Counsel Adam Rodriguez and Partner John S. Diaconis have brokered a favorable settlement for the Town of Philipstown. The case involved a dispute over Verizon’s application to construct a 180-feet tall cell tower in the Town. Under the settlement, the tower will be 120 feet tall—60 feet shorter than Verizon’s first proposed facility. Verizon also waived its rights to raise the height of the...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Joe DeGiuseppe, chair of the firm’s Employment and Immigration Law practices, will speak on Monday, September 16th at the 91st Annual Fall Conference of the NYS Cemetery Association on the topic of “Recent Developments in NYS Paid Family Leave Laws.” Mr. DeGiuseppe’s presentation will provide an overview of various leave issues under this NYS law and its interaction...Read More
I often use Google Maps, the Westchester County Geographic Information Systems, and other web-based mapping services in my cases to find visual information about specific locations around the world that are relevant. Using those maps during depositions is easy. But getting those maps admitted into evidence at a trial or hearing would require an evidentiary certification from the custodian of...Read More
In the United States, the Bankruptcy Code allows individuals and entities (“debtor”) who cannot repay their debts to seek relief from some or all of those debts.
One of the peculiar aspects of the Bankruptcy Code is that 11 U.S.C. § 365(a) enables a debtor to reject “executory contracts,” which are contracts that neither party has finished performing. Examples of executory contracts are a real...Read More
Brendan H. Buschman, a member of the firm’s Elder Law and Special Needs Practice Group, will give a CLE seminar on Supplemental Needs Trusts for the Mamaroneck Harrison Larchmont Bar Association in conjunction with Benchmark Title on Friday, June 7, 2019 at Emilio’s Ristorante, Harrison, NY.
The presentation will review such topics as Self-Settled Supplemental Needs Trusts, Third Party and...Read More
On Monday, May 13th, Bleakley Platt attorneys William P. Harrington and John W. McGowan, in conjunction with co-counsel Mark Blanchard and Dennis Lynch of Blanchard and Wilson, commenced an action in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of clients Arthur G. Keenen Jr. and Michael Paige against the New York State Parole Board (the “Board”) and Commissioners Tana Agostini, Ellen Alexander, and...Read More
Bleakley Platt Partner Jim Glatthaar and Counsel Adam Rodriguez were key sources for a recent article in The Verge that examines the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s claim that Facebook violated the Fair Housing Act by letting ad buyers use Facebook algorithms to target audiences that included or excluded certain races, religions, or genders.
According to Mr. Glatthaar, the...Read More
Attorneys for child abuse victim call for Court appointed Special Master to ensure records are protected.
New York’s new landmark child abuse act creates a long waiting period before victims can file.
This waiting period must not become an opportunity for new abuse.
Only a Court appointed neutral Special Master can protect the new rights granted to those who have waited decades for their day...Read More
A recent edition of the Council of Industry’s Newsletter contains an article written by Bleakley Platt Counsel Adam Rodriguez. The article, entitled Five Trademark Issues Every Business Owner Needs To Know, addresses five things all business owners should know about their brands and intellectual property.
Some of the key topics in the article include:
What is a Trademark?
Trademark...Read More
On April 1, 2019, Mr. Rodriguez was appointed by Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York as a member of the U.S. Magistrate Judges Merit Selection Panel.
The appointment of a U.S. Magistrate Judge is an important process. The Merit Selection Panel is tasked with reviewing the selection, appointment, and reappointment of United States...Read More
Bleakley Platt Chairman William P. Harrington, who currently serves as chairman of the Westchester County Association, will become chairman of a new regional organization created by the merger of the Westchester County Association and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation.
News of the merger was reported on Westfair Online in an article titled “Going regional: Westchester County...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Jonathan A. Murphy, co-chair of the firm’s Environmental practice and chair of its Construction practice, will speak on February 15 to the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Network of The Council of Industry on topics of interest when dealing with the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Mr. Murphy’s program will provide an overview of New York...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Jonathan A. Murphy, co-chair of the firm’s Environmental practice and chair of its Construction practice, will present to engineers during a full day program titled “Engineering Law and Ethics,” a continuing education class for professional engineers.
