Verbank Lawyers

Mr. MacKay graduated from Albany Law School and was admitted to the New York State and Connecticut Bars in 1993. He began his career as Prosecutor for the Dutchess County District Attorney. Kevin is an experienced litigation attorney having handled hundreds of Jury and Bench Trials and concentrates in the areas of Matrimonial, Family Law, Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation.

Marco Caviglia most recently was a Felony Bureau Chief with the Ulster County District Attorney. Mr. Caviglia has been a successful and effective trial attorney for over 40 years both in private and public practice in multiple criminal and civil fields of law. A complete resume is available at the website: caviglialaw.com. He limits the number of cases he handles, as he always deals "one-on-one" with clients, so doesn't accept all cases, but in which case will refer you to a reliable attorney if possible.

Raised in Dutchess County, Sharon Faulkner returned to New York in 2001 after practicing law in Hawaii for nine years. Ms. Faulkner’s background includes family law, estate planning, consumer rights, and all facets of poverty law; she now concentrates her focus on Matrimonial and Family Law and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Ms. Faulkner has been appointed as Attorney for the Child to represent the interest of minor children involved in custody and visitation disputes by Dutchess County Supreme Court and Family Court Justices. She was the receipient of the Dutchess County Family...

Introducing Tom Anelli, Your Expert Defender Against DWI Charges Unlocking nearly two decades of dedicated expertise, Tom Anelli stands as the Senior Partner at Tom Anelli & Associates—a distinguished practice entirely devoted to DWI defense. With a fervent commitment to refining the most effective strategies, Tom has honed his skills to protect individuals facing DWI allegations. Tom's remarkable achievements extend far and wide, including prestigious recognitions such as selection to Super Lawyers, the Nation’s Top One Percent, and the Nation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Notably, Tom has received specialized training directly from National Patent Analytical Systems, the leading manufacturer of the breath-testing devices...

Alfred Mainetti is the senior partner of Mainetti Mainetti & O'Connor. He graduated from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois with his J.D. Al works hard to make sure each client is able to receive the maximum compensation he or she deserves. He gets to know them as individuals and regularly communicates with them to update them on their case and to better serve their needs. He has successfully litigated multiple multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts for his clients. Al is active in the community and regularly sponsors charitable events and functions across the Hudson Valley.

Joseph has been practicing law for over twenty years and is currently the managing partner of the firm. He is a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley and relies on his connections to the community to best serve his clients. Joseph graduated from Brown University in 1993 and played both division one football and golf for the Brown Bears. He graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in 1996. Joseph dedicates a majority of his time to representing seriously and catastrophically injured individuals harmed by construction, motor vehicle, motorcycle, and bicycle accidents, as well as those harmed by defective...

Michael Ettinger is the Author of "Elder Law Estate Planning" and has been practicing Elder Law Estate Planning since 1991. With twelve attorneys and 25 staff members Ettinger Law Firm is New York's largest Elder Law Estate Planning Firm. We provide free consultations for Revocable and Irrevocable Living Trusts, Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts, Medicaid Applications, Special Needs Trusts, Probate, Estate Administration, Estate Tax Planning and all other areas of Elder Law Estate Planning.
Always friendly and personable, our staff will make you feel at ease with whatever issues you are facing and we are happy to give you...

Attorney Andre Sedlak received his Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law. Before he studied law, he spent 21 years working with the New York State Department of Corrections as a Corrections Officer and Corrections Sergeant. His legal experience includes internships with the Westchester County D.A.’s office and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, an Associate Attorney with Klein Varble & Associates, P.C., and The Law Office of Andre Sedlak in Poughkeepsie New York.

Brooke Dana Youngwirth represents both employees and private and public-sector employers before state and federal agencies, including the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Brooke also defends private and public employers against employment harassment and discrimination, labor violations, and various other federal and state claims.

In addition, Brooke frequently provides counsel to individuals, school districts, police departments, and other private employers on a range of topics such as wrongful termination, student disciplinary matters, employment discrimination, and the implementation of employment policies and handbooks. Brooke has held client training sessions and continuing legal education seminars...

