Raymond H Caso Jr.
Tully Rinckey PLLC
As a Senior Associate in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Real Estate Law practice, Raymond focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate financing transactions, commercial real estate transactions and development, title review and commitment preparation. He represents developers in subdivision acquisitions, and he represents lenders in commercial and residential mortgage transactions, as well as commercial and residential purchasers and sellers.
Raymond has extensive experience drafting residential and commercial contracts of sale, leases and mortgage documents including, but not limited to: commitment letters, promissory notes, mortgages, security agreements, assignment of rents and leases, environmental compliance and indemnity agreements, unlimited guarantees and UCC-1 filings. He prepares homeowners association and condominium association offering plans with declarations of covenants and restrictions. Raymond also performs title reviews, survey readings and prepares commitments of title, as well as obtaining necessary title curatives.
Beyond his work in the real estate practice, Raymond represents clients in estate planning, estate probate and estate administration proceedings in all New York State Surrogate’s Courts. He assists with matters including wills, guardianships and advance directives such as power of attorney and health care proxy, among others.
Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Raymond worked for several Buffalo law firms in their real estate practices.
Raymond received his bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his juris doctorate from the University at Buffalo School of Law. He is a director of ECAL Veterans for Veterans, a not for profit corporation which primarily assists military veterans in need, and he is a youth hockey coach and active in his parish.
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Elder Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Senior Counsel
- Tully Rinckey PLLC
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- Director
- ECAL Veterans for Veterans, Inc.
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- Active Director, fund raising, for The ECAL Veterans for Veterans with the mission to provide support for all veterans in need and especially homeless female veterans shelter, food and support. The support would be to provide furnished housing and education. Then the organization would transition them from homeless to graduate, to employed to an apartment. The organization would assist in every aspect of getting the Vet off the street to there first job and apartment. The organization will also provide day care for their children.
- Of Counsel
- Fiorella & Schwind, LLP
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- Primarily responsible for representing all firm real estate clients, manage and develop real estate department, represent residential and commercial developers, purchasers and sellers, perform title review and resolution. Represent residential and commercial borrowers to assure all documents are in accordance with lender's commitment letter. Assisted in representing clients in estate planning, probate and administration proceeding.
- Attorney
- Benderson Development
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- Represent Benderson Development as in-house counsel for real property transactions including purchases, sales, easements and rights of way and leasing.
- Associate Attorney
- Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.
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- Represent developers in subdivision acquisitions, land use and zoning, lenders in commercial and residential mortgage transactions and commercial and residential purchasers and sellers. Draft residential and commercial contracts of sale, leases and mortgage documents, including, but not limited to commitment letters, promissory notes, mortgages, security agreements, assignment of rents and leases, environmental compliance and indemnity agreements, unlimited guarantees, and UCC-1 filings. Prepare homeowners association and condominium association offering plans with declarations of covenants and restrictions. Perform title review, survey readings and prepare commitments of title and obtain necessary title curatives. Act as examining counsel for Chicago Title Insurance Company. Represent clients in Industrial Development Agency projects, consisting of sales tax abatement, mortgage tax abatement and/or real property tax abatement. Specialties: Commercial and residential real estate financing transactions. Commercial real estate transactions and development. Title review, commitment preparation. Industrial Development Agency Projects.
- Senior Associate Attorney
- Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP
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- Represent developers in subdivision acquisitions, land use and zoning, lenders in commercial and residential mortgage transactions and commercial and residential purchasers and sellers. Draft residential and commercial contracts of sale, leases and mortgage documents, including, but not limited to commitment letters, promissory notes, mortgages, security agreements, assignment of rents and leases, environmental compliance and indemnity agreements, unlimited guarantees, and UCC-1 filings. Prepare homeowners association and condominium association offering plans with declarations of covenants and restrictions. Perform title review, survey readings and prepare commitments of title and obtain necessary title curatives Act as examining counsel for Ticor Title Insurance Company
- Managing Real Estate Associate
- Block Colucci Longo, P.C.
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- Represent large home builders and developers in acquisition of property, title issues, zoning issues and subdivision issues, including zoning and land use issues. Draft easements for utility lines, sewer lines, water line and drainage use. Manage staff of two attorneys and 7 paralegals for the commercial and residential real estate department. Responsible for the day to day activities of the real estate department. Represent residential and commercial purchasers, sellers and lenders. Draft contracts of sales, leases and mortgage documents. Some experience in general corporate transactional practice.
- Associate
- Law Office of Darrell Huckabone
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- Represent all of the firm's residential sale clients. Prepare and negotiate contracts of sale, examine abstracts of title and obtain necessary title curatives. Represent clients in estate proceedings including probate and administration proceeding in the Erie County Surrogate's Court. Act as Guardian ad Litem for Erie Count Surrogate's Court.
- Judicial Clerk
- Joseph Mattina
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- Prepared drafts of published and unpublished legal opinions; prepared bench memoranda; performed legal research and analysis.
- State University of New York - Buffalo
- J.D. (1997) | Law
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- State University of New York - College at Buffalo (Buffalo State College)
- B.A. (1993)
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- State Bar of New York
- Member
- Current
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- ECAL Veterans for Veterans, Inc.
- Director
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- Bar Association of Erie County
- Member
- - Current
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- To Lease or Not to Lease...
