D'ARRIGO & COTE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Legal Assistant
• Office Manager
• Real Estate Legal Assistant

Joann F. Packard is the Office Manager and legal assistant concentrating in real estate matters. Ms. Packard can be reached by email at jp@darrigolaw.com. Joann F. Packard is the firm's Real Estate Legal Assistant with over 25 years of experience with the firm in real estate closings. Working exclusively in real estate matters, Ms. Packard regularly works with attorneys and real estate professionals throughout the area and is widely recognized throughout the community as an experienced real estate professional. Ms. Packard works closely with Mr. D'Arrigo and Mr. Cote in all aspects of real estate transactions and regularly assists them in the documentation and preparation of wide variety of business transactions.

Job Titles:

• Board Member of the Home Builders & Remodelers of Central New York, Inc
• Principal of the Firm

Mario D'Arrigo received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University, College of Law in 1972. Mr. D'Arrigo worked for Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, as a quality control engineer from 1966 through 1969, when he entered law school. Upon graduation from Syracuse University College of Law, he returned to Kodak where he worked for one year as a patent attorney. He left Kodak in 1973 to enter private practice in Liverpool, New York. He was admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1973. He is also admitted to practice before all New York State and Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He is a member of the Onondaga County Bar Association. Mr. D'Arrigo generally practices in matrimonial law, real estate, commercial law and litigation, including commercial construction contracts and disputes, zoning matters, municipal law, land development and subdivision, and litigation associated therewith. As a lifetime Board member of the Home Builders & Remodelers of Central New York, Inc., Mr. D'Arrigo was solely responsible for the drafting of nearly all of the association's standard contracts, including the Residential Purchase and Construction Contract and Limited Warranty, widely used throughout the Central New York area by the association's member builders. Mr. D'Arrigo also holds a degree in Engineering and brings a wealth of practical construction and design experience to the Firm's traditional residential real estate practice. Mr. D'Arrigo has been the principal of the Firm in Liverpool, New York since 1983. Mr. D'Arrigo resides in Jamesville with his wife, and has three adult children. Mr. D'Arrigo currently serves as a Member of the Onondaga County Environmental Council on Environmental Health.

Job Titles:

• Administrative Assistant
• Legal Secretary

Mary Ellen Barth is the administrative assistant and legal secretary to attorneys Mario D'Arrigo and Robert M. Cote. Ms. Barth can be reached by email at meb@darrigolaw.com. Mary Ellen Barth is the Firm's Administrative Assistant with over sixteen (16) years of experience with the Firm. Ms. Barth regularly prepares documents under the supervision of the Firm's attorneys and further assists the attorneys and Ms. Packard in the Firm's business practice.

Robert M. Cote received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Dartmouth College in 1988 and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University, College of Law in 1996. Mr. Cote previously worked in the insurance industry as an account executive for a major insurer and later as an insurance broker before entering law school. Mr. Cote is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, and is a member of the Onondaga County Bar Association. Mr. Cote joined D'Arrigo Law Offices in 2003 and is of counsel to the firm. He concentrates his practice on matrimonial law, real estate, landlord/tenant law, wills and probate, civil litigation and general business matters. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Cote worked for seven years in the municipal finance industry as bond counsel to various debt issuers, municipalities, and school districts throughout New York State. In addition, Mr. Cote also has served as underwriter's counsel to several investment banks, including Goldman Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, First Albany Corporation, JP Morgan Chase, Shattuck Hammond Partners, Roosevelt & Cross, and Greenwich Partners on a variety of taxable and tax-exempt bond offerings. Mr. Cote resides in Manlius with his wife and two children. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of Contact Community Services, Inc. and the Fayetteville-Manlius Youth Lacrosse Association.