Updates and achievements regarding the firm and our partners, as well as observations and analysis on the laws and legislation affecting our community.
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP has announced that Jessica Dubowski has joined the Firm as its new Associate. She has extensive experience in real estate, litigation, business, corporate, labor and employment law. Prior to joining the Firm,...
Generally, common law rights are derived from custom and judicial precedent. Common law trademark rights are those rights that a business owner has from using a trademark, brand name, slogan or logo without having obtained a state or federal trademark registration of...
In 2019, I was retained by a veteran US Navy sailor to file a petition before the US Naval Discharge Review Board ("NDRB") seeking to have his character of discharge upgraded to Honorable, after a series of alcohol-related incidents led to an early administrative...
The Peconic Bay Region Community Housing Act was signed into law by Governor Hochul in the Fall of 2021. The legislation allowed for the five East End towns of the Peconic Bay Region, i.e., East Hampton, Shelter Island, Southampton, Riverhead and Southold, to create a...
The late musician Prince shocked the world in 1993 by dropping his name and adopting a symbol as his personal moniker. So it is ironic that a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term will forever be known as the “Prince case.” In Andy Warhol Foundation...
Christopher D. Kelley, Senior Partner, Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP, has formed a nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance for local high school students preparing to go to college. Mr. Kelley launched the East Hampton...
At a time when coastal areas are besieged by rising sea levels and more frequent, high intensity storms and hurricanes, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has taken steps to streamline the process for obtaining permits for certain coastal...
On October 25, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill written by New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele that will allow the towns of Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton and Shelter Island to put the Peconic Bay Region Community Housing Act upon voter...
The East Hampton Level Playing Field Foundation (EHLPFF), which was formed by Senior Partner Christopher D. Kelly, recently presented a group of East Hampton High School students with scholarships that will assist them with their educational futures. This was reported...
Partner Bernadette E. Tuthill is Vice President of the North Fork Breast Health Coalition (NFBHC) and Co-Chair of the organization’s 24th Anniversary 5K Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness to raise money to support the services provided by the NFBHC to residents of the...
One of the primary questions people have about trusts is, what is the difference between an irrevocable trust and a revocable trust (sometimes called a “living trust”)? The surface level answer, not to be flippant, is one is revocable, and one is not revocable, or in...
John Shea was recently recognized by the East Hampton Healthcare Foundation for his many years of work with the organization. Mr. Shea helped establish EHHF as a 501(c)3 charitable organization and then represented the Foundation on the purchase of the site for its...
Twomey Latham has enjoyed a steady rate of growth since it was established in 1973.
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