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The Advocate
Fall Supplement
2014
The Dutchess County Bar Association
P.O. Box 4865
Poughkeepsie, New York 12602
Phone: (845) 473-2488
www.dutchesscountybar.org
2014 - 2015
Executive Committee
Hon. Frank Mora
City of Poughkeepsie Court
President
Sharon Faulkner, Esq.
Ostertag, O’Leary, Barrett & Faulkner
President- Elect
Kelly Traver, Esq.
McCabe & Mack
Vice-President
Jeffrey Battistoni, Esq.
VanDeWater & VanDeWater
Secretary
Veronica McMillan, Esq.
Lewis & Greer
Treasurer
Mark Starkman, Esq.
Assistant Treasurer
Hon. Jonah Triebwasser
Village and Town of Red Hook
Justice Courts
Immediate Past President
Hon. Peter Forman
Dutchess County Court
Judiciary Liason
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Save the Date
November 13, 2014
November Luncheon
12:15 p.m.
$22 for members paid in advance,
$27 for walk-ins and guests
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
with keynote speaker Glenn Lau-Kee, President
New York State Bar Association
Thanks to our sponsor, Orange County Trust Company
December 11, 2014
December Luncheon
12:15 p.m.
$22 for members paid in advance,
$27 for walk-ins and guests
with keynote speaker Hon. Robert Smith,
Associate Judge, NYS Court of Appeals
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
Thanks to our sponsor, Les Richards Menswear
January 15, 2015
January Luncheon
12:15 p.m.
$22 for members paid in advance,
$27 for walk-ins and guests
with keynote speaker Hon. Alan Scheinkman,
Administrative Judge, 9th Judicial District
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
Thanks to our sponsor, Orange County Trust Company
President’s Page
Dear Fellow Bar Members:
Our 2nd Annual Past
President’s Dinner which honored our very own Bob Ostertag, Esq. on September 17,
2014, was a very fitting tribute
to him. Bob has tackled the Pro-Bono
reporting requirements head on. We were
given an update by Bob at our luncheon on
October 16, 2014. He will be attending the
New York State Bar Association House of
Delegates meeting on November 1, 2014. He
has promised to be very vocal in continuing to
object to the rules.
For those of you who have not taken your
composite photo yet, this is the LAST
OPPORTUNITY. The final week to have
your picture taken is October 27-31, 2014.
There is no charge for having your picture
taken. You can visit www.thephotographyco.
com to see pictures of all who have had their
photo taken thus far. Please make it a priority
if you have not taken your picture, so we can
have as many members as possible be in the
composite.
We have many informative CLEs coming
down the pike. On October 30, 2014, Mathew
Litt, Esq. will present The Definitive Legal
Writing Workshop. This program was recently
presented to the Erie County Bar and received
rave reviews. Mr. Litt is an adjunct professor
of legal writing at Seton Hall University and
practices with the firm of Capehart Scratchard.
On November 7, 2014, DCBA member
Maureen Crush, Esq. is coordinating the panel
discussion Shareholder and Member Disputes
in New York: Is Dissolution the Answer? This
program will be a popular one, so don’t wait to
RSVP.
Tom Kniffen, Esq. is Chief of Federal
Regualtions for the Department of Veterans
Affairs. On November 14, 2014, he will be
joining us all the way from Washington, D.C. to
present Veteran’s Law Primer. This course will provide
the details of what you need to know about Disability and
Pension benefits, health and medical benefits,
Insurance, Burial Benefits, Vocational Assistance and
Home Loans for veterans.
Everyone needs ethics credits, and on November 20,
2014, Sarah Jo Hamilton, Esq., partner at Scalise and
Hamilton, with present an Ethics Update. This will be the
only stand alone ethics course offered until next fall, so
don’t miss your chance to earn your ethics credits close
to home. Finally, on December 5, 2014, DCBA member
David Pisanelli, Esq. of River City Abstract will present
Common Title Problems and How to Solve Them. This
class was presented a number of years ago and is being
updated to reflect today’s real estate climate.
Our CLE programs are one of the most important benefits
of DCBA membership. If you have an idea for a program
you’d like to see presented, or even one you’d like to
present yourself, please let us know.
I look forward to seeing you at our next luncheon on
November 13, 2014 at 12:15 pm at the Poughkeepsie
Grand when we will welcome NYSBA President Glenn
Lau-Kee, Esq. as our keynote speaker, and then again on
December 11, 2014, when Hon. Robert Smith of the NYS
Court of Appeals will be our keynote speaker. Of course,
I continue to welcome your feedback anytime. I can be
reached at 845-483-8164.
