Law Firm Overview

Our firm opened its doors in July 1979, with four attorneys and two support staff members. From that modest beginning, the firm has carefully grown to a legal services team of twenty five attorneys and support staff members, able to fully serve the diverse needs of its ever-growing client base.

We are proud of the firm's distinguished "alumni" attorneys who now serve the community in a variety of governmental capacities, including:

A United States District Court Judge

A State Appellate Court Justice

Three Town Court Justices

Two United States Attorneys

Several Assistant District Attorneys

Confidential Counsel to a New York State Supreme Court Justice

Law Clerk to Surrogates Court

A United States Department of Justice Attorney

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bad Faith Insurance
• Banking & Finance Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Consumer Protection
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Business Organizations
• Civil Rights
• Sexual Harassment
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Collections
• Constitutional Law
• Discrimination
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Trusts
• Wills
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Government Contracts
• Nursing Home
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Law
• Internet - Cyberspace
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Products Liability Law
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Legal Malpractice
• Medical Malpractice
• Railroad Worker Injury/FELA
• Real Estate Law
• Landlord/Tenant
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Tax Increment Financing
• Taxation Law
• Toxic Torts
• Transportation Law
• Healthcare Law

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Collections, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trusts, Wills, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Insurance Law, Motor Vehicle, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Military Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, State, Local & Municipal Law, Land Use & Zoning, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Employment, Municipal Liability, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Tax Increment Financing, Taxation Law, Transportation Law