Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law
Nancy A. Connery, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION
Office Address Schoeman, Updike Kaufman & Gerber, LLP 551 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10176
Phone (212) 661-5030 Fax (212) 687-2123 Email nconnery@schoeman.com
Law School Rutgers University - Camden
Undergraduate School Douglas College
Areas of Practice Real Property Law
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Matthew R. Coseo, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Saratoga County Surrogate’s Court 30 McMaster Street - Bldg. 3 Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Phone (518) 451-8830 Email mcoseo@nycourts.gov
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School Colgate University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Elder Law; Family Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Trusts and Estates Law
Allyn J. Crawford, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-RICHMOND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Crawford Bringslid Vander Neut, LLP 900 South Avenue, Suite 204 Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone (718) 273-9414 Email acrawford@cbvlaw.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Robert S. Dean, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Center for Appellate Litigation 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor New York, NY 10005
Phone (212) 577-2523 x502 Fax (212) 577-2535 Email rdean@cfal.org
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Criminal Law
Joseph F. DeFelice, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-QUEENS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Office of Joseph F. DeFelice, Esq. 125-10 Queens Blvd., Suite 302 Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Phone (718) 261-3358 Fax (718) 793-5072 Email jdefel4@gmail.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Criminal Law; Immigration Law
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Sylvia E. Di Pietro, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAW SECTION
Office Address Law Office of Sylvia E. Di Pietro, Esq., LLC 55 West 14th Street, Suite 4H New York, NY 10011-7400
Phone (212) 242-8800 Fax (212) 633-6298 Email femalelitigator@yahoo.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Michael D. DiFalco, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Aiello, DiFalco & Gianakos LLP 600 Old Country Road, Suite 520 Garden City, NY 11530
Phone (516) 747-1131 Fax (516) 794-3363 Email mdd@matlawyers.com
Law School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Family Law
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Melinda G. Disare, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
Office Address Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC Avant Building - Suite 900, 200 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone (716) 416-7014 Fax (716) 416-7314 Email mdisare@bsk.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School West Virginia University
Areas of Practice Labor and Employment Law
Donald C. Doerr, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Cerio Law Offices 407 South Warren Street, 5th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 422-8769 Fax (315) 703-4884 Email don@ceriolawoffices.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Elder Law; Employee Benefits; General Practice; Health Law; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law; Workers Compensation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use
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Deborah Anne Doxey, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BUSINESS LAW SECTION
Office Address Phillips Lytle LLP One Canalside, 125 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-2887
Phone (716) 847-5480 Fax (716) 852-6100 Email ddoxey@phillipslytle.com
Law School Duke University
Areas of Practice Banking; Business Law; Real Property Law
Vincent E. Doyle, III, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Connors LLP 1000 Liberty Building Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone (716) 852-5533 Fax (716) 852-5649 Email ved@connorsllp.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Ethics
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Aaron Kyle Eberle, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TOMPKINS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Eberle Law Office PO Box 7 Lansing, NY 14882
Phone (607) 280-8721 Email aaron@eberlelawoffice.com
Law School University of Washington, Seattle
Areas of Practice Tax - Corporate Business; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law
Norman P. Effman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Wyoming County Public Defender Wyoming Cty Attica Legal Aid Bureau Inc. 18 Linwood Avenue Warsaw, NY 14569
Phone (585) 786-8450 Fax (585) 786-8478 Email attlegal@yahoo.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School SUNY Buffalo
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Criminal Law
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Anthony J. Enea, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SENIOR LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP 245 Main Street, 5th Floor White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 948-1500 Fax (914) 948-9316 Email a.enea@esslawfirm.com
Law School Pace University
Undergraduate School Manhattan College
Areas of Practice Business Law; Elder Law; Litigation - General Civil; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law
Gordon Eng, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE, FIRST DEPARTMENT
Office Address SKY Harbor Capital Management, LLC 20 Horseneck Lane Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone (203) 769-8812 Email gordoneng@att.net
Law School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Corporate Law; Criminal Law; Finance and Securities; Litigation - General Civil
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Paula Mallory Engel, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ONONDAGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Onondaga Country Department of Law 421 Montgomery Stree, 12th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 435-2585 Fax (315) 435-2113 Email Paula.Engel@dfa.state.ny.us
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Civil Rights; Contracts; Creditors’ Rights and Collections; Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias; Elder Law; Ethics; Family Law; Government; Health Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law
Donna England, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address England & England PC 2556 Middle Country Road Centereach, NY 11720-3549
Phone (631) 588-0250 Fax (631) 588-0329 Email dengland@englandlaw.legal
Law School Hofstra University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Family Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Andrew M. Fallek, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Fallek & Fallek PLLC One Battery Park Plaza, 32nd Floor New York, NY 10004
Phone (212) 797-4700 x12 Fax (212) 797-1550 Email afallek@gmail.com
Law School Vanderbilt University
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Product Liability
Michael S. Farber, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TAX SECTION
Office Address Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017
Phone (212) 450-4704 Fax (212) 701-5704 Email michael.farber@davispolk.com
Law School George Washington University
Areas of Practice Tax - Corporate Business
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Jody Fay, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address The Kelsey Company 1 Palmer Avenue Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone (914) 358-9323 Fax (914) 358-9324 Email jody.fay@thekelseycompany.com
Law School Pace University
Areas of Practice Insurance; Real Property Law
Timothy Fennell, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-HERKIMER, JEFFERSON, LEWIS & OSWEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATIONS
Office Address Amdursky, Pelky, Fennell & Wallen, P.C. 26 E Oneida Street Oswego, NY 13126-2695
Phone (315) 343-6363 Fax (315) 343-0134 Email tfennell@apfwlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School LeMoyne College
Areas of Practice Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Real Property Law
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Hermes Fernandez, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC 22 Corporate Woods, Suite 501 Albany, NY 12211
Phone (518) 533-3209 Fax (518) 533-3299 Email hfernandez@bsk.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School LeMoyne College
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Health Law
Paul A. Ferrara, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Bank of America Private Bank 114 W 47th Street New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 852-2817 Email paul.a.ferrara@bofa.com
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice International Law; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law
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Margaret J. Finerty, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Getnick & Getnick LLP 521 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10175
Phone (212) 376-5666 Fax (212) 292-3942 Email mfinerty@getnicklaw.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School University of Chicago
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Health Law
Marie-Eleana First, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-QUEENS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Marie Eleana First, Attorney At Law 233 Broadway, Suite 2201 New York, NY 10279-0001
Phone (212) 566-3555 Fax (212) 349-0338 Email mfirst622@verizon.net
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Immigration Law
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Gerard Fishberg, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT LAW SECTION
Office Address Cullen & Dykman LLP 100 Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard Garden City, NY 11530-4850
Phone (516) 357-3703 Fax (516) 296-9155 Email gfishberg@cullenanddykman.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School Hofstra University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Labor and Employment Law; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use
Patrick J. Flanagan, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Nelson & Flanagan 42 South Broad Street Norwich, NY 13815
Phone (607) 334-9323 Fax (607) 336-2017 Email nelsonandflanagan@frontiernet.net
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Corporate Law; Criminal Law; Elder Law; Family Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Danielle Mikalajunas Fogel, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ONONDAGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Fager & Amsler LLP 2 Clinton Square Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 703-7207 Fax 315-428-0082 Email dfogel@fakslaw.com
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice
Jenifer J. Foley, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Alter Wolff & Foley LLP 810 Seventh Ave, Suite 3600 New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 218-5390 Email jfoley@awf.nyc
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Areas of Practice Family Law
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Alexander D. Forger, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP 28 Liberty Street, Suite 2801 New York, NY 10005-1413
Phone (212) 530-5000 Fax (212) 530-5219 Email aforger@milbank.com
Law School Yale University
Undergraduate School Princeton University
Areas of Practice Trusts and Estates Law
Prof. Michael L. Fox
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Mount Saint Mary College School of Business 330 Powell Avenue Newburgh NY, 12550
Phone (845) 569-3122 Email michael.fox@msmc.edu
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School Bucknell University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Labor and Employment Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Hon. Helen E. Freedman
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address 150 West 96th Street, Apt. 5E New York, NY 10025-6443
Phone (212) 865-6647 Email helenfreedman@gmail.com
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice Family Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil
Maryann Saccomando Freedman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Cohen & Lombardo, P.C. 343 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone (716) 881-3010 x229 Fax (716) 881-2755 Email freedman@cn-lo.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School University of Buffalo
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Trusts and Estates Law
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Richard B. Friedman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Richard Friedman PLLC 200 Park Avenue, Suite 1700 New York, NY 10166
Phone (212) 600-9539 Email rfriedman@richardfriedmanlaw.com
Law School University of Chicago
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law
William D. Frumkin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION
Office Address Frumkin & Hunter LLP 1025 Westchester Avenue, Suite 309 West Harrison, NY 10604
Phone (914) 468-6096 Fax (914) 682-9128 Email WFrumkin@frumkinhunter.com
Law School Pace University
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment Law
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Jennifer L. Galvan, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-STEUBEN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Steuben County Department of Social Services 3 E Pulteney Square Bath, NY 14810-1510
Phone (607) 664-2353 Email jennifer.galvan@co.steuben.ny.us
Law School University of Akron
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Civil Rights; Contracts; Elder Law; Ethics; Family Law; Government; Litigation - General Civil; Trusts and Estates Law
Armena D. Gayle, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address 2152 Ralph Avenue, Apt. 122 Brooklyn, NY 11234
Phone (800) 460-1382 Fax (718) 208-4151 Email attorneygayle@gmail.com
Law School Texas Southern University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Family Law; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Hon. Marilyn Genoa
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Genoa & Associates, PC 12 Jaegger Drive Glen Head, NY 11545-1825
Phone (516) 759-7940 Fax (516) 674-9425 Email mkgenoa@genoaandassociates.com
Law School Hofstra University
Undergraduate School Boston University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Real Property Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Sharon Stern Gerstman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP 1100 Rand Building, 14 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 14203-1929
