Hudson Appeals & Appellate Lawyers

Robert M. Schechter focuses much of his practice in the areas of gun rights, civil and criminal litigation, contract law, appeals, as well as helping startups. He enjoys the courtroom and has always wanted to be a litigator. A significant portion of his practice is spent helping clients navigate the various licensing authorities that New York has involved in deciding to grant or deny CCW (gun) Licenses. He takes an individualized approach to each and every appeal and Article 78 proceeding. Additionally this has further opened his eyes to clear disparate treatment many members of our country face. This unique...

Ephraim Jacob (‘E.J.”) Fink has been litigating in the Connecticut and New York Courts since 2000. After representing hundreds of carriers and their policy holders as well as corporations, product manufacturers and healthcare facilities from negligence and contract claims, EJ practiced at a boutique in the areas of personal injury, family law/divorce, estate and trust litigation. EJ graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in journalism and thereafter obtained his JD at New England Law-Boston where his dean’s list grade average earned him an associate editor position on the New England Journal on Criminal...

Steven is a seasoned litigator with more than 30 years of experience litigating commercial matters in federal and state courts. He has litigated a wide array of matters, including high value collection, breach of contract, fraud, and common carrier cases.

Representing clients in industries as diverse as logistics, insurance, finance, construction, and consumer products, Steven has conducted jury and non-jury trials, argued many appeals, and engaged in all aspects of managing and handling complex commercial litigation matters. Recently, Steven was co-lead counsel in a three-week, state court jury trial where he and his team won a multi-million dollar verdict for clients...

CONRAD E. POLLACK is the Managing Partner of Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP. He heads the firm’s immigration department. He graduated from New York University in 1981 and from Brooklyn Law School in 1984 with great honors. He was admitted in New York in 1985. Over the course of his career, Mr. Pollack has acquired experience in all aspects of immigration law, including deportation & removal matters, work, trainee and seasonal visas, family-based visas, political asylum and citizenship matters. He is a member of the New York Court Lawyers Association, ILW.com, American Bar Association...

Medical malpractice defense, personal injury and appellate attorney Ellen A. Fischer has extensive experience in state appellate and motion practice. She also is well versed in mental hygiene law, including involuntary retention and medication hearings; federal motion practice; defense of physicians in civil rights actions by prisoners; and defense of premises liability actions. Mrs. Fischer graduated with honors from Binghamton University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and General Literature. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law in 1993. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as an attorney. Mrs. Fischer has practiced primarily...

Troy A. Smith focuses his legal practice in the area of Criminal Defense in the State of New York, Federal Courts and all Military Courts. With more than 19 years of litigation and appellate experience as both a former New York City homicide prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel in the United States Army, Mr. Smith has served as lead counsel on more than one hundred trials on charges to include murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicides, armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, drug distribution, rape, child molestation, child pornography, rape and aggravated sexual offenses, grand larceny, embezzlement and fraud on the...

Wendy fought the banks during the mortgage foreclosure crisis beginning in 2008 and she brings her unique perspective in the areas of foreclosure and mortgage defense, mortgage loan modification, short sales, as well as consumer bankruptcy. She is admitted to practice in New York since 1997 and is admitted to all four federal and bankruptcy districts in New York and federal district of Connecticut.

Wendy is compassionate, practical and is not afraid to roll up her sleeves to fight for her clients. Wendy guides her clients in a way that is no-nonsense and down to earth. She listens...

Rick has over twenty years of experience in civil and criminal practice, in both state and federal courts. He appears in throughout Rockland, Westchester, and Orange Counties, as well as in New York City, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He specializes in estate planning, all trusts and estates issues and litigation, civil rights, criminal, and family law cases in trial level courts and on appeal.

Patrick W. Begos is a founding member of the firm and senior partner in the Westport office. He heads the firm's trial and appellate group. Pat brings 19 years of litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation experience to the firm. Prior to forming Begos Horgan & Brown, Patrick was a partner in the New York City litigation firm Molton & Meekins (1995-1998), and he was previously associated with Weil, Gotshal & Manges (1990-1995); and Lane & Mittendorf (1988-1990). He is a current member of the Trial Tactics and the Life, Health and Disability Sections of the Defense Research Institute, and a member...

I wear many hats in the legal industry. As a lawyer, I provide freelance legal research and writing services to other lawyers through Lisa Solomon, Esq. Legal Research and Writing. As a business owner, I am a partner in The Billable Hour Company, which sells humorous gifts and greeting cards for lawyers and legal professionals. And as a consultant, through Legal Research & Writing Pro, I help lawyers improve their legal writing skills, and I also teach other lawyers how to start and run successful practices as freelance (a/k/a contract) attorneys. Lisa Solomon, Esq. Legal Research and Writing Comprehensive Legal Research and...

Mr. Willstatter is a criminal defense lawyer. He represents people in the New York state and federal courts. He has been a criminal defense attorney for nearly thirty years and has been in private practice since 1989. He serves as Vice President of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. As a partner at the Law Office of Green & Willstatter in White Plains, New York, he handles criminal cases in the Westchester County courts and those of the surrounding counties, including New York City. He also represents people who are accused of offenses in the United States...

Though skilled in all areas of litigation, Edward primarily practices in the areas of civil litigation, trusts and estates, commercial law, elder law, entertainment law, constitutional law, and civil rights law.


