COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | September 10, 2020
Listen to the latest edition of The Express News Group’s podcast, 27Speaks. In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors reflect on the past six months dealing with the coronavirus epidemic on the East End, and look forward to changes that may take place on the...
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | September 3, 2020
The Firm is proud to support The Express News Group’s “27Speaks” podcast. Each week, editors Kathryn Menu, Annette Hinkle, Joseph P. Shaw, Brendan O’Reilly, and Bill Sutton, discuss the week’s news on the South Fork of Long Island. Last week, the...
INSIGHTS | By: | August 19, 2020
In December 2019 President Donald Trump signed into law the Secure Act, which is a misleading acronym, in that “secure” stands for “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Excellence,” yet rather than set every community up for retirement excellence, the real...
INSIGHTS | By: | July 22, 2020
Fans of the Showtime series “Billions” may recall seeing in episode four of season five, aptly entitled “Opportunity Zone”, the show’s protagonist, Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, do battle with season five’s new nemesis, Michael Prince, over the chance to invest in an...
INSIGHTS | By: | July 15, 2020
Often times when I meet with clients one of their primary goals of implementing an estate plan is to avoid the “death tax.” I will share with you the same two pieces of good news I share with those clients. First, we do not have a “death tax” in the United States. It...
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | June 3, 2020
East Hampton, NY: On Thursday, May 28 the 2020 Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin and Quartararo, LLP Community Service Scholarship recipients were announced during East Hampton High School’s virtual Awards Ceremony. The year’s winners are Alfredo Chavez Jr. and...
COURT UPDATES | May 21, 2020
As of Monday, May 25, courts and county clerk’s offices in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and the 5 New York City counties will accept new filings in non-essential matters through the New York State Electronic Filing System. The new filings are limited to only...
COURT UPDATES | May 13, 2020
By: Kathryn Dalli, Esq. Attorneys are now encouraged to consent to e-filing of all matters in which e-filing was not previously allowed. The procedure is as follows: Cases originally commenced in hard copy form may be converted to electronic filing...
COURT UPDATES | May 12, 2020
By: Jennifer Nigro, Esq. On Wednesday, May 6, the Appellate Division, Second Department (which covers cases in Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Long Island, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties) issued Administrative Order...
COURT UPDATES | May 8, 2020
By Peter Mott, Esq. The Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court has updated its procedures during this Coronavirus period of time. 1. The Courthouse in Riverhead remains closed, but it has a satellite office open in Central Islip for hearing “essential matters”. A...