WARSHAW DI CARLO - Key Persons
"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."
"There's a sense that time is precious, and you should enjoy and thrive in what you're doing to the hilt."
Dom is an extremely avid Boston sports fan, especially the Patriots and Bruins, and enjoys playing basketball and tennis. In his off hours, Dom can often be found at an open billiards table. Dom is a member of the Knights of Columbus.
"Put yourself in other people's shoes: unless you can understand your client's perspective and the other side's motivation, you cannot effectively accomplish your client's goals."
George Warshaw has been an attorney for more years than he cares to admit. After graduating from the New England School of Law, he organized and operated several businesses before taking the bar exam. He began his legal practice as a solo practitioner and wrote a real textbook for lawyers in 1987 on Massachusetts Landlord-Tenant Law, now in its second edition, and soon to be in its third edition.
George has been a sought after lecturer and panelist by bar associations and was the subject of a feature article in the Boston Herald. After many years of practicing in the real estate areas of condominium law, purchase and sale representation, contracts and conveyancing, purchase and sale litigation, he began training in estate planning. Aside from real estate, he now enjoys preparing wills, trusts, and estate plans for his clients, especially those with children and pets, and is a member of the WealthCounsel, a national organization of estate planning attorneys.
George is originally from Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School. He attended Boston University where he received a B.A. and later graduated from New England School of Law. He is a skilled and somewhat obsessed tennis player, is passionate about pets and pet charities, and works too hard.
George plays tennis at the Longwood Cricket Club and Wolfeboro Tennis Club, and is a member of the University Club in Boston.
His burning desires are to live for three months of every year in another city in the world, finish the endless renovation of his house and get more than 5 hours of sleep one night.
"There's a sense that time is precious, and you should enjoy and thrive in what you're doing to the hilt."
Meaghan is a Boston native, having grown up in Charlestown. She attended Boston Latin School before eventually traveling all the way to Rhode Island to attend Providence College. At PC, Meaghan studied political science, history, and women's studies and was a member of the sailing team. She was first introduced to real estate law by interning for a solo practitioner during her college years. After graduating, Meaghan worked as a paralegal at a busy personal injury firm downtown before starting at Suffolk University Law School in 2018. The summer after her first year at law school, she interned for the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Probate & Family court. During her second and third years, Meaghan was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board and co-founder of the Suffolk Law Student Peace and Reconciliation Coalition.
"It's not the strength of the individual players, it is the strength of the entire unit and how they all function together."
"Put yourself in other people's shoes: unless you can understand your client's perspective and the other side's motivation, you cannot effectively accomplish your client's goals."
Noel M. Di Carlo joined the law firm in 2005 while attending Suffolk Law School as a second-year student, becoming an attorney with the law firm upon graduation and a Partner in the firm in 2013. Noel serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association (REBA), and she is also the chair of the Residential Conveyancing Committee. She has been a speaker at various seminars including at the Italian Consulate, REBA, Suffolk University School of Law, and Wellesley College. She was also a recurring guest on Money Matters Radio.
Noel is a 2007 Cum Laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. She concentrates her practice in real estate and personal planning. She represents buyers, sellers, investors, and lenders in the purchase or sale of primary and second homes and condos, as well as builders constructing new homes or converting residential property into condominiums.
Noel particularly enjoys helping young families in creating wills, trusts, guardianships, and health care documents to protect themselves, their children, and their pets.
Noel's value system and work ethic are the results of being the daughter of Italian immigrants from the Abruzzo region of Italy, where her family produces Montepulciano Wine. She is no stranger to hard work. As a child, she participated in the laborious winemaking process in her family's vineyards in Abruzzo.
She is a 1999 graduate of Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, an all-woman high school, and in the spirit of female-driven education, a 2003 graduate of Wellesley College. Following college, Noel was a special education teacher at Winchester High School, which taught her patience and creative ways to teach and explain concepts in an understandable fashion to those who see the world in a unique way.
Noel Di Carlo became a partner in early 2013 after 7 years at the firm. She brings an enthusiasm, sharp legal mind, and unrequited concern about people and animals that is acknowledged in the legal community and sought after by all.
Practice Areas
The firm focuses on three principal areas of law: real estate; personal and estate planning; and strategic planning for businesses and entrepreneurs.
"I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do."
"It's not the strength of the individual players, it is the strength of the entire unit and how they all function together."
Stephanie Ellis manages human resources, financial, and day-to-day administrative matters of the firm. She oversees business development, client communications, and TRID compliance, among many other responsibilities.
A native of rural Texas, Stephanie graduated from Southern Methodist University, in Dallas where she studied Fine Arts and Film Making. After working in Los Angeles in the television and film industry for several years, she made a career change, earning a Master of Business Administration at Babson College with a concentration in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Stephanie joined the firm after a distinguished career in Corporate America. She was first employed at J. Walter Thompson Advertising in New York City, and later with a NYC Public Relations firm where she was the Senior Associate in its Boston office. There she was responsible for several high-profile clients including: The Boston Company, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, the New York Stock Exchange, Ponce Federal Bank of Puerto Rico and a number of West Texas oil drillers. She subsequently became Vice President of Investor Relations at a Boston bank.
An avid fan of HGTV, Stephanie is a recidivist renovator swearing she will NEVER get involved in renovation again… until the next time! Her current obsession is to build a "tiny house" on a hill in New Hampshire overlooking a lake in which she hopes to write the next great novel. (Who knows?)
Stephanie enjoys personal training (well maybe not "enjoys"), and the boxing regimen in her training. She finds it helps keep the staff in line. Stephanie enjoys a truly good steak which she has not yet found outside the State of Texas.
"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."
Virgilio Ong joined the law firm as a law clerk in his second year at Suffolk Law School. Prior to joining the firm, Virgilio had ten years of experience working in the food and hospitality industry, particularly at several first-tier elegant dining restaurants. Virgilio is an accomplished chef in his own right. He incorporates his prior extensive hospitality industry experience into his practice by providing clients a high level of customer service and care, anticipating their needs, and delivering an excellent product in a timely fashion. These cross-industry skills are proven to be quite effective both in the results he has achieved and the satisfaction of his clients.
Virgilio grew up in an international environment, spending his early childhood in the Philippines, attending elementary and middle school in Germany and traveling throughout Europe and Asia. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, during which years he was involved with Habitat for Humanity, performed in community theatre, and was a member of an acting troupe.
Virgilio likes to spend his free time in other cities sampling different cuisines in highly rated restaurants. His favorite North American culinary destinations are currently Montreal, Austin, and his native Arizona, which he considers Mexican food heaven.