Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Associate

Lawyer Overview

Liam McLaughlin is licensed to practice law in the states of New York and Connecticut. He is also the Minority Leader of the Yonkers City Council, having been elected to serve four terms. Mr. McLaughlin is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and was an adjunct professor at Manhattan College. As a Councilman, Mr. McLaughlin is charged with setting the budget for the fourth largest City in the State, drafting and passing laws, leading extensive environmental reviews of large and small development projects in the City pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, (SEQRA), and working to resolve various constituent matters.

Mr. McLaughlin began his professional career as a certified public accountant with the firm of Ernst and Young. He was recruited out of college and worked in the firm's financial services and tax divisions. In addition to preparing tax returns for high net worth individuals, Mr. McLaughlin worked on some of Ernst & Young's most prestigious clients, including banks, brokerage firms and mutual funds.

After graduating from New York Law School in 1996, Mr. McLaughlin went to work for a small general practice law firm in Brooklyn, New York. In 1998, Mr. McLaughlin joined the Corporation Counsel's office of the City of Yonkers, where he focused on defense litigation and real estate matters. After being elected to the Yonkers City Council, Mr. McLaughlin opened his own general practice law firm where he specialized in Real Estate, Corporate Transactional and Estate Planning Law.

As a Senior Associate with Bashian & Farber, Mr. McLaughlin concentrates in the areas of Trusts & Estates, Estate Litigation, Guardianships, Guardianship Litigation, Elder Law, Corporate, Real Estate Law and Legal Malpractice.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Wills & Trusts
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Estate Litigation
• Elder Law and Medicaid Planning
• Civil Litigation
• Real Estate
• Legal Malpractice
• Corporate and Transactional
• Guardianships

West Practice Categories

Transactions, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1996
• New York, 1997
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York State Bar Association (Member)
• Westchester County Bar Association. (Member)
• Yonkers Lawyers Association (Member)

Past Employment Positions

• Council Member - District 4, Yonkers City Council

Education

• New York Law School, New York, New York, 1996
  Juris Doctor
• Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1985
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: Member, Beta Alpha Psi
  Major: Accounting

Ancillary Businesses

• Certified Public Accountant

Address

235 Main Street
White Plains, NY 10601

Phones

(914) 946-5100

Faxes

(914) 946-5111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.lawyers.com/bfplaw
http://www.bashianfarberlaw.com