Firm News
Supervising Execution of Estate Planning Documents during Coronavirus Crisis
McCarthy Fingar’s Trusts and Estates lawyers are doing estate planning work for clients 24/7 during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis. We have just added a new page to our site in which we discuss supervising the execution and notarization of our clients’ estate planning documents without the need to meet in person.
McCarthy Fingar Continues to Operate for Its Clients Throughout the Corona Virus Crisis
As Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in Westchester County and throughout the world, McCarthy Fingar want to let you know that we continue to provide uninterrupted service to our clients while continuing to protect the health and safety of our clients, employees, and community. Click at notice for additional information.
McCarthy Fingar Implements Coronavirus (Covid-19) Plan
As Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly in Westchester and throughout the world, McCarthy Fingar LLP has and will take measures to ensure that our firm will continue to provide uninterrupted service to our clients. Our firm has and will continue to take steps to protect the health and safety of our clients, employees, and community. Click at notice to see more information.
Michael S. Kutzin Joins Firm as Partner
We are pleased to announce that Michael S. Kutzin has joined the firm as a partner and is a member of our Guardianship Practice, Trusts & Estates, Surrogate’s Court Litigation, Appellate Practice, Exempt Organizations, Taxation and Charitable Gift Planning groups. Michael joins McCarthy Fingar from Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP, where he had been a partner for 17 years. Michael has extensive experience with all forms of Surrogate’s Court and Guardianship proceedings, from the most routine to the most complex and contentious. He has appeared in Westchester matters for years, as well as Surrogate’s Court and Guardianship cases in New York City.
Susan Taxin Baer Joins Firm as Partner
We are pleased to announce that Susan Taxin Baer has joined the firm as a partner and is a member of our Trusts & Estates, Exempt Organizations, Taxation and Charitable Gift Planning groups. Prior to joining the firm, Sue was the principal attorney of her own firm, which she opened in 1993 with offices in Westchester and New York City. Sue concentrates in estate planning, trust and estate administration, and charitable giving, representing high net worth individuals as well as those of modest means.
Steinman Receives Founders Award
Lester D. Steinman, a founding partner of our Municipal Law & Land Use group, was awarded the Founders Award by Pace Law School’s Land Use Law Center, recognizing his “Excellence in Conflict Resolution, Land Use, and Sustainable Development.”
McCarthy Fingar’s “Super Lawyers”
Six of our lawyers have been selected Super Lawyers in the New York Metropolitan area. Gail M. Boggio has again been selected in the fields of Estate & Trust Litigation/Estate Planning & Probate/Elder Law. Kathleen Donelli has again been selected in the field of Family Law. Dolores Gebhardt has again been selected in the field of Family Law. James K. Landau has again been selected in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Appellate, and has again been selected for the Top 25 in Westchester County for Super Lawyers. Frank W. Streng has again been selected in the fields of Estate & Trust Litigation and Estate Planning & Probate. Douglas S. Trokie has again been selected in the fields of Business/Corporate, Closely Held Business, Real Estate, Business and Civil Litigation. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have been recognized by their colleagues as having the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Boggio & Bramson Named in List of Westchester’s Top Lawyers
McCarthy Fingar is pleased to announce that 914INC. has named Gail M. Boggio and Howell Bramson to their list of 91 Top Lawyers in Westchester. Each year 914INC. publishes their list of Westchester’s Leading Lawyers, excerpted from BL Rankings LLC list of Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Gail was named in the area of Trusts and Estates Litigation, and Howell was named in the area of Tax Law.
Boggio Moderates CLE Program at Westchester Surrogate’s Court on Mediation
Gail M. Boggio, who co-chairs our Trusts & Estates and Surrogate’s Court Litigation groups, was the moderator of a program held at the Westchester Surrogate’s Court in White Plains, entitled, “Mediation in the Surrogate’s Court”. The program was co-sponsored by the Westchester County Surrogate’s Court and the Westchester County Bar Association‘s Trusts & Estates Section. The speakers at the program included Judge Brandon R. Sall, the Surrogate of Westchester County, various attorneys at the Surrogate’s Court and other attorneys in private practice.
Boggio Speaks on Estate Planning Issues
Gail M. Boggio, who co-chairs our Trusts & Estates and Surrogate’s Court Litigation groups, spoke at a program sponsored by Westchester County Bar Association‘s Trusts & Estates Section, entitled “Heckerling 2019 Review”. This was a review of the January 2019 program given by the University of Miami School of Law, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. The Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning is the leading educational conference for estate planners. Heckerling offers practical guidance on today’s most important tax and non-tax planning issues, including the planning challenges and opportunities presented by the 2017 Tax Act and provides attendees the opportunity to expand their estate planning expertise.