Mr. Murphy will present on two topics, basic contract law for engineers and issues faced by engineers in the...Read More
Bleakley Platt Partner Peter Bassano guided a recently-completed preservation effort for the Dominican Sisters of Hope that safeguards from development 34 acres of the Sisters’ 61-acre Mariandale property in Ossining, N.Y., through a conservation easement donated to the Westchester Land Trust.
The easement covers the undeveloped part of Mariandale and excludes the campus with the Sisters’...Read More
Partner Frances M. Pantaleo presented at the 2018 Fall Meeting of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association on October 19. The two-day program focused on real property issues that frequently arise in elder law and estate planning practices.
Ms. Pantaleo’s presentation emphasized that a primary residence, however modest, is often a client’s most valuable asset and...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Jim Glatthaar has been asked to return to the Annual Housing Conference & Expo presented by the Council of New York City Cooperatives & Condominiums. Now in it’s 38th year, the conference is designed to offer help to coop and condo owners and board members, multi-family management companies and real estate agents improve their knowledge and skills in address...Read More
Ten Bleakley Platt attorneys have been selected to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list as top New York Metro area lawyers for 2018, and one Counsel and three associates were named New York Metro Rising Stars.
Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the New York metro area are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
The attorneys receiving this...Read More
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that three partners at the firm have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019:
Joseph DeGiuseppe in the field of Labor and Employment Law
Frances Pantaleo for Elder Law, for the fifth consecutive year
Nancy Rudolph in the practice area of Trusts and Estates (Litigation)
Joseph DeGiuseppe leads the Labor and...Read More
An alumnus of Fordham Law School, Adam Rodriguez was one of four alumni on the cover of the Spring 2018 issue of Fordham Lawyer. The article, “Courtside,” focuses on the clerkship program at Fordham Law that has “turned out a bevy of superstars.”
Mr. Rodriguez discusses his clerkships with the Hon. Ramon E. Reyes Jr., a magistrate judge with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...Read More
A profile of Bleakley Platt detailing the firm’s culture of excellence, history and commitment to the community appears in the June issues of Fortune, Bloomberg Business Week and Money magazines.
With six former members of the firm having served in the State Appellate Division or Supreme Court, Bleakley Platt is the only law firm in New York that can include two federal judges who...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Frances M. Pantaleo spoke at the Alzheimer’s Association’s Fourth Annual Hudson Valley Regional Dementia Conference, “Meeting of the Minds,” on May 17th.
Her presentation, “After the diagnosis: Essential Legal Documents for Persons with Dementia” was well attended, with many questions from the audience about the important legal documents, such as powers of...Read More
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP is pleased to announce that Adam Rodriguez has been named by the Business Council of Westchester as one of its 2018 Rising Stars – 40 Under 40 honorees. Selected for their professional accomplishments, affiliations and leadership skills, Mr. Rodriguez and 39 other honorees will be celebrated at a reception held on June 21, 5:00 – 8:00 PM at The Atrium, 800...Read More
Zachary Cohen, a member of the firm’s Health Care, Corporate and Intellectual Property Practice Groups, gave a presentation to more than one hundred fourth-year medical students at New York Medical College’s School of Medicine “Transition to Residency” program. The medical students, who will graduate later this year, are required to take a one-week course to facilitate their transition...Read More
Elizabeth Briand, an associate with the Elder Law practice group, gave a presentation for the New York State Bar Association on April 16 in New York City. Her presentation, on financial eligibility for Medicaid Home Care, was part of a 4.5 MCLE credit program titled “Home Care in New York State: Private Hiring of Aides, Managed Long Term Care Plan Options and Immediate Need for Medicaid.” The...Read More
Six Bleakley Platt attorneys have been included on the New York Metro 2017 Super Lawyers/The Top Women list. The attorneys receiving this honor are Partners Susan E. Galvao, Mary Ellen Manley, Frances M. Pantaleo and Nancy J. Rudolph, and Mary Anne Wirth, Of Counsel and Elizabeth C. Briand, Associate, in the Rising Star category. The attorneys were named in a special supplement published by...Read More
Nancy J. Rudolph, a Bleakley Platt partner in the Trusts and Estates practice group with an emphasis on Surrogate’s Court practice and estate litigation, will be presented with the Distinguished Service Award on May 16 by the Westchester Visiting Nurse Services Group, Inc. at its Annual Spring Benefit Gala.