As a Poughkeepsie Traffic Ticket, Criminal Defense, Parole and Eviction attorney, I have been serving the people of the Hudson Valley for 30 years through diligent, assertive and quality representation. I am prepared to put my experience to work for you. My law office in Poughkeepsie has protected the rights of Hudson Valley residents for 30 years. I provide diligent and determined defense representation in practice areas of criminal defense, Parole, DWI and serious traffic violations as well as evictions for landlords. I also help clients with traffic tickets in town courts along Interstate 84, the New York State Thruway and...

Jonna Spilbor is the founding attorney at Jonna Spilbor Law. An experienced trial lawyer, she has served as a contributing attorney and legal analyst for the Fox News Channel and has lent her voice to various publications, such as Variety Magazine, The New York Times, CNN, and others. Jonna also hosts and co-hosts several radio shows in the Poughkeepsie area. She is one of only a few members of the elite National College for DUI Defense and has handled hundreds of DUI and criminal cases. Her firm assists clients with criminal defense, family law, estate planning, personal injury, and more.

Jonathan M. Victor, Esq. set up the Law Office of Jonathan Victor PLLC in 2012 and expanded to Connecticut in 2014. He is your Mahopac lawyer and New Fairfield lawyer happy to help with divorce law, real estate law, estates, wills trusts and elder law, and more.

Mr. Finkelstein is the Managing Partner of Finkelstein & Partners. He has become a noted consumer activist through his representation of injured individuals against corporate wrong doers and irresponsible parties. An accomplished litigator, Mr. Finkelstein has represented Plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury cases arising from defective drugs, dangerous consumer products, automobile, bus and motorcycle accidents, dog bites, fall down accidents and air craft crashes. He has successfully handled dozens of multi-million dollar cases, including a $9 million dollar recovery for catastrophic injuries from a construction accident, $3.5 million dollars for injuries sustained in a car...

Since 1994, Robert Irving Miller has successfully represented businesses, health care professionals and individuals in litigation, at trials and in appeals. His primary focus is medical malpractice defense, health law and all matters related to the administration of health care facilities. Mr. Miller’s experience in both the fields of law and health care has made him an ideal advocate for hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other health professionals. Mr. Miller is licensed to practice law in both New York and Connecticut as well as in federal courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of New York. Mr. Miller graduated from Pace...

Jack Tuckner is a Women’s Rights in the Workplace attorney and a founding partner of Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, perhaps the only law firm in the nation concentrating its practice on workplace gender rights. His practice is focused on helping working women combat sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and other discrimination and illegal treatment faced by women, including illegal pay disparity, gender discrimination, maternity leave matters, unlawful retaliation, and wrongful termination. Jack has long fought for women’s rights and against the unequal and wrongful treatment of women in the workplace. In doing so, Jack has gained a reputation for feminist activism...

Michael LoGiudice is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School (1997) and has many verdicts and settlements totaling in the tens of millions of dollars. Michael handles all personal injury and medical malpractice claims. He also has a unique connection with municipality claims and construction accidents [New York Labor Law Sections 200, 240(1) and 241(6)]. Michael started his law practice by advertising “WE SUE NYC”. For years he built a reputation as a fierce adversary of all State, City and Local municipalities. For over 20 years he has dedicated his professional career to representing all victims of police misconduct, civil rights...

Bill Sipser has been a leading practitioner in the area of Labor Law and Employment Law Discrimination for almost thirty years. His practice is focused on representing clients in age discrimination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, and other matters involving employee rights. Bill has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts, and before several governmental agencies involving representation of individuals and labor unions. Bill has prosecuted significant cases, including appeals before the Appellate Division of the State of New York as well as the federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He argued a critical employment discrimination issue before the...