Phone (716) 856-3500 x227 Fax (716) 856-3390 Email sgerstman@magavern.com
Law School University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate School Brown University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Tax - Personal
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Michael E. Getnick, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Getnick Livingston Atkinson & Priore, LLP 258 Genesee Street Utica, NY 13502
Phone (315) 797-9261 Fax (315) 732-0755 Email mgetnick@getnicklivingston.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School Pennsylvania State University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; General Practice; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Jon P. Getz, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-MONROE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Vahey Muldoon Reston Getz LLP 144 Exchange Boulevard, Suite 402 Rochester, NY 14614-2108
Phone (585) 262-5130 Fax (585) 262-3474 Email jonpgetz@aol.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Litigation - General Civil
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Karen Gilbreath Sowell, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TAX SECTION
Office Address Ernst & Young 1101 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005
Phone (202) 327-8747 Email Karen.Sowell@ey.com
Law School Georgetown University
Areas of Practice Tax - Corporate Business
Margaret E. Gilmartin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Gilmartin Law Firm 29 Spa Drive Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone (518) 888-6750 Email meg@gilmartinlawfirm.com
Law School Western New England
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Family Law; General Practice; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Evan M. Goldberg, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Evan M. Goldberg, P.C. 2 Perlman Drive, Suite LL-05 Spring Valley, NY 10977
Phone (845) 545-0448 Email info@evangoldberglaw.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate School SUNY Albany
Areas of Practice Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Professional Liability
Colleen M. Grady, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-OUT-OF-STATE
Office Address Alvarez & Diaz-Silveira LLP 355 Alhambra Cir #1450 Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone (305) 740-1960 Fax 3057401961 Email cgrady@adsllp.com
Law School University of Miami
Undergraduate School Barry University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; International Law
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Barbara Jeane Graves-Poller, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address NYC Law Department 100 Church Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10007
Email bjg210@nyu.edu
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Civil Rights; Government; Litigation - General Civil
Henry M. Greenberg, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENT & DELEGATE, ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Greenberg Traurig, LLP 54 State Street Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 689-1492 Fax (518) 689-1499 Email greenbergh@gtlaw.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School University of Chicago
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; General Practice; Health Law
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Matthew J. Griesemer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-COLUMBIA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Freeman Howard, PC PO Box 1328 Hudson, NY 12534
Phone (518) 828-2021 Fax (518) 828-2420 Email Griesemer@freemanhoward.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School Binghamton University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate Law; General Practice; Leases and Leasing; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Public Contract; Real Property Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Mark P. Griffin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address New York City Campaign Finance Board 100 Church Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10007
Phone (212) 409-1863 Fax (212) 409-1705 Email gryps64@yahoo.com
Law School University of Michigan
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Ethics; Government; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law
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Judith D. Grimaldi, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ELDER LAW AND SPECIAL NEEDS SECTION
Office Address Grimaldi & Yeung, LLP 9201 4th Avenue, 6th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11209-7006
Phone (718) 238-6960 Fax (718) 238-3091 Email jgrimaldi@gylawny.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Health Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Noreen Dewire Grimmick, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TRIAL LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Noreen Grimmick Attorney At Law 13 Dawson Lane Clifton Park, NY 12065
Phone (518) 248-3873 Fax (518) 877-5265 Email ngrimmick@gmail.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Business Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Professional Liability
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John H. Gross, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SUFFOLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Ingerman Smith LLP 150 Motor Parkway, Suite 400 Hauppauge, NY 11788-5108
Phone (631) 261-8834 x240 Fax (631) 261-0523 Email jhgross@ingermansmith.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Employee Benefits; Ethics; Labor and Employment Law; Municipal Law
Claire P. Gutekunst, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert 369 Park Hill Avenue Yonkers, NY 10705
Phone (917) 734-5458 Email cgutekunst@gutekunstadr.com
Law School Yale University
Undergraduate School Brown University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation
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Kristin E. Gutenberger Grossman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TOMPKINS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Cornell University Real Estate Department 15 Thornwood Drive Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone (607) 266-7872 Fax (607) 266-7876 Email keg7@cornell.edu
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Leases And Leasing; Real Property Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Richard M. Gutierrez, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Richard Gutierrez Law 118-35 Queens Blvd., Suite 1500 Forest Hills, NY 11375-7205
Phone (718) 520-0663 Fax (718) 520-8306 Email richlaw101@aol.com
Law School Seton Hall University
Undergraduate School Brooklyn College
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Criminal Law; Ethics; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury
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Jay L. Hack, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BUSINESS LAW SECTION
Office Address Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP 845 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 935-3131 Fax (212) 935-4514 Email jlh@gdblaw.com
Law School Boston University
Undergraduate School University of Michigan
Areas of Practice Banking; Finance and Securities; Real Property Law
Robert L. Haig, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 101 Park Avenue, 30th Floor New York, NY 10178-0001
Phone (212) 808-7715 Fax (212) 808-7897 Email rhaig@kelleydrye.com
Law School Harvard University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - General Civil; Product Liability
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Jyotin R. Hamid, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 909-1031 Email jhamid@debevoise.com
Law School Yale University
Areas of Practice Corporate Law
Susan L. Harper, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WOMEN IN LAW SECTION
Office Address Bates Group LLC 344 River Road Bogota, NJ 07603
Phone (917) 325-8652 Email sharperny@aol.com
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Banking; Finance and Securities
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Peter C. Harvey, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6710
Phone (212) 336-2810 Fax (212) 336-2222 Email pcharvey@pbwt.com
Law School Columbia University
Meredith Stacy Heller, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC 99 Park Avenue, Penthouse Suite New York, NY 10016
Phone (646) 661-1808 Fax (347) 412-0092 Email msheller@mshellerlaw.com
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Criminal Law; Ethics; Finance and Securities; Immigration Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Litigation - General Civil
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Erica M. Hines, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203
Phone (518) 452-5600 Fax (518) 452-5579 Email Erica.Hines@hrfmlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School Boston College
Areas of Practice Intellectual Property and Copyrights
Robert N. Holtzman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-COMMERCIAL AND FEDERAL LITIGATION SECTION
Office Address Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-2714
Phone (212) 715-9513 Email rholtzman@kramerlevin.com
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment Law
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Michael Timothy Horan, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SCHENECTADY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Michael T. Horan 670 Franklin Street Schenectady, NY 12305-2113
Phone (518) 374-0468 Email mhoran3@nycap.rr.com
Daniel Joseph Hurteau, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ALBANY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Nixon Peabody LLP 677 Broadway, 10th Floor Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 427-2652 Fax (518) 427-2666 Email dhurteau@nixonpeabody.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Health Law
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LaMarr J. Jackson, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 23 Overland Trail West Henrietta, NY 14586-9733
Phone (585) 747-2261 Email jacksonlaw2440@gmail.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Criminal Law; Family Law; Labor and Employment Law; Municipal Law
Andre R. Jaglom, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP 900 Third Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10022-4728
Phone (212) 508-6740 Fax (646) 390-7042 Email jaglom@thsh.com
Law School Harvard University
Undergraduate School Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade; Business Law; Technology and Computer Law; Corporate Law; Franchise Law; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; International Law; Law Practice Management
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Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6400 New York, NY 10118
Phone 212-972-1710 Fax 516-745-1245 Email sjames@barketepstein.com
Law School Boston University
Undergraduate School Brown University
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Criminal Law
Hon. Barry Kamins
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins P.C. 546 5th Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 750-9700 Fax (212) 750-8297 Email judgekamins@aidalalaw.com
Law School Rutgers University - Newark
Undergraduate School Columbia
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Criminal Law; Professional Liability
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Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-JUDICIAL SECTION
Office Address NYS Appellate Division, 1st Dept. 27 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010-2201
Phone (212) 340-0461 Email bkapnick@nycourts.gov
Law School Boston University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Derivatives and Structured Products; Ethics; Litigation - General Civil
Scott M. Karson, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENT-ELECT, CHAIR-HOD & DELEGATE-ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Lamb & Barnosky LLP 534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210 PO Box 9034 Melville, NY 11747-9034
Phone (631) 694-2300 Fax (631) 694-2309 Email smk@lambbarnosky.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School State University of New York at Stony Brook
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Ethics; Government; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
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Joshua Reuven Katz, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-QUEENS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Katz Silverman Law Group, LLP 125-10 Queens Blvd, Suite 311 Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1506
Phone (718) 8858095 Fax (718)4259958 Email josh@katzsilvermanlaw.com
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Areas of Practice Family Law
Elena DeFio Kean, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Hinman Straub, P.C. 121 State Street Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 436-0751 Fax (518) 436-4751 Email ekean@hinmanstraub.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School College of St. Rose
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Civil Rights; Elder Law; General Practice; Law Office Economics and Management; Law Practice Management; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Deborah S. Kearns, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAW SECTION
Office Address Albany County Surrogate’s Court 16 Eagle Street, Room 123 Albany, NY 12207-1019
Phone (518) 285-8586 Fax (518) 285-8237 Email dkearns@nycourts.gov
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law
Peter R. Kehoe, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-RENSSELAER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address 27 Elk Street Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 432-4318 Fax (518) 434-9093 Email pkehoe@nysheriffs.org
Law School Albany Law School
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Kevin Thomas Kelly, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION
Office Address 102 East MLK Jr. Street Commons 3rd Floor Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone (607) 368-8257 Email kevinkellyesq@outlook.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Contracts; Criminal Law; Family Law; General Practice; Labor and Employment Law; Leases And Leasing; Real Property Law
Matthew J. Kelly, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TORTS, INSURANCE AND COMPENSATION LAW SECTION
Office Address Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux LLP 13 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203
Phone (518) 464-1300 x312 Fax (518) 464-1010 Email mkelly@rwgmlaw.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Insurance; Litigation - General Civil
