Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rita Rich was born and raised in Florida, New York.  After a career in taxation, Mrs. Rich received her law degree from Pace University School of Law.  She joined the firm in 1999 and became a partner in 2003.  Her areas of practice include Municipal Law, Commercial Finance, Estate Planning and Probate, and Real Estate.  Ms. Rich currently assists the firm in representing the Town of Minisink, and has represented the Zoning Boards of Appeal for the Towns of Mount Hope and Greenville.  Ms. Rich is admitted to the New York and New Jersey Bars, and is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York as well as the U.S. Tax Court Bar.  Ms. Rich is a member of the Middletown, Orange County and New York State Bar Associations, the Middletown Rotary Club and the Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation.

Areas of Practice

• Residential Real Estate
• Municipal Law
• Commercial Finance
• Wills
• Probate

West Practice Categories

Lending & Secured Transactions, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Probate & Estate Administration, Wills, Residential Real Estate, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Liability

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1986
• New York, 1986
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. Tax Court

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Divorce Mediator

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Middletown Bar Association (Member)
• Orange County Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates, Real Property and Elder Law Sections (Member)
• Rotary Club of Middletown (Member)

Past Employment Positions

• Internal Revenue Service, Enrolled Agent, 1981
• Mt. Hope, Town Attorney

Education

• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1985
  J.D.
• Pace University, 1982
  B.B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Accounting

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Chi

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

10 Matthews Street
Goshen, NY 10924

Phones

(845) 477-5735
(866) 263-5006 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(845) 695-1397

Emails

rrich@mid-hudsonlaw.com

Websites

http://www.mid-hudsonlaw.com