Regina Fitzpatrick is a partner with the law firm of O'Connor & Partners, PLLC. She grew up in Queens, New York, before attending high school in Ulster County. Regina graduated with Honors from the State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women’s Studies in 1994. Ms. Fitzpatrick taught an undergraduate course, Introduction to Feminism for two years at the University of Albany as part of a teaching collective. Regina attended St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, New York where she received a St. Thomas More Full Merit Scholarship....

Andrea L. Gellen is an attorney who practices in Poughkeepsie, New York and throughout the Hudson Valley. Prior to opening her own practice, she was employed as an associate at local law firms where she practiced in the areas of Elder Law, Estate Planning, Education Law, Labor Law, Criminal Litigation, and Landlord/Tenant litigation.

Andrea regularly lectures on topics pertaining to eduction law, Medicaid planning, Estate Planning and updates to the landlord/tenant laws. She has litigated in local, state and federal court on behalf of clients as well as in multiple administrative forums.

Andrea chose to open her own practice so...

Angela Zagreda Nikci is an attorney focusing her practice on handling traffic ticket and criminal defense. Angela obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Pace University and her Juris Doctor and International Law Certificate, cum laude, from Pace University School of Law in New York. She is licensed to practice law in New York and is a member of the NYS Defender’s Association, NYS Bar Association and Westchester County Bar Association.

Mr. Provost is an attorney practicing in consumer bankruptcy (chapters 7 and 13) with the Law Firm of Ingber & Provost, LLP. His offices serve the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions in New York State, as well as the New York City metropolitan area and Long Island. Together with his partner, Norman Ingber, the Law Firm of Ingber & Provost, LLP has more than 40 years of combined professional experience helping clients find solutions to their debts, as well as other legal matters, such as personal injury, real estate, and criminal law, including DWI defense. Mr. Provost...

Randy L. Braun represents employers and individuals in the areas of labor, employment, discrimination, human resources, prevailing wage and construction law. His philosophy is one of creativity and pragmatism; he strives consistently to achieve the best possible result for the client and to make the client’s experience in working with an attorney a positive one.

Mr. Braun is of counsel to Sholes & Miller in the labor and employment law department. He is a graduate of the Fordham University School of Law. He holds a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, from Pace University, where he was elected to the...

As the only Certified Elder Law Attorney in the Mid-Hudson region, I am committed to providing the best estate planning and elder law services to our clients.

Effective estate, business and asset protection planning can only occur when the client truly understands their goals and objectives. Only then can we engage in a discovery process that can turn the client's hopes and dreams a reality. Our counseling-based approach is designed to make sure that the plan design is client driven, rather than attorney driven. Our maintenance plan helps ensure that the client's plan stays up-to-date though the many legal and life...

Michael Martens is an accomplished attorney with significant litigation experience practicing in the Hudson Valley. After graduating from George Washington University and Brooklyn Law School, he began his legal career in Manhattan and Brooklyn, working for prominent law firms before ultimately settling in New Paltz with his wife and daughter, where he worked for a highly respected Hudson Valley law firm. Throughout his career, Michael has gained a reputation as a highly skilled litigator, representing individuals and businesses alike. He has previously served as appellate counsel and dispositive motion counsel for a prominent Manhattan litigation firm, honing his skills in complex...

Nicklaus Misiti is chief attorney of the firm Law offices of Nicklaus Misiti. Mr. Misiti has practiced immigration law since he interned for an immigration judge during law school. In that time he has successfully resolved immigration issues for several clients. His firm handles all types of immigration matters, including but not limited to:
-naturalization applications;
-marriage and family based immigration;
-business and investor based immigration;
-removal defense and criminal immigration issues;
-BIA appeals and federal litigation;
-asylum and VAWA petitions.

Please feel free to contact Mr. Misiti so he can determine if he can help you with your immigration issue.