Hon . Frank Mora
Dutchess County Bar Association
P.O. Box 4865, Poughkeepsie, New York 12602 (845) 473-2488 www.dutchesscountybar.org
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Last Call for the 2014
Composite Photo!
LAST CHANCE TO BE IN THE DCBA 2014 COMPOSITE
PHOTO!!!!!
Does your current portrait
look like these - a 'little' out of date?
Here’s your chance to get up-to-date and look your best for
Dutchess County Bar Association's
2014 Pictorial Composite!
The Photography Co. by Victoria Friend
will be photographing by appointment
October 27th – October 31st
Dutchess County Bar Association
42 Catherine Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
First floor
Please make your appointment to secure your preferred time and location by contacting Victoria and her staff at
(800) 693-2306, ext. 1, or email [email protected].
Appointments for the above dates are requested so that we know how many members would like to participate
and can schedule time accordingly to include all who wish to be photographed. Time will be added if we need it,
so please let us know if you will be participating in the photography session.
Victoria Friend will be taking formal portraits of the Bar Association's members at the above location. Photo
sessions are by appointment with no waiting and only take approximately 10-15 minutes. You will be able to view
proofs immediately and select your photo for the bar association directory. If you wish to purchase additional
photos for your own marketing, web, and print purposes, Victoria or Gina can help you with that when you view
your pictures immediately after the photos are taken.
This is a formal sitting and men are encouraged to wear a dark, solid-colored suit jacket and a favorite tie. Colored
shirts do photograph better than white in digital but a white shirt is fine under a jacket.
Women are encouraged to wear bold, bright colors with sleeves to the elbow or long sleeves.
Very important: Please note that plaids and herringbone patterns do not photograph well on digital. Small,
busy patterns on large clothing items (jackets) are discouraged due to poor print quality. Patterns on ties and
blouses are fine.
An Update on Mandatory Pro Bono
by Robert Ostertag, Esq.
The NYS Bar Association’s House of Delegates will meet
in less then two weeks on an extremely important issue
to you, your and everyone else’s membership, and your
delegate to the House will be voting.
I have written to every county bar association in the state,
and every county bar association but one has expressed
support for my opposition to the Administrative Board’s
rules 118.1 and 118.2, as adopted at the instance of the
Chief Judge, requiring mandatory reporting of attorneys’
pro bono contributions in time (a minimum of 50 hours
per year) and dollars, with the threat of his reporting to the
local press the names of those attorneys who do not meet
his arbitrary minimum requirement. Such
mandatory reporting makes pro bono itself essentially
mandatory despite ethics rule 6.1 which specifically makes
pro bono aspirational only. There is widespread
opposition throughout the state to the current rule. The
issue here is not pro bono, but rather mandatory reporting
of pro bono and its aftermath.
Within the past few months, the state bar’s president has
negotiated with the Chief Judge and his representatives in
an effort to undo what the Chief has initiated. His efforts
have been many and are commendable. He, too, opposes
the mandatory requirement. The rule already exists and
reporting of hours and dollars is already upon us. Many
(though I don’t know how many) attorneys throughout the
state (including me) have declined to provide any such
information on their re-registration forms, and I’m led to
believe that that number is indeed substantial. Another
component to the problem is the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIL) which would require OCA, upon request, to
release to the local press the names of lawyers who do not
comply with the Chief’s rule. The threat of public ridicule
is real, particularly upstate where local newspapers have
little to write about and would likely write critically, even
to the possibility of effectively putting someone out of
practice.
There apparently has been a tacit understanding that would
no longer require attorneys to identify themselves with
regard to the reporting mandate, so that whatever
numbers OCA obtains would be anonymous. We’ve
seen nothing binding, however. How that agreement
would be implemented has yet to be determined. It
likely cannot occur through the use of a computer,
or so I understand. That would seem to leave the
US mail, using anonymous envelopes, postmarked
(at least by upstate attorneys practicing in small
towns) from locations other than where they practice to make anonymity foolproof. That tomfoolery
is where the judicial hierarchy seems to have led us.
Numbers of hours (minimum of 50 per year) have
not been addressed. That requirement is particularly
discriminatory to solo and small firm practitioners
who comprise some 63% of the privately practicing
bar in NY and who, for the most part, cannot afford
such a minimum commitment. Nor has the issue of
monetary contribution reporting been addressed.