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Amy K. Kendall, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY LAW SECTION
Office Address Knauf Shaw, LLP 1400 Crossroads Bldg., 2 State Street Rochester, NY 14614
Phone (585) 546-8430 Email akendall@nyenvlaw.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Environmental and Energy Law; Ethics; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Real Property Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
John J. Kenney, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP 60 East 42nd Street, 48th Floor New York, NY 10165
Phone (212) 689-8808 Fax (212) 689-5101 Email jkenney@hnrklaw.com
Law School Fordham University
Undergraduate School St. Michael’s College
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Litigation - General Civil; Product Liability
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Leonard Kessler, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Kessler Law Offices PO Box 294, 163 William Lain Road Westtown, NY 10998
Phone (845) 355-2020 Fax (845) 374-3030 Email kesslerlaw2020@gmail.com
Law School William and Mary School of Law
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury
Peter J. Kiernan, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address 42 Alewive Brook Road East Hampton, NY 11937
Email pkiernan44@gmail.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School John Carroll University
Areas of Practice Banking; Construction; Corporate Law; Municipal Law
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Dawn Kirby, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP One North Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 681-0200 Fax (914) 684-0288 Email dkirby@kacllp.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate School Skidmore College
Areas of Practice Bankruptcy/Insolvency
Richard A. Klass, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address The Law Offices of Richard A. Klass, Esq. 16 Court Street, 28th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11241
Phone (718) 643-6063 Fax (718) 643-9788 Email richklass@courtstreetlaw.com
Law School New York Law School
Undergraduate School Hofstra University
Areas of Practice Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Professional Liability
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Adrienne Beth Koch, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Katsky Korins LLP 605 Third Avenue New York, NY 10158-0180
Phone (212) 716-3225 Fax (212) 716-3349 Email akoch@katskykorins.com
Law School Harvard University
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation
Kenneth A. Krajewski, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TORTS, INSURANCE AND COMPENSATION LAW SECTION
Office Address Brown & Kelly, LLP 800 Main Place Tower, 350 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone (716) 256-1212 Fax (716) 854-0082 Email kkrajewski@brownkelly.com
Law School Capital University
Areas of Practice Environmental and Energy Law; Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
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Hon. Rachel Kretser
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SENIOR LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address 6 Greyledge Drive Albany, NY 12211-2054
Phone (518) 641-9562 Email Rkret@albanylaw.edu
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Criminal Law; Litigation - General Civil
Anne Louise LaBarbera, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Thomas LaBarbera Counselors At Law PC 11 Broadway, Suite 615 New York, NY 10004
Phone (917) 704-9759 Fax (315) 714-4111 Email anne@tlcpc.law
Law School Foreign (outside of United States)
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Finance and Securities
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Anthony J. Lamberti, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Armstrong & Lamberti, PLLC 900 South Avenue, Suite 401 Staten Island, NY 10314-3429
Phone (718) 477-7700 Email ajl@nyelderlaw.net
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Stephen B. Land, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TAX SECTION
Office Address Duval & Stachenfeld LLP 555 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 692-5991 Fax (212) 883-8883 Email sland@dsllp.com
Law School Harvard University
Areas of Practice Contracts
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Dawn Joyce Lanouette, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOME COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Hinman Howard & Kattell, LLP 700 Security Mutual Building 80 Exchange Street Binghamton, NY 13902-2723
Phone (607) 723-5341 Fax (607) 723-6605 Email dlanouette@hhk.com
Law School Pace University
Undergraduate School Pacific University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice
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Nelida Lara-Garduno, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP 1 North Lexington Avenue, Floor 11 White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (212) 756-2715 Email NLG@ddw-law.com
Law School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation
Glenn Lau-Kee, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Lau-Kee Law Group, PLLC 354 Broome Street, Suite 1 New York, NY 10013
Phone (212) 625-0300 x110 Fax (212) 625-1812 Email glaukee@laukeelaw.com
Law School Boston University
Undergraduate School Yale University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Real Property Law
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C. Bruce Lawrence, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SENIOR LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Boylan Code LLP 145 Culver Road, Suite 100 Rochester, NY 14620
Phone (585) 232-5300 x256 Email cblawrence@boylancode.com
Law School Dickinson School of Law
Undergraduate School Unviersity of Rochester
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Public Contract; Zoning, Planning and Land Use
Bernice K. Leber, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Arent Fox LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10019-6040
Phone (212) 484-3930 Fax (212) 484-3990 Email bernice.leber@arentfox.com
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School Mount Holyoke College
Areas of Practice Banking; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil
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Hon. John J. Leo
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SUFFOLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Supreme Court of the State of NY Suffolk County 400 Carleton Avenue Central Islip, NY 11722
Phone (631) 853-4921 Email jleo@nycourts.gov
Law School Fordham University
Stephen Charles Lessard, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 506-5137 Fax (212) 506-5100 Email slessard@orrick.com
Law School Georgetown University
Undergraduate School Texas A&M University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Civil Rights; Corporate Law; Tax - Corporate Business; Tax - Personal
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Steven G. Leventhal, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP 15 Remsen Avenue Roslyn, NY 11576-2102
Phone (516) 484-5440 x101 Fax (516) 484-2710 Email sleventhal@lcmblaw.com
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Finance and Securities; General Practice; Government; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Real Property Law; Tax - Corporate Business; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Sherry Levin Wallach, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position SECRETARY
Office Address The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County 150 Grand Street White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 286-3411 Email Slw@laswest.com
Law School Hofstra University
Undergraduate School George Washington University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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A. Thomas Levin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C. 990 Stewart Avenue, Suite 300, P.O. Box 9194 Garden City, NY 11530-9194
Phone (516) 592-5704 Fax (516) 741-6706 Email atlevin@msek.com
Law School New York University
Undergraduate School Brown University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Litigation; Environmental and Energy Law; Ethics; General Practice; Government; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Professional Liability; Public Contract; Communication; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Peter H. Levy, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 366 North Broadway, Suite LW1 Jericho, NY 11753
Phone (516) 822-5800 Fax (516) 822-5848 Email phlatty.1@juno.com
Law School Tulane University
Undergraduate School Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Practice Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Elder Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law
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Richard C. Lewis, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Hinman Howard & Kattell, LLP 80 Exchange Street, PO Box 5250 Binghamton, NY 13901-3400
Phone (607) 231-6891 Fax (607) 723-6605 Email Rlewis@hhk.com
Law School John Marshall Law School
Undergraduate School Ithaca College
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate Law; Family Law; General Practice; Leases And Leasing; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Social Security Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Susan B. Lindenauer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address 45 Gramercy Park North, Apt. 8A New York, NY 10010
Phone (212) 982-0298 Fax (212) 477-6728 Email alindenauer@nyc.rr.com
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School Smith College
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Business Law; Civil Rights; Corporate Law; Criminal Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil
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Gregory Scot Lisi, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Forchelli Curto Deegan Schwartz Mineo Cohn & Terrana LLP 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 1010 Uniondale, NY 11553
Phone (516) 248-1700 Fax (516) 248-1279 Email glisi@forchellilaw.com
Law School Georgetown University
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Corporate Law; Immigration Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law
Betty Lugo, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TRIAL LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Pacheco & Lugo, PLLC 340 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11201-5870
Phone (718) 855-3000 Fax (718) 855-6565 Email blugo@pachecolugo.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Banking; Contracts; Construction; Corporate Law; General Practice; Insurance; International Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Professional Liability; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law; Workers Compensation
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Ian William MacLean, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAW SECTION
Office Address The MacLean Law Firm, P.C. 60 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor New York, NY 10165
Phone (212) 682-1555 Fax (212) 485-9877 Email ianwmaclean@mlfpc.com
Law School New York Law School
Areas of Practice Litigation - General Civil; Trusts and Estates Law
Hon. Joan Anne Madden
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Supreme Court of the State of New York 60 Centre Street New York, NY 10007-1402
Phone (646) 386-3190 Fax (646) 386-3576 Email jmadden@nycourts.gov
Law School Fordham University
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Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP 450 Plaza Drive Vestal, NY 13850
Phone (607) 763-9200 Fax (607) 763-9211 Email kmadigan@lgtlegal.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School University of Colorado at Boulder
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Roger Juan Maldonado, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 907-9741 Email rmaldonado@sgrlaw.com
Law School Yale University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil
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Andrew Mandell, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address NYC Human Resources Administration 4 World Trade Center, 35th Floor New York, NY 10007-5211
Phone (929) 221-6804 Email mandella@hra.nyc.gov
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Government; Health Law
Linda U. Margolin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SUFFOLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Margolin Besunder, LLP 1050 Old Nichols Road, Suite 200 Islandia, NY 11749
Phone (631) 234-8585 Fax (631) 234-8702 Email lmargolin@margolinbesunder.com
Law School New York University
Undergraduate School William Smith College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
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Michael A. Marinaccio, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Law Office of Michael A. Marinaccio 245 Main Street, Suite 420 White Plains, NY 10601-2411
Phone (914) 761-0707 Fax (914) 761-0795 Email michael@mamarinacciolaw.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School Colgate University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Michael A. Markowitz, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Michael A. Markowitz, PC 1553 Broadway Hewlett, NY 11557-1494
Phone (516) 295-9061 Fax (516) 740-2880 Email attorney@mampc.net
Law School Touro College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate Law; General Practice; Leases And Leasing; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Daniel C. Marotta, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-RICHMOND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Gabor & Marotta 1878 Victory Blvd Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone (718) 876-5500 Email dan@gabormarottalaw.com
Law School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Elder Law; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Deborah Martin Owens, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE, FIRST DEPARTMENT
Office Address New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 382-6713 Email deborahmartinesq@gmail.com
Law School Hofstra University
Areas of Practice Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
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Edwina Frances Martin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Richmond County Public Administrator 130 Stuyvesant Place, Floor 4 Staten Island, NY 10301-1949
Phone (212) 788-6972 Email edwinamartin@hotmail.com
Law School New York University
Undergraduate School Williams College