New York Criminal Defense Lawyer, with offices in Poughkeepsie and NYC, fighting for the rights of the accused. I have over 35 years expertise in criminal law. I am a former prosecutor of Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes. I handle federal and state cases, DWI - DUI, Larceny, Gun and Drug Crimes. I am available to my clients and for emergencies 24/7. I've handled thousands criminal defenses from drug cases, DWI drunk driving arrests, DUI, domestic violence, child pornography, abuse, sex crimes, theft, burglary, fraud, homicides, sealings, Desk Appearance Tickets “DAT.” No case is too big or small. Tenemos abogados...

With nearly 30 years in law, Jared Altman has a diverse legal background, from prosecuting DUIs to championing Social Security Disability cases. Graduating with distinction from Hofstra University Law School, he focused on personal injury and commercial litigation, handling cases spanning various areas like automobile accidents, false arrests, and more. Bringing extensive expertise to each case, Mr. Altman ensures a personal approach, keeping clients informed and educated about their options. Client surveys reflect utmost satisfaction, indicating a strong recommendation for his services. Moreover, Mr. Altman provides free telephone consultations across personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death claims, only charging fees upon...

42 years of experience as a criminal defense lawyer. Former police Officer in the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department. Former Senior Assistant Public Defender in Dutchess County.
Extensive trial and pre-trial hearing experience.
DWI legal instructor to State and local Judges. Member of the Dutchess County Ignition Interlock Panel.
My current practice has a special emphasis on DWI and Opioid Addiction cases. I practice law with the highest degree of ethics, honor and professionalism.
I am certified in the administration of naloxone for the prevention of death in the event of opioid overdose.

I have been representing consumers in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases since 1999. I take your representation both professionally and personally explaining how the process works. You will not be shoved off to a paralegal after your initial consultation.

Kevin is an associate in the law firm of Mainetti, Mainetti & O’Connor, P.C. Kevin joined the law firm of Mainetti, Mainetti & O’Connor, P.C. , where he currently specializes in Personal Injury litigation, Civil Defense, Misdemeanor and Felony Criminal Defense. Kevin is a graduate of the University at Albany, where he received a Bachelor Degree of Arts in Economics. Subsequently, Kevin attended Albany Law School where he was the Third Year Class President and a member of a Trial Team that successfully won the Northeast Regional Competition in Rhode Island. Upon graduating from Law School...

Michelle N. Daly, Esq. has developed an independent law practice by taking on cases from several legal areas; cases include estate planning, drafting contracts, negotiating contract disputes, probate, trusts, wills, advanced directives, and guardianships among others. Michelle Daly graduated from the University of Miami School of Law and is a member of the NY State Bar. Prior to law school, she studied history at LeMoyne College, in Syracuse, NY, during which time she studied at La Sorbonne in France.

Mr. Haskins’ law practice centers on the defense of physicians, nurses, hospitals and nursing homes in medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Haskins, of counsel to Sholes & Miller, is involved in all aspects of medical defense litigation including case assessment, fact and medical investigation reviews, depositions, motions and appeals. In addition, he represents plaintiffs in personal injury litigation. Mr. Haskins is also an experienced, certified mediator.

Mr. Haskins received his BA from the State University of New York at New Paltz before earning his Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in all New...

Kimberly L. Brown joined Sholes & Miller in October of 2018, after practicing as a Litigation Associate for over thirteen years at a New York City personal injury/medical malpractice law firm. Mrs. Brown focuses her practice on medical malpractice defense. Personal injury, premises liability, product liability, automobile accidents and labor law are other active practice areas for Mrs. Brown. In the spring of 2004, Mrs. Brown was a judicial intern for New York City Civil Court Justice Shlomo S. Hagler (who is now a State Supreme Court Justice). In 2005, Mrs. Brown graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo, School of Law, within the...

My dedication to immigration practice began many years ago when my mother and I adopted a Chinese refugee family from Vietnam. Then newly admitted to the New York Bar, I learned immigration law in order to assist all of "my family" to become U.S. citizens and then to sponsor other family members through the maze of the legal immigration process. They have flourished and I have developed a passion for assisting others to achieve legal status in the U.S.
For over twenty-five years I have practiced primarily immigration law...