Seems that just about everyone believes that the
Chief Judge has no business in our checkbooks, and
he doesn’t.
I would offer that delegates should think carefully
before they support the adoption of anything
binding upon the state bar’s membership before all
the issues are determined and agreed upon by both
sides, preferably in writing, including pro bono
hours, money reporting issues, the method of unidentified reporting and the assurance of its
anonymity. And I believe we should also seek a
ssurance that what the Chief Judge does with the
information he acquires does not morph its way into
mandatory pro bono which the State Bar Association
has consistently opposed, and which the Chief once
said he would not seek to impose, but which he later
seemed to retract when he told us that everything is
now on the table.
May I respectfully urge, therefore, that you call
these matters to your respective delegates’ attention
and that they ask to be heard at the House meeting.
Thanks so much.
Join us at our November and December Luncheons
The DCBA November and December luncheons will
feature two prominent speakers. At our Novemebr
luncheon on November 13, 2014 we will welcome New
York State Bar Assocaition President Glenn Lau-Kee,
Esq. Hon. Robert Smith of the New York State Court of
Appeals will be the keynote speaker at our December
luncheon on December 11, 2014. Both luncheons will
be held at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel beginning at
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Hon. Robert Smith, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals,
was born in New York, New York in 1944, and grew up in
Massachusetts and Connecticut. He graduated from
Stanford University (B.A. 1965, with great distinction) and
Glenn Lau-Kee assumed office June 1 as the 117th
Columbia Law School (LL.B. 1968, magna cum laude),
president of the New York State Bar Association.
where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. From 1968
Lau-Kee is the first Asian-American president of the
75,000-member Association. Lau-Kee, a member of the to 2003 he practiced law in New York City with the firm of
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, taking a one-year
State Bar Association for 25 years, spent the past year
leave of absence in 1980-81 to serve as Visiting Professor
serving as president-elect and chairing the House of
from Practice at Columbia Law School. He was a Lecturer
Delegates.
in Law at Columbia Law School from 1981 until 1990. On
He has served on the New York State Screening Com- June 1, 2003, he became an individual practitioner and Special Counsel to the firm of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard.
mittee for the First Department and was appointed by
On November 4, 2003 he was appointed by Governor George
former Chief Judge Judith Kaye to the Committee to
Promote Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal Sys- E. Pataki to the Court of Appeals. The appointment was confirmed by the State Senate on January 12, 2004. He and his
tem, as well as the Commission to Examine Solo and
wife, Dian G. Smith, live in New York City. They have three
Small Firm Practice.
children and three grandchildren.
Lau-Kee was the former president of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (1997-1999). He
has served on the boards of directors of the New York
County Lawyers’ Association, Legal Services for New
York City, Fund for Modern Courts, Queens Legal
Services Corporation, YMCA of Greater New York and
US-Asia Institute in Washington, D.C. He is former covice chair of the Commission on Human Rights of the
City of New York.
A graduate of Yale University, Lau-Kee earned his law
degree from Boston University School of Law. After
law school, he was an associate with Coudert Brothers
in Hong Kong.
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From Bench & Bar
From Village and Town of Red Hook Court
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, THE BAR AND
ALL POLICE AGENCIES
CHANGE IN COURT DATES
November, December 2014 and January 2015
The following changes are being made in the November,
December 2014 and January 2015 calendars for the Village
and Town Courts of Red Hook:
The November 27, 2014 and December 25, 2014 criminal
calendars in Town Court will be held instead on Thursday,
December 11, 2014, with Judge Martin presiding at 4:00 p.m.
and Judge Triebwasser presiding at 6:00 p.m.
The December 18, 2014 traffic calendar in Town Court is
cancelled.
The January 1, 2015 traffic calendar in Town Court will be
held instead on Thursday, January 15, 2015, with Judge
Triebwasser presiding at 6:00 p.m.
All other court dates remain the same.
BY ORDER OF THE COURT,
HON. JEFFREY C. MARTIN
HON. JONAH TRIEBWASSER,
Welcome New Members
Joseph Buono
Debra Burg
Elizabeth D’Andrea
Roderick deRamon
Darren Fairlie
Joseph Gemmati
Brian Kearney
Ryanne Konan
John-Raphael Pichardo
Andrew Regenbaum
Congrats!