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Civil Rights; Family Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Maria Matos, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE, SECOND DEPARTMENT
Office Address New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Harriman Campus Road Albany, NY 12226
Phone (518) 457-2070 Email mmatoslaw@aol.com
Law School Hofstra University
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Michael R. May, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP 121 East Buffalo Street Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone (607) 272-3442 Fax (607) 272-4514 Email mmay@lgtlegal.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Elder Law; General Practice; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
John T. McCann, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ONONDAGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Hancock Estabrook, LLP 1800 AXA Tower I, 100 Madison Street Syracuse NY, 13202
Phone (315) 565-4500 Fax (315) 471-3167 Email jmccann@hancocklaw.com
Law School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil
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Michael Philip McDermott, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ALBANY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address O’Connell & Aronowitz PC 54 State Street, 9th Floor Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 462-5601 Fax (518) 462-2670 Email mmcdermott@oalaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Contracts; Criminal Law; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
Christopher James McNamara, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 728-8546 Fax (212) 728-9546 Email cmcnamara@willkie.com
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Michael J. McNamara, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Seward & Kissel LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, NY 10004
Phone (212) 574-1581 Fax (212) 480-8421 Email mcnamara@sewkis.com
Law School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil
Timothy G. McNamara, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ROCKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewberry LLP Mid-Westchester Executive Park 7 Skyline Drive Hawthorne, NY 10532
Phone (914) 586-7024 Fax (914) 347-8898 Email tmcnamara@tlsslaw.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
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Harry G. Meyer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION
Office Address 96 Morningside Lane Williamsville, NY 14221-5033
Email hgmeyer96@gmail.com
Law School Yale University
Undergraduate School Yale University, Morse College
Areas of Practice Environmental and Energy Law; Real Property Law
Claire C. Miller, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address One Edgewater Plaza, Suite 701 Staten Island, NY 10305-4900
Phone (718) 815-2003 x2 Fax (718) 815-2012 Email Claire@clairecmiller.com
Law School New York Law School
Areas of Practice Family Law
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Henry G. Miller, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C. 99 Court Street White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 946-8900 Fax (914) 946-8960 Email hmiller@cgmlaw.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Construction; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
Michael Miller, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Law Office of Michael Miller 666 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1717 New York, NY 10103-0001
Phone (212) 545-7000 Fax (212) 532-8800 Email mm@michaelmilleresq.com
Law School New York Law School
Undergraduate School New York University
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Litigation - General Civil; Trusts and Estates Law
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Rachel Ellen Miller, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BROOME COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Aswad & Ingraham 46 Front Street Binghamton, NY 13905
Phone (607) 724-8456 Email rachel.miller@ailaw.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice
Eileen D. Millett, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE FIRST DEPARTMENT
Office Address NYS Office of Court Administration 25 Beaver Street New York, NY 10006
Phone (212) 841-0529 Email emillett@nycourts.gov
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Environmental and Energy Law; Real Property Law
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Steven E. Millon, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 675 Third Avenue, Suite 3005 New York, NY 10017
Phone (212) 779-9100 Fax (212) 684-4923 Email smillon@jeffshapirolaw.com
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Undergraduate School SUNY at Stony Brook
Areas of Practice Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury
Ronald C. Minkoff, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC 488 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 980-0120 Fax (212) 593-9175 Email rminkoff@fkks.com
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School Vassar College
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David P. Miranda, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203
Phone (518) 452-5600 Fax (518) 452-5579 Email dpm@hrfmlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School University at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Technology and Computer Law; Ethics; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Litigation - General Civil; Professional Liability
Hon. Michael M. Mohun
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address County/Family/Surrogate Judge Wyoming County Court Judge 147 N. Main Street Warsaw, NY 14569
Phone (585) 228-3196 Fax (585) 937-8988 Email mmohun@nycourts.gov
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Criminal Law
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James C. Moore, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Law Office of James Moore 1448 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14610-1619
Phone (585) 231-1124 Fax (585) 232-2152 Email jcmoore1939@gmail.com
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School Cornell University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation
Arthur J. Muller, III, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Trivella & Forte LLP 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 170 White Plains, NY 10605
Phone (914) 949-9075 Email aj@tfsllp.com
Law School Pace University
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil
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Kevin P. Mulry, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Farrell Fritz 400 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556
Phone (516) 227-0620 Email kmulry@farrellfritz.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Health Law; Litigation - General Civil
Hon. James P. Murphy
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-JUDICIAL SECTION
Office Address Onondaga County Courthouse 401 Montgomery Street, Room 411 Syracuse, NY 13202-1422
Phone (315) 671-1109 Fax (315) 671-1186 Email jmurphy@nycourts.gov
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Domenick Napoletano, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position TREASURER
Office Address 351 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11231-4384
Phone (718) 522-1377 Fax (718) 596-6137 Email domenick@napoletanolaw.com
Law School Hofstra University
Areas of Practice General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law
Matthew J. Nolfo, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ELDER LAW AND SPECIAL NEEDS SECTION
Office Address Matthew J. Nolfo & Associates 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 1714 New York, NY 10016
Phone (212) 286-9499 Fax (212) 286-8881 Email mnolfo@estateandelderlaw.net
Law School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Elder Law; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law
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Leah Rene Nowotarski, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION
Office Address Wyoming County Public Defender 18 Linwood Avenue Warsaw, NY 14569
Phone (585) 786-8450 Fax (585) 786-8478 Email lnowotarski.attlegal@yahoo.com
Law School Thomas Cooley Law School
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Criminal Law; Family Law; Immigration Law
Carolyn G. Nussbaum, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-MONROE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Nixon Peabody LLP 1300 Clinton Square Rochester, NY 14604
Phone (585) 263-1558 Fax (866) 947-0625 Email cnussbaum@nixonpeabody.com
Law School George Washington University
Undergraduate School Smith College
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation
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Bridget M. O’Connell, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY
Office Address NYS Supreme Court 25 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202-1009
Email boconnel@nycourts.gov
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Civil Rights; Contracts; Corporate Law; Creditors’ Rights and Collections; Employee Benefits; General Practice; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Workers Compensation
Thomas M. O’Donnell, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NIAGARA COUNTY
Office Address City of Niagara Falls Law Department 745 Main Street, City Hall Niagara Falls, NY 14302
Phone (716) 286-4409 Fax (716) 286-4424 Email thomas.odonnell@niagarafallsny.gov
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School Niagara University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Environmental and Energy Law; General Practice; Insurance; Municipal Law; Real Property Law
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Marne L. Onderdonk, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Albany County Courthouse - Chambers of the Hon. Margaret Walsh 16 Eagle Street, Room 38 Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 285-6139 Email monderdo@nycourts.gov
Law School Western New England
Areas of Practice Family Law; Litigation - General Civil
Robert L. Ostertag, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Ostertag O’Leary Barrett & Faulkner 301 Manchester Road, Suite 201 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone (845) 486-4300 Fax (845) 486-4080 Email b.ostertag55@gmail.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Corporate Law; General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Tax - Personal; Trusts and Estates Law
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Anthony Robert Palermo, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP 1900 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604
Phone (585) 987-2882 Fax (585) 987-2982 Email apalermo@woodsoviatt.com
Law School Georgetown University
Undergraduate School University of Michigan
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Elder Law; General Practice; Health Law; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Professional Liability; Trusts and Estates Law
Christopher Palermo, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC LAW SECTION
Office Address Harrris Beach PLLC 445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 1206 White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 298-3032 Email cpalermo@harrisbeach.com
Law School Georgetown University
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John A. Pappalardo, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Farber Pappalardo & Carbonari 200 East Post Road. White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 761-9400 Fax 914-761-0747 Email johnp@pappalardoesq.com
Law School New England School of Law
Undergraduate School Ithaca College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Construction; Family Law
Eric W. Penzer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-TRUSTS & ESTATE LAW SECTION
Office Address Farrell Fritz, P.C. 400 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556-1320
Phone (516) 227-0618 Email epenzer@farrellfritz.com
Law School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Trusts and Estates Litigation
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David B. Perlman
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-CORPORATE COUNSEL SECTION
Office Address Citizen Watch Company of America, Inc. 350 Fifth Avenue, 29th Floor New York, NY 10118
Email davidbperlman@earthlink.net
Law School Western New England
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Creditors’ Rights and Collections; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Labor and Employment Law; Tax - Corporate Business
Hon. Elizabeth D. Pessala
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Village of Westbury 235 Lincoln Place Westbury, NY 11590
Phone (516) 334-1700 x116 Email edpessala@gmail.com
Law School New York Law School
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Elder Law; Health Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use
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Scott M. Peterson, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SARATOGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Dorazio Peterson LLP 125 High Rock Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone (518) 308-8339 Fax (518) 633-5106 Email smp@doraziopeterson.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Criminal Law; General Practice; Health Law; Insurance; Labor and Employment Law; Libel; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability; Real Property Law
Maxwell S. Pfeifer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address 2727 Palisade Avenue, Suite 8F Bronx, NY 10463
Phone (718) 884-6675 Fax (718) 324-0333 Email mspfeifer@aol.com
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice Personal or Property Injury
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Thomas M. Pitegoff, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BUSINESS LAW SECTION
Office Address Offitt Kurman Attorneys at Law 10 East 40th Street, 35th Floor New York, NY 10016
Phone (929) 476-0026 Email tom.pitegoff@offitkurman.com
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade; Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Franchise Law; Intellectual Property and Copyrights
Tara Anne Pleat, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ELDER LAW AND SPECIAL NEEDS SECTION
Office Address Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC 5 Emma Lane Clifton Park, NY 12065
Phone (518) 881-1621 Fax (518) 881-1622 Email tpleat@wplawny.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School State University of New York at Albany
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Lynn D. Poster-Zimmerman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SUFFOLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Lynn Poster-Zimmerman Esq. 775 Park Avenue, Suite 335 Huntington, NY 11743-7563
