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Alan R. Rhodes

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County
  • Practice Areas Are Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administration, Tax Law, Elder Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, and Real Property Law
Alan R. Rhodes' practice areas are Estate Planning, Estate & Trust Administration, Tax Law, Elder Law, Corporate & Comme… Mr. Rhodes was born in Rochester, New York. He is admitted to the New York State Bar, the U.S. Tax Court, and the Florida State Bar. His preparatory education was at the University of Rochester where he received his A.B. Mr. Rhodes' legal education was at Columbia Law School where he received his J.D. He received his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University Law School. Mr. Rhodes is a member of the Warren County (President 1982-83), New York State (Member, House of Delegates, 1986-1990) and American Bar Associations.

Alexandra C. Rozell

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • Member of the Warren County
Ms. Rozell's undergraduate education was at Wellesley College where she received her B.A... Ms. Rozell is a member of the Warren County and New York State Bar Associations. Her primary areas of practice in the law firm include Real Estate, Corporate and Commercial Law and Estate Planning.

Benjamin R. Pratt

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County Bar Association
Mr. Pratt's practice is concentrated in General Litigation, including the resolution of commercial disputes, the prosecu… Mr. Pratt was Director, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. (1981-1985), and was counsel to the Glens Falls Housing Authority from 1979-2004. Mr. Pratt is a member of the Warren County Bar Association (President 2001-2002), New York State, and American Bar Associations. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Crandall Public Library, and is a past President of the Glens Falls Country Club.

Bruce O. Lipinski

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County Bar Association
Mr. Lipinski's practice areas are Real Property Law (including homeowners association and offering plan matters), Not-Fo… Mr. Lipinski is a member of the Warren County Bar Association. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the Condominiums and Cooperatives Committee of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Gregory J. Teresi

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
Gregory J. Teresi, a graduate of Le Moyne College and Albany Law School. Mr. Teresi has served as the municipal attorney for the residents of the City of Cohoes, Village of Ravena, Town of Coeymans and the City of Albany, handling various legal matters including Civil Litigation, Labor Law, and Contract disputes. He is a seasoned trial attorney handling numerous felony and misdemeanor jury trials and a variety of civil cases. Mr. Teresi was born and raised in Albany, New York and studied as an undergraduate at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. After graduating Albany Law School in 2005 he was admitted to practice law before all State and Local Courts of New York and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. He is an active member of the New York State Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, Warren County Bar Association and Northern District of New York Federal Bar Association. Mr. Teresi serves as a board member for the Addiction Care Center of Albany (2014-present). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

James R. Burkett

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County
Mr. Burkett has been practicing law in this community for over 25 years and focuses his practice in the area of Estate Planning and Elder Law including working with clients to develop their estate plans by means of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Living Wills and Health Care Proxies. He is also well versed in the areas of asset preservation planning, including real estate transfers, creation of supplemental needs trusts, Medicaid planning, guardianship proceedings, and all aspects of estate administration from Will probate proceedings in Surrogate's Court through the accounting of estate assets. Mr. Burkett speaks regularly to area senior groups regarding long-term care, advanced directives, and Medicaid matters. Mr. Burkett is a member of the Warren County and New York State Bar Associations. He is also a prior Director of The Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York and serves on the Boards of Directors of Adirondack Samaritan Counseling Center and Greater Adirondack Home Aides. Mr. Burkett's legal education was at Albany Law School of Union University where he received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1991. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1992, joined the firm in 1993, and has been a principal since 2004. Mr. Burkett was an Appellate Court Attorney, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department (1991-1993).

Jeffrey B. Shapiro

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Attorney
  • Member of the Warren County Bar
Jeffrey is a member of the Warren County Bar and New York State Bar Associations and serves as a Director of the New York State Council of Veteran Organizations, a statewide for-profit corporation that is comprised of thirty organizations across the state. Jeffrey also serves as a coach of the University at Albany Mock Trial Team. He received several accolades in his trial advocacy competitions including the distinction of Best Oral Advocate in the Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trials. His primary areas of practice are Estate Planning and Administration, Estate Litigation, Civil Litigation, Municipal Law, Real Property & Land Use.