To Michelle Almeida. Michelle has been named a
rising star in health care law by Super Lawyers, a
rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice
areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
To Angel Falcon. Angel recently opened his own
practice in Fishkill. He is accepting cases in many
practice areas including criminal, real estate and
foreclosures. He can be reached at (845) 687-3000.
To Hon. Jonah Triebwasser. Judge Triebwasser has
been named Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Law, Youth and Citizenship Committee.
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On October 15, 2014 the Dutchess County Bar
Association welcomed Sandy Tambone, Director of the Mid-Hudson
Multiple Lisitng Service as the keynote speaker at our October luncheon. He spoke about the real estate market in our region and what
the market might do in the future.
Mr. Tambone has been with Mid- Hudson since March, 1991. MidHudson Multiple Listing Service LLC is a computerized real estate
information source that provides real time property for sale information to its membership of real estate brokers and salespersons
serving primarily Dutchess County, New York. He is a member of the
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works as a freelance photographer and is a contributing photographer
for Minor League Baseball.
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In Memoriam
William Tendy, Esq.
by Jay Cantor, Esq.
It was really very simple… and it made a lot of sense. He was a Catholic kid from Queens; I was a Jewish kid from
Brooklyn. He enjoyed a challenging courtroom battle; I didn’t even know where the Courthouse was. I was happy
to stay in the office putting real estate deals together. We were a couple of years out of law school working together
at, what was then, Poughkeepsie’s largest law firm. It was Veteran’s Day in November 1984. The office was closed
but Bill and I were working. I approached Bill and said “C’mon, we can do this on our own.” Bill looked at me and
replied, “Let’s do it” – and that’s how Tendy & Cantor was born.
We started out without a desk, sitting on the carpeted floor staring at the telephone, waiting for it to ring. Pretty
soon the phone began to ring and it rang and it rang and it rang. And it wasn’t just luck – it didn’t take long for Bill
to become well known as a skilled trial attorney. Bill quickly gained a reputation in the Hudson Valley as a stellar
criminal defense attorney who pulled a rabbit out of a hat in the toughest of cases. Time and time again, Bill won
cases that other attorneys turned away because there was no hope of winning. And yes, it wasn’t just luck, and it
wasn’t just because Bill was a good attorney. It was because Bill Tendy was a GREAT attorney – the most incredibly gifted and skilled attorney I have ever seen. I don’t feel that way just because Bill was my partner – there are
dozens of other attorneys and judges here in Dutchess County who will agree that Bill was not just good, he was
great. And he was MY partner – I was incredibly blessed to have had Bill Tendy as my partner for 28 years.
For those 28 years, Bill never ceased to amaze me. If you were a client of Bill’s, you were fortunate because you
were represented by the best. When Bill was on trial, little else mattered. He put blinders on to everything else in
the world, except for his family of course. He out-worked, out-strategized and anticipated his adversary’s every
move. Bill had this uncanny ability to view things differently than others did. He’d talk to a client or a witness and
immediately know if they were telling the truth or lying. He’d go to a crime scene and would notice things that no
one else saw; his legal mind was amazing and his ability to strategize, absolutely incredible.
As we all know, Bill chose to practice law upstate. He loved the quieter pace of living up here, a good cigar, some
Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, and perhaps most of all, the solitude of fly-fishing on his beloved trout stream in upstate Chauteguay. But I am convinced – in fact, I am certain - that if Bill Tendy had chosen to practice law in New
York City, he’d be a nationally renowned and celebrated attorney. Yes, Bill was that good. Yes, Bill was that great.
A few days after Bill passed away, I ran into Bryan, an old friend of mine. I told him that Bill had passed away and
immediately, tears began to run down Bryan's face. About 15 years ago, Bryan's then 20 year-old son ran into some
trouble - for lack of better words, he just wasn't a good kid. On more than one occasion, Bill helped Bryan's son
out of a jam and made a real effort to turn this kid’s life around. Bryan proceeded to tell me that today, his son is
a fine, upstanding family man. He is now 35 years old, has a wife, two kids, and is a Sergeant Major in the United
States Air Force. “Congratulations” I said, “I give your son a lot of credit.” “No,” said Bryan, “Give Bill Tendy the
credit. Without Bill's influence on my son, who knows where my son would be today or if he would even be here
today.”