Phone (631) 673-6905 Fax (631) 673-6905 Email lynnpzim@aol.com
Law School Hofstra University
Hon. Linda Poust Lopez
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Bronx Criminal Court 265 E. 161st Street Bronx, NY 10451
Phone (718) 618-3796 Email lplopez@nycourts.gov
Law School Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Insurance
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Joshua M. Pruzansky, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address 160 West 86th Street, Apt. 6B New York, NY 10024-4071
Phone (631) 374-1393 Fax (631) 751-3163 Email jmp@pruzlaw.com
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School Columbia College New York City
Areas of Practice Business Law; Corporate Law; Elder Law; General Practice; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Craig Arthur Purcell, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Glynn Mercep and Purcell LLP PO Box 712 Stony Brook, NY 11790-0712
Phone (631) 751-5757 Email acpurcell@glymerlaw.com
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
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Rory J. Radding, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION
Office Address Locke Lord LLP 3 World Financial Center, Suite 2001 New York, NY 10281-2101
Phone (212) 912-2858 Email rory.radding@lockelord.com
Law School Albany Law School of Union University
Undergraduate School Hamilton College
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; International Law
Courtney S. Radick, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Amdursky, Pelky, Fennell and Wallen, PC 26 East Oneida Street Oswego, NY 13126
Phone (315) 343-6363 Fax (315) 343-0134 Email cradick@apfwlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School University at Albany
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Family Law; General Practice; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law
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Richard L. Ravin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION
Office Address Hartman & Winnicki, PC 74 Passaic Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450-4310
Phone (201) 967-8040 Fax (201) 967-0590 Email rick@ravin.com
Law School Nova Southeastern University
Undergraduate School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property and Copyrights
Thomas O. Rice, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Albanese & Albanese LLP 1050 Franklin Avenue Garden City, NY 11530
Phone (516) 248-7000 x203 Fax (516) 747-7777 Email trice@albaneselegal.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School Fordham University
Areas of Practice Banking; Trusts and Estates Law
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M. Catherine Richardson, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address 233 Delhi Street Syracuse, NY 13203-2621
Phone (315) 218-8230 Fax (315) 218-8100 Email crichardson@bsk.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School State University of New York at Oswego
Aimee L. Richter, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter LLP 99 Madison Ave, 8th Floor New York, NY 10016
Phone (212) 271-0664 Fax (212) 271-0665 Email aimeerichter@lacwkrr.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Family Law
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Jorge Luis Rivera Agosto, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Michael Manoussos & Co PLLC 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 901 Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Phone (718) 454-8888 Fax (718) 575-1100 Email jrivera@mmlaw-pllc.com
Law School International American University of Puerto Rico
Undergraduate School Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Areas of Practice Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury
Sandra Rivera, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Rivera Law, PLLC 140 State Street, 3rd Floor Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 533-2884 Email srivera@rivera.legal
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Business Law; Civil Rights; Technology and Computer Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Finance and Securities; General Practice; Government; Health Law; Labor and Employment Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Leases And Leasing; Municipal Law; Public Contract; Real Property Law; Tax - Corporate Business; Zoning, Planning and Land Use
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Hon. Derrick J. Robinson
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SUFFOLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Suffolk County District Court 400 Carleton Avenue Central Islip, NY 11722
Phone (631) 853-7601 Fax (931) 853-5403 Email Drobinso@nycourts.gov
Law School New York Law School
Undergraduate School Howard University
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Civil Rights; Government; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning And Land Use
Elisa Strassler Rosenthal, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-GENERAL PRACTICE SECTION
Office Address Franchina Law Group LLC 1050 Franklin Avenue, Suite 302 Garden City, NY 11530
Phone (516) 743-9988 Email erosenthal@elderlawflg.com
Law School Hofstra University
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Seth Rosner, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Seth Rosner Law Office 17 Collins Terrace Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1028
Phone (518) 587-4802 Fax (518) 587-4802 Email sethrosner@nycap.rr.com
Law School Columbia University
Undergraduate School Wesleyan University
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Ethics; General Practice; Law Office Economics and Management; Professional Liability; Trusts and Estates Law
William T. Russell, Jr.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017-3954
Phone (212) 455-3979 Fax (212) 455-2502 Email wrussell@stblaw.com
Law School New York University
Undergraduate School Princeton University
Areas of Practice Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - General Civil
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Aaron J. Ryder
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ONONDAGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Bottar Law, PLLC 1300 AXA Tower, 120 Madison Street Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 422-3466 Fax (315) 422-4621 Email ajr@bottarlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury
David J. Saleh, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ALLEGANY, CATTARAUGUS, GENESEE, ORLEANS & WYOMING
Office Address Inlighten, Inc. 9645 Wehrle Drive Clarence, NY 14031
Phone (716) 759-7750 Fax (716) 759-7751 Email dsaleh@inlighten.net
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School University at Buffalo SUNY
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Labor and Employment Law; Leases And Leasing; Communication
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Mirna M. Santiago, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE, SECOND DEPARTMENT
Office Address Acacia Network 10 Broad Street, PO Box 301 Pawling, NY 12564
Phone (917) 301-5503 Fax (917) 931-8474 Email Mirna@GirlsRuleTheLaw.org
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Nonprofit Law
Paul D. Sarkozi, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-COMMERCIAL AND FEDERAL LITIGATION SECTION
Office Address Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP 900 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 508-7524 Fax (212) 937-5207 Email sarkozi@thsh.com
Law School Out Of State
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation
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Alan D. Scheinkman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department 45 Monroe Place Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone (718) 722-6400 Email ascheink@nycourts.gov
Law School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Government; Litigation - General Civil
Robert T. Schofield, IV, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP One Commerce Plaza, 19th Floor Albany, NY 12260
Phone (518) 487-7616 Fax (518) 487-7777 Email rschofield@woh.com
Law School Syracuse University
Undergraduate School Plattsburgh State University
Areas of Practice Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law
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William H. Schrag, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-INTERNATIONAL SECTION
Office Address Thompson Hine LLP 335 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017
Phone (212) 908-3961 Fax (212) 344-6101 Email william.schrag@thompsonhine.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate School George Washington University
Areas of Practice Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Business Law
David M. Schraver, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Nixon Peabody LLP 1300 Clinton Square Rochester, NY 14604
Phone (585) 263-1341 Email dschraver@nixonpeabody.com
Law School University of Michigan
Undergraduate School Harvard College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; International Law; Litigation - General Civil; Professional Liability; Public Utility
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Andrew P. Schriever, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Cuddy & Feder LLP 445 Hamilton Avenue, 14th Floor White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 761-1300 Email aschriever@cuddyfeder.com
Law School Out of State
Undergraduate School Univeristy of Massachusetts/Amherst
Benjamin E. Schub, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-FAMILY LAW SECTION
Office Address Bodnar Milone LLP 140 Grand Street, Suite 401 White Plains, NY 10601
Phone (914) 997-2500 Email bschub@bodnarmilone.com
Law School University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Practice Family Law
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Eric C. Schwenker, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WARREN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address McPhillips, Fitzgerald & Cullum, LLP 288 Glen Street, PO Box 299 Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone (518) 792-1174 Email eschwenker@mfcllp.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Areas of Practice Appellate Law
Kathleen A. Scott, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BUSINESS LAW SECTION
Office Address Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 318-3084 Fax (212) 318-3400 Email Kathleen.scott@nortonrosefulbright.com
Law School American University
Undergraduate School Villanova University
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Banking; Business Law; Corporate Law; Ethics; Finance and Securities; International Law
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Hon. Adam Seiden
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SENIOR LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Mount Vernon City Court Judge 2 Roosevelt Square North Mount Vernon, NY 10550
Phone (914) 699-6287 Fax (914) 699-6398 Email adamseiden2002@aol.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School New York University School of Law
Undergraduate School Lehman College
Areas of Practice Family Law; General Practice; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Diana S. Sen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 201 Varick Street, Room 750 New York, NY 10014
Phone (646) 320-8240 Email dsen29@gmail.com
Law School Emory University
Undergraduate School University of Florida
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Robert M. Shafer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Scolaro Fetter Grizanti & McGough PC PO Box 430, 397 Route 281 Tully, NY 13159-0430
Phone (315) 696-8918 Fax (315) 671-1217 Email mshafer@scolaro.com
Law School Vermont Law School
Undergraduate School State University of New York -Oswego
Areas of Practice Agriculture; Elder Law; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Rona G. Shamoon, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Rona Shamoon ADR 48 Edgewood Road Scarsdale, NY 10583-6421
Phone (914) 723-2416 Fax (914) 723-7544 Email rona.shamoon@ronashamoonadr.com
Law School Pace University
Undergraduate School Barnard College, Columbia University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Litigation - General Civil
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Elizabeth Jean Shampnoi, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-CORPORATE COUNSEL SECTION
Office Address Shampnoi Dispute Resolution & Management Services, Inc. 76 Hancock Place Thornwood, NY 10594
Phone (914) 522-0174 Email elizabeth@shampnoiadr.com
Law School Touro College
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Labor and Employment Law
Lauren E. Sharkey, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube PC 1473 Erie Boulevard, 1st Floor Schenectady, NY 12305
Phone (518) 377-6700 Fax (518) 377-6110 Email lsharkey@cswlawfirm.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Business Law; Contracts; Elder Law; Real Property Law; Tax - Corporate Business; Trusts and Estates Law
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Adam J. Sheldon, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BRONX COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address 305 E. 24th Street, Apt. 9X New York, NY 10010
Email sheldonlawny@gmail.com
Natasha Shishov, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position YOUNG LAWYER DELEGATE ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department 41 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010
Phone (212) 340-0507 Email nshishov@nycourts.gov
Law School Touro College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation
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Paul T. Shoemaker, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-GENERAL PRACTICE SECTION
Office Address Greenfield Stein & Senior LLP 600 Third Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10016
Phone (212) 818-9600 Fax (212) 818-1264 Email pshoemaker@gss-law.com
Law School Harvard University
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade; Arbitration/Mediation; Banking; Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits; Finance and Securities; Insurance; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Labor and Employment Law; Leases And Leasing; Litigation - General Civil; Tax - Corporate Business
Carol Ann Sigmond, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, P.C. 55 Broadway, Suite 901 New York, NY 10006
Phone (212) 871-7046 Fax (212) 981-2928 Email csigmond@cohenseglias.com
Law School Catholic University of America
Undergraduate School Grinnell College
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Litigation - General Civil; Public Contract