John D. Wright

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Jonathan C. Lapper

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Karla Williams Buettner

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County Bar Association
Ms. Buettner joined the firm in 2002 as an associate attorney, and was named principal in 2011. Ms. Buettner acts a municipal counsel to various villages, towns, cities and is Commission Counsel to the Lake George Park Commission. Ms. Buettner is a member of the Warren County Bar Association (Past President). Young Lawyers Committee, Chair (2009-2015), Warren/Washington County Mock Trial Tournament, Chair (2009-2018), a founding member of the Adirondack Women's Bar Association (Vice-President 2003-2004; President 2004-2005), the Saratoga County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (Executive Committee 2004-2005). Ms. Buettner also serves as a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee, Third Department, the Judicial Hearing Officer Appointing Committee, Third Department, the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Board of Directors(1st Vice-President 2021-), and the Homemade Theater Board of Directors, and the Leadership Committee and Pastoral Council of Notre Dame Visitation Church in Schuylerville, New York. Ms. Buettner has been a presenter for the Association of Towns, New York Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials, Warren County Bar Foundation and the Adirondack Paralegal Association. Ms. Buettner is the recipient of the 2011 Post Star's "20 Under 40" award and the 2015 New York State Bar Association Law Youth and Citizenship Distinguished Attorney Award.

Malcolm B. O'Hara

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County Bar Association
Mr. O'Hara is a member of the Warren County Bar Association (Director, 1988-1990, 1998-2000, 2008-2012; President 2010-2011), New York State Bar Association and Florida Bar Association. He has served as President of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Tri-Counties, Inc. Vice-Chairman of the Adirondack Regional Chambers of Commerce and President of the Federation of Bar Associations of the Fourth Judicial District. He is a former director and past president of the SUNY Adirondack Foundation.

Mark E. Cerasano

Mr. Cerasano was born in Schenectady, New York in 1951. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1983, and the U.S.

Patricia E. Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County
Ms. Watkins is a member of the Warren County and New York State Bar Associations. She is the past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association and past co-chair of its subcommittee on Professionalism & Unauthorized Practice of Law. Ms. Watkins has served on the Board of Directors of the Warren County Bar Foundation, the Glens Falls Hospital Foundation's Planned Giving Council, the Board of Directors of the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Adirondack Girl Scout Council. Ms. Watkins was born in York, Pennsylvania in 1952. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1983. Her preparatory …

Paula Nadeau Berube

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County
Ms. Berube joined the firm in 1991 and has been a principal since 1998. Ms. Berube is a member of the Warren County, New York State and Adirondack Chapter of the New York State Women's Bar Associations. Ms. Berube, was born in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1966. She was admitted to the New York State Bar and the U.S. District C…

Philip C. McIntire

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County
Mr. McIntire is a member of the Warren County and New York State Bar Associations. Philip was born in Glens Falls, New York. He is admitted to the New York State Bar. His preparatory education was at Bow…

Robert S. McMillen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Warren County
  • Principal / Retired
Mr. McMillen is a member of the Warren County (Director, 1979-1981 and 2001-2011; Treasurer, 2001-2007; Vice-President, 2007-2008, President-Elect, 2008-2009, President, 2009-2010), New York State (Member, Committee on Professional Ethics (1990-1999, 2000-2007, Section Memberships: Real Property Law and Trusts & Estates Law, and American (Section Membership: Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar) Bar Associations. Mr. McMillen was born in Yonkers, New York in 1943. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1969. His preparator…

Stefanie DiLallo Bitter

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of the Warren County
Ms. Bitter is a member of the Warren County, New York State Bar Association, and one of the founding members of the Adirondack Women's Bar Association. She served as the first secretary of the Adirondack Women's Bar Association in 2004. She currently is on the Steering Committee of the Northeastern Chapter of Junior Achievement. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Adirondack Saratoga Chapter of the Red Cross. She sits on the Real Estate Committee of the Warren County Bar Association. In 2011, Ms. Bitter was named to the Board of Directors for Council Meadows, a low-income senior housing facility in Burnt Hills, New York. Ms. Bitter was born in Schenectady, New York in 1975. She was admitted t…