So to Bill’s wife Esther, his children Lauren and Will, and to the rest of his family and friends, please take some
comfort from the fact that unlike so many other lives that come and go, Bill’s life, albeit too short, had true meaning. Bill left a mark on those whose path he crossed, and had a positive impact on the lives of so many people. He
was a great guy and a great attorney. I am so honored, so privileged, and so humbled that for 28 incredible years,
I was Bill Tendy’s partner. And to, and on behalf of, everyone and anyone who reads this, I say... Thank you Bill...
Thank you my friend.
In Memoriam
William Tendy, Esq.
by Hon. David Steinberg
A sense of overwhelming sadness and loss descended on our legal community in August when William
Tendy, Jr. died after a courageous struggle against ALS. He was 60 years old. When the Poughkeepsie Journal
posted the news of Bill’s death, they got it right: “Revered local attorney who died was compassionate, intelligent.” It is true that Bill was revered by so many of us as a gifted trial lawyer, and a strong and compassionate advocate for his clients. He represented the very highest ideals of our profession that exists to assist and
counsel people in need. So many of us looked up to him. So many of us wanted to be like Bill Tendy when
we grew up.
I had the good fortune to work with Bill on a few cases. I saw first hand what he went through during the
process of defending an individual, and how serious and committed Bill was to that awesome responsibility.
He would talk about it at times, about the weight of defending an individual on trial for his liberty, his reputation, and even his life. He would lose sleep, working and thinking about his clients at all hours of the day
and night. He would worry that he might be missing some fact or detail that would be the key to a successful
defense. He went to visit clients in jail at night and on weekends, always respecting their need to be involved
in their defense, or to make the difficult decision to take a plea or go to trial. He showed the utmost respect
for the humanity of his clients. How fortunate were they to have Bill Tendy as their lawyer.
I had the greater fortune to call Bill my friend. He was simply a fine human being. Many know of his sharp
sense of humor with its sardonic view of the system. He loved to lacerate the pompous and self-righteous.
We both knew that sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying in this line of work.
We come into this world with nothing more than our names, and we hope we can leave this world with a
good reputation. We also hope to leave the world a better place. Bill’s legacy on both counts is assured.
Bill is survived by his beloved family: his wife, Esther and his children, Lauren and William. He is also
survived by his mother, Anna, and his three sisters, Susan, Sheila, and Paula D’Elia, and his three brothers,
John, Thomas and Robert.
Let’s keep Bill in our hearts always.
Upcoming CLE
The Definitive Legal Writing Workshop
Thursday, October 30, 2014
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
3 Skills Credits
Presented by Matthew Litt, Esq.
$75 for members paid in advance
$95 for non-members and walk-ins
Includes dinner
Shareholder and Member Disputes in New York:
Is Dissolution the Answer?
Friday, November 7, 2014
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
3 Professional Practice Credits
Panel Discussion coordinated by Maureen Crush, Esq.
$65 for members, $85 for non-members and walk-ins
Includes breakfast
Veteran’s Law Primer
Friday, November 14, 2014
11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location TBA
3 Skills Credits
Presented by Tom Kniffen, Esq., Chief, Federal Regulations, Department of Veterans Affairs
$65 for members, $85 for non-members and walk-ins
Includes lunch
Ethics Update
Thursday, November 20, 2014
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
2 Ethics Credits
Presented by Sarah Jo Hamilton, Esq.
$55 for members paid in advance, $75 for non-members and walk-ins,
Includes dinner
Common Title Problems and How to Solve Them
Friday, December 5, 2014
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
3 Professional Practice Credits
Presented by David Pisanelli, Esq.
$65 for members paid in advance, $85 for non-members and walk-ins, Includes breakfast
Out & About
Robert Ostertag, Esq. was honored at the Past
President’s Dinner on September 17, 2014. He is joined
in the photo above by DCBA Immediate Past President
Hon. Jonah Triebwasser, DCBA President Hon. Frank
Mora and NYSBA President Glenn Lau-Kee, Esq.
Sandy Tambone, Director of the Mid-Hudson Multiple Listing Service, was the keynote speaker at our
October lunch. He is pictured above with DCBA
President Hon. Frank Mora.
Representatives from Family Services
joined us at our October lunch to speak
about their event, Walk A Mile in Her
Shoes. Pictured above with DCBA
President Hon. Frank Mora is Whitney
Bonura, Coordinator, Dutchess County
Universal Response to Domestic Violence and Pam Tarquinio, Director of
Development.
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