176
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James R. Silkenat, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ABA FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address James R. Silkenat 260 W. 52nd Street, 7A New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 245-5815 Email jrsilkenat@gmail.com
Law School University of Chicago
Undergraduate School Drury College
Areas of Practice Banking; Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Business Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; International Law
Lorraine R. Silverman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ALBANY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Copps DiPaola Silverman PLLC 126 State Street, 6th Floor Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 436-4170 Email lsilverman@thecdslawfirm.com
Law School Albany Law School
Areas of Practice Family Law
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David C. Singer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION
Office Address Singer ADR 165 West End Avenue, Suite 10E New York, NY 10023
Phone (646) 220-1749 Email dsinger@singeradr.com
Law School New York University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Banking; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law; International Law; Labor and Employment Law; Professional Liability; Real Property Law
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Barry Skidelsky, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND SPORTS LAW SECTION
Office Address 185 East 85th Street, Apt. 23 D New York, NY 10028
Phone (212) 832-4800 Email bskidelsky@mindspring.com
Law School Vermont Law School
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Antitrust and Trade; Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Banking; Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Business Law; Technology and Computer Law; Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Creditors’ Rights and Collections; Elder Law; Employee Benefits; Environmental and Energy Law; Family Law; Finance and Securities; Food, Drug & Cosmetics; General Practice; Government; Insurance; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; International Law; Labor and Employment Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Leases And Leasing; Libel; Litigation - General Civil; Municipal Law; Personal or Property Injury; Real Property Law; Tax - Corporate Business; Tax - Personal; Communication; Trusts and Estates Law
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Ira S. Slavit, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-BAR ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY
Office Address Levine & Slavit 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2101 New York, NY 10165-6233
Phone (212) 687-2777 Fax (212) 983-4637 Email islavit@newyorkinjuries.com
Law School Boston University
Areas of Practice Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
Asha Saran Smith, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address NYS UCS - Manhattan Supreme, Criminal 111 Centre Street, Room 668 New York, NY 10013
Email asha.smith@gmail.com
Law School New York Law School
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Civil Rights; Criminal Law; General Practice; Government; Immigration Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Real Property Law; Women and the Law
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Hon. Michael R. Sonberg
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address 380 W. 12 Street, #3F New York, NY 10014-7213
Phone (917) 848-0653 Email mrsonberg@post.harvard.edu
Law School Harvard University
Undergraduate School Queens College, CUNY
Areas of Practice Criminal Law
Graeme Spicer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Graeme Spicer, Esq.; Of Counsel to Levine & Blit, PLLC 499 South Warren Street, Suite 220 Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 460-6472 Email gspicer@levineblit.com
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Civil Rights; Criminal Law; Labor and Employment Law; Personal or Property Injury
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Hon. Robert A. Spolzino
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Spolzino Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP 733 Yonkers Avenue, Suite 200 Yonkers, NY 10704
Phone (914) 476-0600 Email rspolzino@ssbjlaw.com
Law School St. John’s University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Environmental and Energy Law; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use
Alexander Leon Stabinski, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-CLINTON, ESSEX, FRANKLIN, FULTON, HAMILTON, MONTGOMERY, ST. LAWRENCE, WASHINGTON
Office Address Maynard, O’Connor, Smith & Catalinotto LLP 6 Tower Place Albany, NY 12203
Phone (518) 465-3553 Fax (518) 465-5845 Email stabinski@maynardoconnorlaw.com
Law School Albany Law School
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Tucker C. Stanclift, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Office Address Stanclift Law PLLC 704 Upper Glen Street, PO Box 4595 Queensbury, NY 12804
Phone (518) 745-4346 Fax (518) 745-5210 Email tcs@stancliftlaw.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School St. Bonaventure University
Areas of Practice Criminal Law; Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Personal or Property Injury
Kenneth G. Standard, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Epstein Becker & Green P.C. 250 Park Avenue New York, NY 10177
Phone (212) 351-4670 Fax (212) 661-0989 Email kstandard@ebglaw.com
Law School Harvard University
Undergraduate School Harvard College
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Civil Rights; Labor and Employment Law; Law Office Economics and Management; Litigation - General Civil
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Mark T. Starkman, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Law Office of Mark T. Starkman 14 Rudy Road New Windsor NY, 12553-8636
Phone (914) 262-0024 Email marktstarkman@gmail.com
Law School Pace University
Undergraduate School SUNY at Stony Brook
Areas of Practice Bankruptcy/Insolvency; Commercial Litigation; General Practice; Health Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Kathleen Marie Sweet, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Gibson McAskill & Crosby LLP 69 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone (716) 856-4200 Fax (716) 856-4013 Email ksweet@gmclaw.com
Law School Out of State
Undergraduate School Boston College
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Health Law; Insurance; Litigation - General Civil; Medical Malpractice
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Derek Tarson, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ROCKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Legal Aid Society of Rockland County 2 Congers Road New City, NY 10956
Phone (845) 634-3627 Email dtarson@legalaidrockland.org
Law School Rutgers University - Newark
Areas of Practice Litigation - General Civil
Elena Jaffe Tastensen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-SARATOGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Law Office of Elena Jaffe Tastensen PLLC 376 Broadway, Suite 16 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone (518) 587-4419 Fax (518) 587-1262 Email ejt@ejtlaw.com
Law School American University
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Criminal Law; Family Law
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Zenith T. Taylor, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-QUEENS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Law Offices of Zenith T. Taylor 118-35 Queens Boulevard, Suite 1240 Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone (718) 268-1300 Fax (347) 474-6774 Email zenith@zenithtaylor.net
Law School Howard University
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Family Law; Immigration Law; Labor and Employment Law
Justin S. Teff, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ULSTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Kirk & Teff, LLP 10 Westbrook Lane Kingston, NY 12401
Phone (845) 338-4477 Fax (845) 338-2892 Email JustinTeff@kirkandteff.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School State University at Albany (SUNY)
Areas of Practice Government; Social Security Law; Workers Compensation
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David H. Tennant, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Law Office of David Tennant PLLC 3349 Monroe Avenue, Suite 345 Rochester, NY 14618
Phone (585) 708-9338 Email David.tennant@appellatezealot.com
Law School University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Practice Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Ethics; Litigation - General Civil; Product Liability
Lewis F. Tesser, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION
Office Address Tesser, Ryan & Rochman, LLP 509 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022
Phone (212) 754-9000 Fax (212) 754-5906 Email ltesser@tesserryan.com
Law School George Washington University
Undergraduate School Queens College
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Ethics; Litigation - General Civil; Professional Liability
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Nancy M. Thevenin, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-INTERNATIONAL SECTION
Office Address Thevenin Arbitration & ADR, LLC 87-37 164th Street, No. 2 Queens, NY 11432
Phone (917) 382-8992 Fax (917) 475-9468 Email nancy.thevenin@theveninarbitration.com
Law School Tulane University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; International Law; Litigation - General Civil
Virginia K. Trunkes, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Delbello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP Robinson + Cole, 666 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017
Phone (212) 451-2996 Email gtrunkes@yahoo.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Construction; Real Property Law
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Robin A. van der Meulen, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-ANTITRUST LAW SECTION
Office Address Labaton Sucharow LLP 140 Broadway, 34th Floor New York, NY 10005
Phone (212) 907-0754 Fax (212) 883-7004 Email rvandermeulen@labaton.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Areas of Practice Antitrust and Trade
Justin L. Vigdor, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC 350 Linden Oaks, 3rd Floor Rochester, NY 14625-2825
Phone (585) 362-4786 Fax (585) 362-4763 Email jvigdor@bsk.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School University of Maryland
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Elder Law; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Trust and Estates Law
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Stuart Andre Warner, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address New York Life Insurance Company 51 Madison Ave New York, NY 10010-1603
Phone (212) 576-8652 Email andrewarner@gmail.com
Law School Georgetown University
Mira B. Weiss, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Weiss Law Group, PLLC 1430 Broadway, 17th Floor New York, NY 10018
Phone (646) 395-3851 Fax (877) 616-9303 Email mweiss@weisslawgroup.com
Law School George Washington University
Areas of Practice Elder Law; General Practice; Health Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Kelly M. Welch, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-WESTCHESTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Office Address Bertine, Hufnagel, Headley, Zeltner, Drummond & Dohn LLP 700 White Plains Road Scarsdale, NY 10583-5013
Phone (914) 472-7700 Fax (914) 472-1946 Email kwelch@bertinelaw.com
Law School Pace University
Areas of Practice Contracts; General Practice; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Jean Marie Westlake, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position VICE-PRESIDENT, FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address DeFrancisco & Falgiatano, LLP 6739 Myers Road. East Syracuse, NY 13057
Phone (315) 479-9000 Fax (315) 479-9000 Email jeanmarie@defranciscolaw.com
Law School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice Medical Malpractice; Personal or Property Injury; Product Liability
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Hon. Michelle Weston
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Associate Justice Of The Appellate Term 320 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201-3712
Phone (347) 296-1848 Fax (347) 296-1351 Email mweston@nycourts.gov
Law School Out of State
Undergraduate School St. John’s University
Judith Whiting, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-THE NEW YORK CITY BAR
Office Address Community Service Society of New York 633 3rd Avenue, Floor 10 New York, NY 10017
Phone (212) 614-5323 Fax (212) 260-6218 Email jwhiting@cssny.org
Law School Cornell University
Undergraduate School Barnard College
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Steven Wimpfheimer, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 16625 Powells Cove Blvd, Apt. 16F Whitestone, NY 11357-1522
Phone (347) 732-9524 Fax (347) 732-9529 Email wimpf1@gmail.com
Law School Brooklyn Law School
Undergraduate School Syracuse University
Areas of Practice General Practice; Litigation - General Civil; Real Property Law
Brandon Lee Wolff, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position DELEGATE-YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION
Office Address 17 Lonergan Lane West Orange, NJ 07052
Email brandonleewolff@gmail.com
Law School Seton Hall University
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John J. Yanas, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address DeGraff Foy & Kunz, LLP 41 State Street, Suite 901 Albany, NY 12207-2834
Phone (518) 462-5300 Fax (518) 436-0210 Email firm@degraff-foy.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School Russell Sage College
Areas of Practice General Practice; Real Property Law; Trusts and Estates Law
Pauline Yeung-Ha, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address Grimaldi & Yeung LLP 9201 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209-7065
Phone (718) 238-6960 Fax (718) 238-3091 Email pyeung@gylawny.com
Law School St. John’s University
Undergraduate School Vassar College
Areas of Practice Elder Law; Trusts and Estates Law
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Oliver C. Young, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position ELECTED DELEGATE-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Office Address 122 Forestview Drive Buffalo, NY 14221-1470
Email ocyoung99@gmail.com
Law School SUNY at Buffalo
Undergraduate School University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of Practice Criminal Law
Stephen P. Younger, Esq.
