Claverack Lawyers

After a career spent resolving divorces through the judicial system, it is a pleasure for me to offer alternatives that many of my clients find are more consistent with their personal values. I offer people the power of determining their own future, the promise of focusing on what it most important to them and the opportunity to preserve what is best of what they have created. By focusing on shared goals and facilitating a less contentious discussion, I help people navigate the difficulties of divorce (and other conflicts) and find the resolution they truly want with their dignity intact. Circumstances change. People evolve....

Valorie Joy Promisel is an attorney with an office in Yorktown Heights where for the past 30+ years she has focused her practice on the field of Elder Law. Her area of practice includes planning for long term health care costs, Medicaid, Estate Planning such as Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Supplemental Needs Trust, asset protection for the disabled, Assistance in Estate Administration and Probates, Real Estate, as well as strategies for reducing estate taxes.

Ellen S. Ross was admitted to the practice of law before the courts of the State of New York in January 1983. In 1986 she established her own law office, initially in Schenectady, New York and later in Albany, New York. In 1989 she moved to her current location in Johnstown, New York. Attorney Ross practices primarily in the areas of family and matrimonial law.

Daniel R. Tota is a partner at the Yorktown Heights legal office, Durante, Bock & Tota, PLLC. He primarily devotes his practice to real estate and business transactions, but he also handles criminal defense cases, estate planning and civil litigation matters. Mr. Tota is admitted to the New York State Bar and the Connecticut State Bar, and is a member of the Westchester County Bar Association, the Yorktown Bar Association, and the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce. To find out more about the representation offered by Attorney Tota, do not hesitate to give the firm a call today.

I had a happy childhood growing up on the north shore of Long Island. My wife and I moved to the capital district in 1986 after I had spent some time post-college in the steamship industry. I graduated Albany Law School in 1992 and have been practicing ever since. My practice includes real estate transactions and litigation; general estate planning, administration and litigation. Our clients have a high degree of satisfaction, as proven by the number of return clients and referrals from them. We are a friendly "family" type practice, and we believe our approach makes people...

I am currently a Vice President of strategic IT sourcing for Credit Suisse. I have previously served as Licensing Counsel to Standard & Poor's, Commercial Counsel to SS8 Networks, and as an Associate at the IP law boutique of Grimes & Battersby in Stamford Connecticut.

As a former police officer and NYS Investigator, I bring a wealth of practical experience in the areas of my practice. I have tremendous legal experience as a trial attorney, having tried numerous civil, family law and criminal cases.

Mr. Lissauer, who specializes in appellate advocacy, joined Finkelstein & Partners in 1996. He is considered by his peers to be one of the premiere appellate advocates in regard to construction accidents and trial appeals. Mr. Lissauer has argued appeals in all four Appellate Divisions within New York State and has handled cases of first impression before the highest Court in New York, The Court of Appeals. He successfully argued the matter of Riglioni v. Chambers Four Tractor Sales Inc., 2005 08243, 2006 01746 where summary judgment was denied to a distributor and a retailer in a strict products liability...

Andrew D. Brodnick has been practicing real estate, land use, and commercial litigation for over 30 years, including cases involving adverse possession, title disputes, boundary disputes, contractor disputes, contracts of sale, landlord/tenant, foreclosure, reformation, condominium and cooperative law, partition and constructive trust cases. Andrew has litigated employment law actions, collection cases, general commercial and civil rights cases as well as bankruptcy and surrogate's court matters. From 2005-2011, Andrew served as general counsel at Camarda Realty Investments (CRI) in Carmel, N.Y., one of the largest real estate investment companies in the Lower Hudson Valley. While at CRI, he was involved in all...

Michael Kolb was born and raised in Newburgh, New York and is a graduate of Chestnut Street School, North Junior High School, Newburgh Free Academy, Cornell University and Columbia University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1976 and has practiced law in a variety of settings for more than 35 years. Early in his career he served as a Law Secretary to a Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department for almost two years. At present, his practice consists primarily of representing persons injured by defective machines and other products. He also represents injured persons...

The Law Office of Marcela Toscanini, PLLC, provides legal counsel in a wide variety of immigration matters to business, family and individual clients. As an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Attorney Toscanini takes pride in offering our clients the most effective and reliable legal representation. We offer our business clients full-service counsel in the area of business immigration, including immigrant and non-immigrant visas and timely advice regarding compliance with the myriad of regulatory issues facing employers in the current homeland security environment. Our firm also provides the same level of quality service to our family...

