Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Joseph G. McKay (J.D., Touro Law School, 1991; B.B.A., Pace University, 1986) is the Chairman of the firm’s Municipal Law and Municipal Litigation Department. He brings over fifteen (15) years of experience to the firm in a variety of practice areas including commercial litigation, real estate transactions, and, primarily, municipal law and civil litigation. Mr. McKay is counsel to several town and village boards including the Town of Wallkill and the Village of South Blooming Grove, as well as Planning Board attorney for the Village of South Blooming Grove. As lead litigation counsel for the firm’s Municipal Department, he handles Article 75 and Article 78 actions, civil rights actions, prosecution of disciplinary proceedings and state and federal appeals. In addition to his practice background, Mr. McKay served the public as a New York City Administrative Law Judge, Assistant Commissioner and Executive Agency Counsel for the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission and as a Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Washingtonville. He honed his legal scholarship skills as a former Member and Research Editor of the Touro Law Review and as a legal assistant to the Honorable George C. Pratt, Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. McKay is admitted to practice in New York State as well as the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern United States District Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Areas of Practice

• Municipal Litigation
• Internet Law/E-Business
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
• Municipal Law
• Primarily Law
• Civil Litigation

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Internet, Estate Planning, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law, Municipal Corporations

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1992
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1992
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1992
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Washingtonville, NY , 2002 - Present (Zoning Board of Appeals)

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor - Administrative Law , CLE

Past Employment Positions

• NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, Executive Agency Counsel
• NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, Assistant Commissioner, 1999 - 2001
• NYC, Administrative Law Judge, 1998 - 1999
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Hon. George C. Pratt, Legal Assistant, 1990
• Village of South Blooming Grove, Planning Board Attorney

Education

• Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Huntington, New York, 1991
  J.D.
  Honors: Legal Scholarship Skills
  
  Law Review: Touro Law Review, Research Editor, 1990 - 1991
  
  Law Review: Touro Law Review, Staff Member, 1989 - 1990
• Pace University, New York, New York, 1986
  B.B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List

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