Current House of Delegates Position FORMER PRESIDENT & STATE DELEGATE FROM NY TO THE ABA
Office Address Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 336-2685 Fax (212) 336-2222 Email spyounger@pbwt.com
Law School Albany Law School
Undergraduate School Harvard University
Areas of Practice Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial Litigation
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Delegates to the ABASharon Stern Gerstman, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP 1100 Rand Building, 14 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 14203-1929
Phone (716) 856-3500 x227 Fax (716) 856-3390 Email sgerstman@magavern.com
Henry M. Greenberg, Esq. PRESIDENT & DELEGATE, ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Greenberg Traurig, LLP 54 State Street Albany, NY 12207
Phone (518) 689-1492 Fax (518) 689-1499 Email greenbergh@gtlaw.com
Claire P. Gutekunst, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert 369 Park Hill Avenue Yonkers, NY 10705
Phone (917) 734-5458 Email cgutekunst@gutekunstadr.com
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Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6400 New York, NY 10118
Phone (212) 972-1710 Fax (516) 745-1245 Email sjames@barketepstein.com
Scott M. Karson, Esq. PRESIDENT-ELECT, CHAIR-HOD & DELEGATE-ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Lamb & Barnosky LLP 534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210 PO Box 9034 Melville, NY 11747-9034
Phone (631) 694-2300 Fax (631) 694-2309 Email smk@lambbarnosky.com
Glenn Lau-Kee, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Lau-Kee Law Group, PLLC 354 Broome Street, Suite 1 New York, NY 10013
Phone (212) 625-0300 x110 Fax (212) 625-1812 Email glaukee@laukeelaw.com
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Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP 450 Plaza Drive Vestal, NY 13850
Phone (607) 763-9200 Fax (607) 763-9211 Email kmadigan@lgtlegal.com
Michael Miller, Esq. IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Law Office of Michael Miller 666 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1717 New York, NY 10103-0001
Phone (212) 545-7000 Fax (212) 532-8800 Email mm@michaelmilleresq.com
David P. Miranda, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203
Phone (518) 452-5600 Fax (518) 452-5579 Email dpm@hrfmlaw.com
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Natasha Shishov, Esq. YOUNG LAWYER DELEGATE ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department 41 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010
Phone (212) 340-0507 Email nshishov@nycourts.gov
James R. Silkenat, Esq. ABA FORMER PRESIDENT
Office Address James R. Silkenat, 260 W. 52nd Street, 7A New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 245-5815 Email jrsilkenat@gmail.com
Kenneth G. Standard, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & DELEGATE TO ABA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Office Address Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. 250 Park Avenue New York, NY 10177
Phone (212) 351-4670 Fax (212) 661-0989 Email kstandard@ebglaw.com
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Stephen P. Younger, Esq. FORMER PRESIDENT & STATE DELEGATE FROM NY TO THE ABA
Office Address Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036
Phone (212) 336-2685 Fax (212) 336-2222 Email spyounger@pbwt.com
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Lesley Rosenthal, Esq. PRESIDENT
The Julliard School 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, Room 213 New York, NY 10023-6583
Phone 212-496-4801 Email lesleyrosenthal1@gmail.com
Carla M. Palumbo, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, Inc. 1 West Main Street, Suite 800 Rochester, NY 14614-1426
Phone (585) 295-5760 Fax (585) 232-2352 Email cpalumbo@lasroc.org
Pamela McDevitt, Esq. SECRETARY
New York State Bar Association One Elk Street Albany, NY 12207-1002
Phone (518) 487-5555 Email pmcdevitt@nysba.org
Lucia B. Whisenand, Esq. ASSISTANT SECRETARY
11 Nursery Lane Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone (315) 478-4367 Fax (315) 472-0574 Email lwhisena@twcny.rr.com
New York Bar Foundation Board of Directors
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Martin Minkowitz, Esq. TREASURER
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038-4982
Phone (212) 806-6256 Fax (212) 806-9256 Email mminkowitz@stroock.com
James R. Barnes, Esq. EX OFFICIO MEMBER & VICE CHAIR OF THE FELLOWS
Burke & Casserly, P.C. 255 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY 12205
Phone (518) 452-1961 Fax (518) 452-4230 Email jbarnes@burkecasserly.com
Earamichia Brown, Esq. DIRECTOR
2448 Rotherham Circle McKinney, TX 75071
Phone (917) 837-7673 Email enbrownesq@gmail.com
June M. Castellano, Esq. DIRECTOR
125 Dunbarton Drive Rochester, NY 14618-4460
Phone (585) 256-1927 Fax (585) 242-7873 Email june@junecastellano.com
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Hon. Cheryl E. Chambers DIRECTOR
NYS Appellate Division, 2nd Dept. 45 Monroe Place Brooklyn, NY 11201-2601
Phone (718) 722-6310 Email cchamber@nycourts.gov
John P. Christopher DIRECTOR
25 Waverly Street Glen Head, NY 11545
Phone (610) 554-6500 Email jpchristopher@gmail.com
Ilene S. Cooper, Esq. DIRECTOR
Farrell Fritz P.C. 400 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556
Phone (516) 227-0736 Fax (516) 227-0777 Email icooper@farrellfritz.com
Donald C. Doerr, Esq. DIRECTOR
Cerio Law Offices 407 South Warren Street, 5th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 422-8769 Fax (315) 703-4884 Email don@ceriolawoffices.com
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Marion Hancock Fish, Esq. DIRECTOR
Hancock Estabrook, LLP 1800 AXA Tower I, 100 Madison Street Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone (315) 565-4500 Fax (315) 565-4600 Email mfish@hancocklaw.com
Gioia A. Gensini, Esq. DIRECTOR
Clerk To Magistrate Andrew T. Baxter PO Box 7396/342 U.S. Courthouse, 100 South Clinton Street Syracuse, NY 13261-7396
Phone (315) 234-8600 Fax (315) 234-8601 Email ggensini@nynd.uscourts.gov
James B. Kobak, Jr., Esq. DIRECTOR
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, NY 10004-1405
Phone (212) 837-6757 Fax (212) 422-4726 Email james.kobak@hugheshubbard.com
C. Bruce Lawrence, Esq. DIRECTOR
Boylan Code LLP 145 Culver Road, Suite 100 Rochester, NY 14620
Phone (585) 232-5300 x256 Email cblawrence@boylancode.com
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Susan B. Lindenauer, Esq. DIRECTOR
45 Gramercy Park North, Apt. 8A New York, NY 10010
Phone (212) 982-0298 Fax (212) 477-6728 Email alindenauer@nyc.rr.com
Ellen G. Makofsky, Esq. DIRECTOR
Makofsky & Associates, P.C. 600 Old Country Road, Suite 444 Garden City, NY 11530-2009
Phone (516) 228-6522 Fax (516) 228-6525 Email Ellen@MakofskyLaw.com
Roger Juan Maldonado, Esq. DIRECTOR
Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 907-9741 Email Rmaldonado@sgrlaw.com
Edwina Frances Martin, Esq. DIRECTOR
966K Clove Road Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone (212) 788-6972 Email edwinamartin@hotmail.com
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Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq. DIRECTOR
Roach Brown McCarthy & Gruber PC 424 Main Street, Room 1920 Buffalo, NY 14202-3619
Phone (716) 852-0400 Fax (716) 852-2535 Email jvmccarthy@roachbrown.com
Ellis R. Mirsky, Esq. DIRECTOR
10 Cupsaw Court Nanuet, NY 10954-3506
Phone (914) 332-4700 Fax (866) 738-9412 Email emirsky@mirskylaw.com
David M. Schraver, Esq. DIRECTOR
Nixon Peabody LLP 1300 Clinton Square Rochester NY, 14604
Phone (585) 263-1341 Email dschraver@nixonpeabody.com
David C. Singer, Esq. DIRECTOR
Singer ADR 165 West End Avenue, Suite 10E New York NY, 10023
Phone (646) 220-1749 Email dsinger@singeradr.com
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Lauren J. Wachtler DIRECTOR
Phillips Nizer LLP 485 Lexington Avenue, 14th Floor New York NY, 10017
Phone (212) 977-9700 Fax (212) 509-7239 Email lwachtler@phillipsnizer.com
Emily F. Franchina, Esq. EX OFFICIO DIRECTOR & CHAIR OF THE FELLOWS
Franchina Law Group, LLC 1050 Franklin Avenue, Suite 302 Garden City, NY 11530
Phone (516) 743-9988 Fax (516) 908-9644 Email efranchina@elderlawflg.com
Deborah Auspelmyer FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE
The New York Bar Foundation One Elk Street Albany, NY 12207-1002
Phone (518) 487-5650 Fax (518) 487-5699 Email dauspelmyer@tnybf.org
Leigh Dorr ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
The New York Bar Foundation One Elk Street Albany, NY 12207-1002
Phone (518) 487-5651 Email ldorr@tnybf.org
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Kristin M. O’Brien, CPA SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, NYSBA
New York State Bar Association One Elk Street Albany, NY 12207-1002
Phone (518) 487-5510 Fax (518) 487-5517 Email kobrien@nysba.org
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Tiffany BardwellAntitrust Law SectionInternational SectionTax SectionWomen in Law SectionYoung Lawyers Section
Gina BartosiewiczBusiness Law SectionTorts, Insurance and Compensation Law SectionTrial Lawyers Section
Lisa J. BatailleElder Law and Special Needs SectionEnvironmental & Energy Law SectionFamily Law SectionFood, Drug and Cosmetic Law SectionTrusts and Estates Law Section
Kathleen R. BaxterCommittee on Association Insurance ProgramsCommittee on BylawsCommittee on CommitteesCommittee on Professional DisciplineCommittee on Professional EthicsCommittee on ResolutionsCommittee on Standards of Attorney ConductCommittee to Review Judicial NominationsExecutive CommitteeHouse of DelegatesSpecial Committee on Association Structure and Operations
Sally BrattenCorporate Counsel Section
Kathryn CalistaTask Force on Autonomous Vehicles
Staff Liaisons
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Kirsten DownerJudicial Section
Ernesto GuerreroCommittee on Diversity and InclusionCommittee on LGBT People and the LawCommittee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
Kimberly FrancisCommittee on Animals in the LawCommittee on Law Youth and Citizenship
Amy JasiewiczCriminal Justice SectionEnvironmental and Energy Law SectionHealth Law SectionReal Property Law Section
Brendan KennedySpecial Committee on Strategic CommunicationsTask Force on New York Bar Examination
Ronald KennedyCommittee on Cannabis LawCommittee on Civil Practice Law and RulesCommittee on Federal Legislative PrioritiesCommittee on New York State ConstitutionState Legislative Policy Committee