Shawn graduated from SUNY University at Buffalo Law School with honors. After practicing at a specialized Syracuse law firm he joined the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office in Syracuse, New York. There, Shawn honed his trial advocacy skills in the Special Victims Bureau and the Violent Crimes Bureau. Shawn moved back to his childhood home in the Hudson Valley and was an Assistant District Attorney for the County of Ulster. Thereafter, Shawn began practicing criminal defense law.

Julie Globus graduated with honors from Skidmore College with an interdepartmental BA in Government and Philosophy in 1991. She then attended the One-Year Program with a grant from The Hebrew University of Mt. Scopus in Israel. During that year Julie worked for a history professor on translations of Aramaic texts from Elephantine Island. Following that year, in 1992, Julie was invited to complete her Masters with a scholarship from Hebrew University where she also worked as a research editor for the Maurice Falk Institute of Economic Research in Israel. In 1995 Julie earned her MA with distinction in Political Theory,...

Attorney experienced in bankruptcy and creditor's rights. We file Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 petitions.

Mr. McGlew is active in all aspects of the McGlew an d Tuttle, P.C. patent prosecution and litigation practice. Mr. McGlew has been involved in prosecuting many patent applications across a broad range of technologies, including the mechanical, electronic and computer arts, since he joined private practice. Mr. McGlew was a Patent Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and has been registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1986.

I started out by working as a volunteer attorney with various pro bono programs in New York City, including Access to Justice (handling in-court landlord-tenant and consumer debt cases, and performing consultations in family law) and the Volunteer Foreclosure Project sponsored by the Queens County Bar Association (which focuses on foreclosure settlement conferences). I gained valuable experience from these programs and started handling cases on my own in 2010, starting with landlord-tenant and consumer debt cases. I have also been a court appointed GAL, and have been appointed several GAL cases in the boroughs. My practice then progressed into some...

Appellate lawyer with more than 20 years experience handling complex state and federal appeals in New York and elsewhere. Adjunct professor teaching appellate practice in Ivy League Law School. Experience in United States Supreme Court.

As the founder of The Law Offices of Brian A. Kelly, P.C., Rockland County lawyer Brian A. Kelly focuses his attention on personal injury and criminal defense cases. Mr. Kelly has been working as an attorney for more than 17 years. Prior to opening his current firm, Attorney Kelly spent time as a prosecutor and attorney at other films. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law. Contact his firm today for a no-charge consultation.

Rick has over twenty years of experience in civil and criminal practice, in both state and federal courts. He appears in throughout Rockland, Westchester, and Orange Counties, as well as in New York City, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He specializes in estate planning, all trusts and estates issues and litigation, civil rights, criminal, and family law cases in trial level courts and on appeal.

Ellen O'Hara Woods has practiced law in Rockland County, New York, since 1995. She is admitted in the State of New York, as well as the Southern District and the Eastern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2017, Ellen was admitted to appear before the United States Supreme Court.

Ellen was a prosecutor with the Rockland County District Attorney's Office for eleven years, and practiced criminal defense for more than a decade. She has argued more than fifty appellate cases and has appeared many times before the appellate courts of the State of New...

Mary Aufrecht is a partner at Clair Gjertsen & Weathers PLLC. She started her legal career as a personal injury and maritime law attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana. However, having been a native New Yorker, Mary returned to practice in New York. Since her return to New York she switched her legal focus to foreclosure defense, bankruptcy, and real estate transactions while also engaged in civil litigation, estate work, appellate practice, and loss mitigation. She has honed her legal skills in these areas since 2013 by appearing in thousands of court appearances ranging from local to state to federal court....

Nicholas Balboni has worked extensively in the fields of criminal law and personal injury. As a former prosecutor, Mr. Balboni brings a unique insight and skill set to his criminal defense work. During his years with the Queens County District Attorney’s Office he handled over 300 cases ranging from traffic infractions to violent felony charges, and everything in between. He was also among the first generation of prosecutors to interpret and practice in the context of New York’s amended bail and discovery laws. As such he gained an intimate understanding of this legislation and how it can be deployed to...