The award is being presented in recognition of Ms. Rudolph’s six years of outstanding...Read More
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Atty K. Bruggemann has become Of Counsel to the firm. Ms. Bruggemann is experienced in complex matrimonial cases involving high net worth individuals, professional athletes and celebrities. She is also experienced in child custody and support matters and in the drafting and negotiation of prenuptial, postnuptial, separation and settlement agreements....Read More
Relying as much on his diplomatic skills as his legal talents, Executive Committee Chairman William P. Harrington has resolved an ugly battle between numerous local girls and boys basketball coaches’ associations and Section 1, leading to an agreement that has returned high school basketball semi-finals and finals to the iconic Westchester County Center.
In Fall 2017, Section 1 leaders decided...Read More
The Winter 2017 edition of the New York State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter contains an article written by Bleakley Platt Counsel Raymond M. Planell and Partner Matthew G. Parisi, “First Things First: Addressing Burial and Cemetery Issues.” The article addresses the laws, regulations and rulings regarding cemetery matters that often face trusts and estates...Read More
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt is pleased to announce that Partner Matthew G. Parisi has been appointed as a new member of the firm’s Executive Committee, which is charged with overseeing the management, growth and development of the firm.
William P. Harrington, Chairman of the Executive Committee, said, “The evolution and growth of our law firm is based upon our core of young talented...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Christopher C. Palermo is the moderator of a Continuing Legal Education panel discussion on medical devices at the annual meeting of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, held on January 25 at the New York Hilton in New York City. Topics of discussion on the panel include updates on FDA device and software regulation and the...Read More
Bleakley Platt Partner Jim Glatthaar was a key source for a January article in Habitat Magazine that examines a new state law which requires all co-op and homeowners associations (HOAs) boards to prepare an annual report of all contracts they awarded in which one of the members of the board of directors has a financial interest.
According to Mr. Glatthaar, the new law has created a lot of...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Christopher C. Palermo is the moderator of a Westchester County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education program discussing the new state-of-the-art courtroom that is now up and running in Westchester County Supreme Court’s Commercial Division. The free program, entitled “Integrated Courtroom Technology: Evidence Presentation and Video Conferencing in the Courts,”...Read More
For the fifth consecutive year, legal publisher Thomson Reuters has turned to partner Chris Palermo to provide a summary of New York law on product liability for one of its publications. The online publication Cross-border Commercial Transactions, previously known as the Practical Law International Sales and Marketing Guide, is a subscription-only report that provides up-to-date insight in...Read More
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP is pleased to announce that Adam Rodriguez has become Of Counsel to the firm. Before joining Bleakley Platt, Mr. Rodriguez was the Director of Real Estate for Westchester County, where he negotiated complex commercial real estate transactions, including leases for office space throughout the County and multi-million dollar hangar leases at the Westchester...Read More
Gabriel M. Goldenberg has recently joined the firm as a member of the Commercial Finance and Real Estate practice groups. He advises and represents regional and national institutional lenders and developers, as well as individual and corporate borrowers in residential and commercial real estate transactions. His background includes working for Congressman Michael Grimm (Brooklyn) as Director...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Frances M. Pantaleo is Program Co-Chair of the Section’s Annual Meeting, held on January 23, part of the week-long Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association, January 22 – 26 at the New York Hilton in New York City.