Originally from the Rio Grande Valley, he graduated in the first class of the Science Academy of South Texas in 1996. Edward earned his B.A. (Pre-Law/Theatre) in 2001 from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. He earned his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 2019. While there, he was the recipient of the Dean's Scholarship, was three times awarded the Dean's Excellence Award, and was frequently named...

Ellen O'Hara Woods has practiced law in Rockland County, New York, since 1995. She is admitted in the State of New York, as well as the Southern District and the Eastern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2017, Ellen was admitted to appear before the United States Supreme Court.

Ellen was a prosecutor with the Rockland County District Attorney's Office for eleven years, and practiced criminal defense for more than a decade. She has argued more than fifty appellate cases and has appeared many times before the appellate courts of the State of New...

Mary Aufrecht is a partner at Clair Gjertsen & Weathers PLLC. She started her legal career as a personal injury and maritime law attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana. However, having been a native New Yorker, Mary returned to practice in New York. Since her return to New York she switched her legal focus to foreclosure defense, bankruptcy, and real estate transactions while also engaged in civil litigation, estate work, appellate practice, and loss mitigation. She has honed her legal skills in these areas since 2013 by appearing in thousands of court appearances ranging from local to state to federal court....

My background combines experience both as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, as well as experience as an academic, concentrating on appellate practice and civil and criminal procedure. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School, I served a clerkship to a federal judge; thereafter, I was a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for 5 years. Following a tour as a full time law professor at Washington & Lee University, I entered private practice in 1975, where I have remained to date; my areas of practice consist mainly of criminal and civil litigation with a specialty in appeals; family...

Jonathan Gill, a native New Yorker, graduated Cum Laude from SUNY Oswego in 1985. He then received his J. D. degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1988. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1989, and is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court [Southern, Eastern Districts].
Mr. Gill served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office from 1988 through 1997. In addition to serving as a Senior Trial Attorney in the Major Offense & Homicide Trial Bureaus, Mr. Gill was also Deputy Director of Litigation...

Attorney Charles A. Higgs founded the Law Office of Charles A. Higgs in 2018 to help individuals and businesses file Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy in White Plains, New York. He was the first lawyer in the Southern District of New York to file a Chapter 11 case under Subchapter V of the Small Business Reorganization Act, and he was also a bankruptcy seminar speaker in 2016. He is currently admitted to practice before the State of New York, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, the New York Federal District Courts, and the New York Bankruptcy Courts,...

DANIEL R. OLIVIERI, ESQ. LAW OFFICE OF DANIEL R. OLIVIERI, P.C. 487 JERICHO TURNPIKE SYOSSET, NEW YORK 11791 (516) 470-0704 AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Discrimination, Real Estate Law, Matrimonial Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law and experienced in all phases of Litigation in State and Federal Courts, Appellate Practice and Arbitrations. EDUCATION: Law School Attended: New England School of Law, J.D., 1982 ...

Appellate lawyer with more than 20 years experience handling complex state and federal appeals in New York and elsewhere. Adjunct professor teaching appellate practice in Ivy League Law School. Experience in United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Lissauer, who specializes in appellate advocacy, joined Finkelstein & Partners in 1996. He is considered by his peers to be one of the premiere appellate advocates in regard to construction accidents and trial appeals. Mr. Lissauer has argued appeals in all four Appellate Divisions within New York State and has handled cases of first impression before the highest Court in New York, The Court of Appeals. He successfully argued the matter of Riglioni v. Chambers Four Tractor Sales Inc., 2005 08243, 2006 01746 where summary judgment was denied to a distributor and a retailer in a strict products liability...

Michael Patrick's practice focuses on the needs of businesses and individuals in the global economy through his extensive expertise in intellectual property, licensing, entertainment, corporate matters, and complex litigation. Mr. Patrick has represented and worked on behalf of some of the most famous corporations and individuals in the world, including, multi-national corporations and well-known celebrities.
Mr. Patrick is a leader in the intellectual property arena. Mr. Patrick has extensive experience with brand and product line development, intellectual property licensing, data privacy, and anti-counterfeiting. Mr. Patrick’s practice also includes counseling clients on the clearance, selection, maintenance, and enforcement of trademarks in the...

Tax, Estates and Litigation attorney with 25+ years of experience. Masters of Laws Degree in Taxation. Large practices in Trusts & Estates litigation and Tax Litigation.

Concentrations: Income Taxes, Gift and Estate Taxes, Exempt Organizations, Audits, Tax Controversy, Tax Compliance, Estate Administration, Will Contests, Contested Estate Accountings, General Estates Litigation.

Peter Kelly, Esq., a native of New York State, has been admitted to the New York State Bar since 1978. Our offices are located in historic Wurtsboro, New York within easy access from Sullivan, Orange, Rockland and Ulster counties. We are approximately 65 miles from New York City. We handle General Practice matters with an emphasis on Real Estate and Probate matters. To see all areas of practice, please click on "Practice Areas"on our web site. We can accomodate clients' needs easily with the internet, as well as in person. Our office provides professional, prompt and affordable...

Mr. Kron is an expert in handling traffic violations ranging from a minor traffic ticket to speeding to reckless driving. Some violations won't hit your driving record, but if you have tickets you've not dealt with, you can be arrested.

Many traffic citations require legal guidance, especially if you have numerous tickets. There's more unwanted trouble in store if the points on your driving record push you over New York's limit.

Mr. Kron deals with a blend of regulations and criminal offenses based on state, county, or city ordinances — each related to operating a vehicle. Federal law may come...