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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Howell Bramson lectured in White Plains, New York on April 26, 2004 for the Westchester County Bar Association (Co-Sponsored by the Tax and Trusts and Estates Section) on “IRS Attacks on Family Limited Partnerships and Current Strategies.” For lecture materials, click on Seminar Outline.

Frank W. Streng, who chairs our Surrogate’s Court Litigation group, was a state-wide moderator of a program entitled “Introduction to Estate Planning” for the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. The program was offered in seven locations: Albany [10/30/13], Buffalo [10/29/13], Manhattan [10/30/13], Long Island [10/31/13], Rochester [10/28/13], Syracuse [10/31/13] and Westchester [10/29/13]).

Frank W. Streng lectured in Manhattan on July 19, 2011 on “Ethics for Trusts and Estates Lawyers” for the Continuing Legal Education Section of the New York State Bar Association, as part of a program entitled, “Bridging the Gap 2 – Making a Smooth Transition.” Click at download to see Frank’s seminar outline.

Gail M. Boggio has been named a partner of the firm. Gail will continue to practice in the areas of  Surrogate’s Court Litigation, Trusts and Estates, Charitable Gift Planning, Exempt Organizations and Taxation.

Frank W. Streng, who chairs our Surrogate’s Court Litigation group, continues to be in the news on his Nissan Leaf electric car. Previously, Frank was interviewed by News 12 Westchester as the first owner of the Nissan Leaf in Westchester. This time, Frank was interviewed by the New York Times on how he faired with his Leaf during Sandy, when he had no power at his home to charge his car. As the Time reports: “With no power (or generator) at home, Mr. Streng has been using a public charger at the White Plains train station, a couple of blocks from his office. ‘I’m now using that as a primary energy source,’ Mr. Streng said. ‘It’s my third day in a row doing it. It’s worked out fine.’”