Mrs. Pantaleo has been planning the program, selecting speakers, developing topics and creating a day-long event that will bring attendees...Read More
Mary Ellen Manley was honored in December at the annual holiday luncheon presented by the Westchester Chapter of the St. John’s University School of Law Alumni Association. Ms. Manley was the guest of honor at a well-attended luncheon held at the Westchester Hills Golf Club in White Plains. Guests brought toys that were donated to children served by the St. John’s Parish in Bedford...Read More
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley will honor Bleakley Platt Chairman William P. Harrington at its 2018 Equal Access to Justice Dinner, scheduled for April 10 at the Ritz-Carlton, Westchester. The event is the organization’s major fundraiser of the year, attracting more than 400 attorneys, business leaders, judges, lawmakers and community leaders. Proceeds will benefit programs that provide...Read More
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that three partners at the firm have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America:
Joseph DeGiuseppe in the field of Labor and Employment Law
Frances Pantaleo for Elder Law, for the fourth consecutive year
Nancy Rudolph in the practice area of Trusts and Estates (Litigation)
Joseph DeGiuseppe leads the firm’s Labor and...Read More
Bleakley Platt Partner Frances M. Pantaleo will take part in a panel discussion titled “The Business of Aging Today” on December 1 at a Power Breakfast sponsored by the Business Council of Westchester, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains. The breakfast will focus on ideas and strategies to help businesses who want to capture the rapidly growing market of adults 55 in...Read More
Bleakley Platt Chairman William P. Harrington will be presented with the Judge Learned Hand Award from the Westchester/Fairfield County chapter of the American Jewish Committee for his achievements within and beyond the practice of law. Mr. Harrington will be honored at an awards dinner taking place on November 29 at the Ritz-Carlton in White Plains.
The Judge Learned Hand Award is the highest...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner James Glatthaar recently presented a legal update for owners and property managers at Gramatan Management, a co-op and condo managing agent in New Rochelle. His program focused on recent amendments to the BCL (Business Corporation Law) and N-PCL (Not-For- Profit Corporation Law) regarding conflict of interest reporting for co-ops and condos and homeowner’s associations...Read More
Bleakley Platt helped launch the Westchester Biotech Project by sponsoring the Innovation in Research Symposium at Fordham University’s Westchester New York campus on October 26, 2017. Bleakley Platt’s Health Law, Corporate and Intellectual Property practices and deep roots in the Westchester and broader Hudson Valley region make the firm a valuable community partner for the Westchester...Read More
Law360 published an article by Partner Christopher Palermo, a member of the firm’s Litigation practice group, on efforts to ensure that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New York continues to be an attractive forum for businesses to resolve disputes.
New York’s Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks recently signed an administrative order amending two Rules of Practice of...Read More
Bleakley Platt associate Elizabeth Briand recently presented a program for seniors about the importance of planning in advance for health care needs. Her discussion, which took place on October 24, addressed the legal documents necessary to ensure that an individual’s wishes are honored, including Health Care Proxies, living wills, the MOLST (Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment) and...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Frances M. Pantaleo’s service to the legal profession and the community is evidenced by her busy schedule this fall.
Ms. Pantaleo is dinner chair for the Pace Women’s Justice Center’s “Making a Difference Benefit Dinner,” which will be held on October 19th at Doral Arrowwood, Rye Brook, NY and will honor Gayle S. Lob, CFP of New Rochelle and Chief of Police David M....Read More
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Partner William H. Mulligan, Jr. will be inducted into the Fordham Preparatory School Hall of Honor on November 17 at a dinner at The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. Of the 100 nominations submitted, fourteen alumni were selected for this honor.
The Fordham Prep Hall of Honor was created to recognize illustrious individuals from the...Read More
Bleakley Platt partner Jim Glatthaar has been invited to speak at the 37th Annual Housing Conference & Expo presented by the 2017 Council of New York City Cooperatives & Condominiums on November 12. This all day conference and expo, held at the Eleanor Roosevelt High School, East 67th Street in NYC is one of the biggest gatherings for the New York City condo and cooperative sector....Read More
Twelve Bleakley Platt attorneys have been selected to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list as top New York metro area lawyers for 2017. One partner and three associates were named “New York Metro Rising Stars.”
Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, identifies no more than five percent of the lawyers in New York State as “Super Lawyers” – “outstanding lawyers” who...Read More
