McCarthy Fingar prides itself on its tradition
of involvement in the community and in bar associations and
related activities. Our lawyers are encouraged to become active
in civic and charitable organizations in their own communities
as well as in Westchester and in the Lower Hudson Valley.
McCarthy Fingar attorneys frequently lecture and give seminars
on a wide variety of legal topics to professional, trade and
community groups, and have appeared as guests on local cable
television programs. Scholarly and popular articles on legal
topics authored by our lawyers have been published in professional
journals, trade publications and business periodicals.
Since its founding, our attorneys have been active participants
in bar association and related activities. Gail
M. Boggio, who practices in the areas of Charitable
Gift Planning, Exempt
Organizations, Surrogate’s
Court Litigation, Taxation
and Trusts
and Estates, is a past President of the Women's
Bar Association of the State of New York. Kathleen
Donelli, who practices in the areas of Collaborative
Law, Matrimonial
and Family Law and Business Litigation,
is a past President of the Westchester
Women's Bar Association and a past President of the White Plains Bar Association. The late Henry J. Smith was President
of the New York State Bar
Association. Other past and present lawyers in the firm
have served as President of the Westchester
County Bar Association; President of the Northern Westchester
Bar; Chair of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New
York State Bar Association; Chairs of the Tax and the
Trusts and Estates Law Sections of the Westchester
County Bar Association; President of the White Plains Bar Association; President of the
Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc.; and
Treasurer of the Westchester
Women's Bar Association and the Women's
Bar Association of the State of New York.
Our lawyers are proud of their pro bono activities and of
their personal efforts on behalf of numerous charitable organizations,
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