Vacant – Assistant Director of Government RelationsCommittee on Children and the Law (temporary: Barbara Mahan)Committee on Procedures for Judicial Discipline (temporary: Barbara Mahan)Committee on Tort System (temporary: Barbara Mahan)
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Kristina MaldonadoEntertainment, Arts and Sports Law SectionGeneral Practice SectionIntellectual Property Law Section
Pamela McDevittCommittee on Annual AwardCommittee on Attorney ProfessionalismCommittee on Mass Disaster ResponseCommittee on Technology and the Legal ProfessionExecutive CommitteeHouse of DelegatesTask Force on Free Expression in the Digital AgeWorking Group on Puerto Rico
Kim McHargueNominating Committee
Daniel J. McMahonCommittee on Communications and PublicationsCommittee on Courts of Appellate JurisdictionCommittee on Families and the LawCommittee on Mandated RepresentationTask Force on Autonomous Vehicles
Lara NowickiCommercial and Federal Litigation SectionDispute Resolution SectionLabor and Employment Law Section
Kristin O’BrienAudit CommitteeFinance Committee
Melissa O’ClairCommittee on CommitteesTask Force on the Parole System
Kathleen PlogSenior Lawyers Section
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Thomas RichardsCommittee on CommitteesCommittee on Immigration RepresentationCommittee on Legal AidCommittee on Transportation LawPresident’s Committee on Access to JusticeSpecial Committee on Association Structure and OperationsTask Force on Free Expression in the Digital Age
Victoria ShawMembership Committee
Patricia StockliSections Caucus
Kathy SuchockiCommittee on Continuing Legal Education Committee on Lawyers in TransitionLaw Practice Management CommitteeTask Force on the Role of the ParalegalsTask Force on Rural Justice
Catheryn TeeterLabor and Employment Law SectionTax Section
Eva Valentin-EspinalCommittee on Lawyer Referral Service
Daniel WeillerCommittee on Media LawTask Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons
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Stacey WhiteleyCommittee on Law, Youth & CitizenshipCommittee on VeteransJudicial Wellness CommitteeLawyer Assistance CommitteeWellness Initiative
Mark WilsonCommittee on Bar Leaders of New York StateCommittee on Civil RightsCommittee on Leadership Development
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Department Contacts
Pamela McDevitt, Esq. Executive Director518-487-5555pmcdevitt@nysba.org
Kimberly McHargue Executive Assistant518-487-5557kmchargue@nysba.org
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
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CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS (CLE)
Katherine Suchocki, Esq., Senior Director518-487-5580ksuchocki@nysba.org
Sally Bratten, Esq., Program Attorney518-487-5550sbratten@nysba.org
Patrick Boland, Program Manager518-487-5592pboland@nysba.org
Simone Smith, Program Manager518-487-5593ssmith@nysba.org
Michella Weiss, Program Manager518-487-5591mweiss@nysba.org
Christopher Cook, Digital Media Specialist518-487-5539ccook@nysba.org
Tara Covert, Program Coordinator518-487-5596tcovert@nysba.org
Bridget Donlon, Program Coordinator518-487-5531bdonlon@nysba.org
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Leanne E. Isabelle, Program Coordinator518-487-5597lissabelle@nysba.org
Jennifer Wright, Program Coordinator518-487-5589jwright@nysba.org
Cindy O’Brien, Event Manager518-487-5585
cobrien@nysba.org
Holly Hirsch, Event Planning Assistant518-487-5586hhirsch@nysba.org
Carolyn Bell, CLE Assistant518-487-5606cbell@nysba.org
COUNSEL’S OFFICE
Kathleen Baxter, Esq., General Counsel518-487-5690kbaxter@nysba.org
Melissa O’Clair, Senior Assistant/Committee Appointments Coordinator518-487-5624moclair@nysba.org
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DESIGN SERVICES
Lori Herzing, Senior Graphic Designer518-487-5790lherzing@nysba.org
Erin Corcoran, Graphic Designer518-487-5791ecorcoran@nysba.org
Christine Ekstrom, Graphic Designer518-487-5792cekstrom@nysba.org
DIGITAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Stephanie Bugos, Data Analyst518-487-5524sbugos@nysba.org
Garry Paszul, Desktop Support Specialist518-487-5528gpaszul@nysba.org
Jessica Patterson, System Specialist518-487-5577jpatterson@nysba.org
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FINANCE
Kristin M. O’Brien, CPA, Senior Director518-487-5510kobrien@nysba.org
Amira Rizvanovic, CPA, Associate Director518-487-5512arizvanovic@nysba.org
Mary Marcy, Junior Accountant518-487-5515mmarcy@nysba.org
June Lazzaro, Accounting Coordinator518-487-5514jlazzaro@nysba.org
Debbie Pratt, Accounting Assistant518-487-5513dpratt@nysba.org
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Ronald Kennedy, Esq., Director518-487-5652rkennedy@nysba.org
GRAPHICS
Dorothy Fick, Graphics Coordinator518-487-5771dfick@nysba.org
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Paula Doyle, Senior Director518-487-5542pdoyle@nysba.org
Tirsa Kennedy, Human Resources Coordinator518-487-5543tkennedy@nysba.org
Karen Catoe, Receptionist518-487-5667kcatoe@nysba.org
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
Eva Valentin-Espinal, Specialist518-487-5700evalentin@nysba.org
LAW, YOUTH & CITIZENSHIP
Kim Francis, Program Specialist518-487-5611kfrancis@nysba.org
LEGAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Stacey Whiteley, Director of Lawyer Assistance Program and Community Services518-487-5688swhiteley@nysba.org
Linda McMahon, LAP Assistant518-487-5686lmcmahon@nysba.org
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MAINTENANCE
Chuck Francis, Maintenance Worker518-365-4215cfrancis@nysba.org
Gary Tote, Maintenance Worker518-365-3865gtote@nysba.org
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Dan Weiller, Senior Director of Communications518-487-5500dweiller@nysba.org
Gerard McAvey, Director of Marketing518-487-5630gmcavey@nysba.org
Barbara Mahan, Marketing & Communications Assistant518-487-5653bmahan@nysba.org
Michelle Max, Manager of Content Marketing518-487-5532mmax@nysba.org
Joan Fucillo, Senior Messaging and Communications Specialist518-487-5670jfucillo@nysba.org
Brendan Kennedy, Marketing & Communications Content Producer518-487-5541bkennedy@nysba.org
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Christian Nolan, Esq., Senior Writer518-487-5536cnolan@nysba.org
Brandon Vogel, Social Media and Web Content Manager518-487-5644bvogel@nysba.org
Christopher Scesny, Video Marketing Specialist518-487-5580cscesny@nysba.org
Pamela Chrysler, Section Publications Coordinator & Copy Editor518-487-5595pchrysler@nysba.org
Alyssa Colton, Section Publications Coordinator & Copy Editor518-487-5672acolton@nysba.org
Connie Schin, Marketing Coordinator518-487-5687cschin@nysba.org
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Board of Directors
MEMBER RESOURCE CENTER (1-800-582-2452)
Tricia Schips, Member Resource Center Manager518-487-5600tschips@nysba.org
Annasia Ali, Member Resource Center Representative518-487-5521aali@nysba.org
Donna Dottino, Member Resource Representative518-487-5602ddottino@nysba.org
Joyce Kimball, Member Resource Representative518-487-5605jkimball@nysba.org
Lindsay Panzica, Member Resource Representative518-487-5520lpanzica@nysba.org
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MEMBERSHIP
Victoria Shaw, Senior Director of Attorney Engagement and Retention518-487-5581 vmason@nysba.org
Tiffany Bardwell, Section Events & Membership Development Associate518-487-5675tbardwell@nysba.org
Ernesto Guerrero, Program Manager, Law Students and Diversity & Inclusion in Membership518-487-5535eguerrero@nysba.org
Mark Wilson, Bar Services Specialist518-487-5540mwilson@nysba.org
Caroline Buckley, Senior Marketing & Member Engagement Specialist518-487-5614cbuckley@nysba.org
Paolino Curto, Senior Marketing & Member Engagement Specialist518-487-5676pcurto@nysba.org
Maria Kroth, Member Outreach and Development Assistant518-487-5571mkroth@nysba.org
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PRINT AND FACILITIES OPERATIONS
Gordon Ryan, Senior Director of Print and Facilities Operations518-487-5770gryan@nysba.org
Don Gardinier, Print Shop Manager518-487-5760dgardinier@nysba.org
Peter Brennan, Press Operator518-487-5761pbrennan@nysba.org
Kenneth Eaton, High Speed Color Copier Technician518-487-5763keaton@nysba.org
Kirk Foulks, Finishing Technician518-487-5767kfoulks@nysba.org
Kenneth Gendron, Press Operator518-487-5761kgendron@nysba.org
Stephen McHargue, Digital Pre-Press Technician518-487-5762smchargue@nysba.org
Kenneth McIntosh, Finishing Technician518-487-5767kmcintosh@nysba.org
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PUBLIC INTEREST
Thomas Richards, Esq., Director of Public Interest and Deputy General Counsel518-487-5640kwagner@nysba.org
Eunice Bencke, Public Interest Program Coordinator518-487-5641ebencke@nysba.org
PUBLICATIONS
Daniel McMahon, Esq., Director518-487-5582dmcmahon@nysba.org
Kathryn Calista, Esq., Senior Publications Attorney518-487-5594kcalista@nysba.org
Kirsten Downer, Esq., Research Attorney518-487-5552kdowner@nysba.org
Alexander Dickson, Copy and Content Editor518-487-5673adickson@nysba.org
Reyna Eisenstark, Copy and Content Editor518-487-5654reisenstark@nysba.org
Howard Healy, Proofreader518-487-5655hhealy@nysba.org
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Naomi Pitts, Publications Coordinator518-487-5587npitts@nysba.org
SECTION & MEETINGS SERVICES
Patricia B. Stockli, Esq., Director518-487-5584pstockli@nysba.org
Lisa Bataille, Chief Section Liaison518-487-5680lbataille@nysba.org
Gina Bartosiewicz, Section and Meeting Liaison518-487-5671gbartosiewicz@nysba.org
Amy Jasiewicz, Section and Meeting Liaison518-487-5682ajasiewicz@nysba.org
Kristina Maldonado, Section and Meeting Liaison518-487-5588kmaldonado@nysba.org
Lara Nowicki, Section and Meeting Liaison518-487-5630sjoy@nysba.org
Catheryn Teeter, Section and Meeting Liaison518-487-5573cteeter@nysba.org
Dana Alamia, Sections and Meetings Services Assistant518-487-5607dalamia@nysba.org
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Catherine Carl, Sections and Meetings Services Assistant518-487-5679ccarl@nysba.org
Kathleen Plog, Sections and Meetings Services Assistant518-487-5681kplog@nysba.org
THE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION
Deborah Auspelmyer, Foundation Executive518-487-5650dauspelmyer@tnybf.org
Leigh Dorr, Foundation Assistant518-487-5651ldorr@tnybf.org
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