Hauppauge, NY Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

1393 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA

Since handling my own divorce over twenty years ago, I have devoted my practice to matrimonial and family law on Long Island, representing business owners, executives, teachers, police officers, doctors, attorneys, homemakers, union members, and firefighters. I have handled hundreds of divorce and family law cases, negotiating favorable settlements for most, and proceeding to trial when necessary, and have prevailed on numerous divorce, child support, and child custody appeals. I was born and raised on Long Island. I graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School, and earned my undergraduate degree, cum laude, in 1986 from SUNY Stony Brook. I attended Hofstra University School of Law, where I was editor of the Hofstra Environmental Law Digest, and earned my law degree in 1989. I was admitted to the New York Bar in 1990, and started my own practice in 1992.

Estate Planning Law

140 Fell Court, Suite 303, Hauppauge, NY 11788-4360

Gary F. Smith received his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law with honors in 1973 and was admitted to the New York State bar in 1974. Since then, he has continuously engaged in the private practice of law on Long Island and in Manhattan. As a corporate attorney in Manhattan, Gary F. Smith was a partner in a midtown law firm. In 1979, he opened his first private law office and has engaged in the private practice of law in Nassau and Suffolk counties since that time.

Family and Divorce Law

2150 Joshuas Path suite 301, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA

Mr. Pammer received his Juris Doctor from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. While at Touro Law, he served as the President of the Student Bar Association, Vice-President of the Suffolk County Bar Association Student Committee, was a member of the Mock Trial team, and published a monthly column in the Suffolk Lawyer. Additionally, Mr. Pammer drafted the rules for the Office of Court Administration’s Poor Persons Application in relation to pro bono uncontested divorce. Mr. Pammer earned his undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies from Purdue University Global, where he was President of the Chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society. Prior to joining MONTEFUSCO | PAMMER, Mr. Pammer was an associate practicing primarily in the area of education, administrative and labor law.

Family and Divorce Law

1300 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 200, Hauppauge, NY 11788

Jeffrey S. Horn is a family law attorney at Horn & Horn in Hauppauge, New York. His New York bar admission dates to February 1981; admission to the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York followed in June 1983. Matrimonial matters have also brought Horn appointments as a referee. On three occasions, he was appointed to hear and report on matrimonial issues, and he has separately been appointed to oversee discovery in matrimonial actions. He was an original member of the Suffolk County Calm Project, a mediation program. Teaching has taken him to both professional and law school audiences. His speaking engagements include 28 lectures for the Suffolk County Academy of Law on matrimonial and family law, along with guest lecturing for a family law class at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. In 2011, he addressed the Huntington Lawyers Club on new matrimonial legislation. At the Academy of Law, Horn held the posts of associate dean from 2015 to 2019 and officer from 2016 to 2019. Within the Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association, Horn served as president from 2003 to 2005. He later held a directorship with the Suffolk County Bar Association from 2019 to 2022. His committee work included service on the Suffolk County Judiciary Screening Committee between 2005 and 2018, with a term as chairman of the bar association’s Judicial Screening Committee from 2016 to 2018.

Elder Law

330 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy, #400, Hauppauge, NY 11788

Real Estate Law

300 Wheeler Road, 101, Hauppauge, NY 11788

Lee Friedman practices in real estate and debt matters in Hauppauge, New York, where he is managing partner of Friedman Law Associates, P.C. His real estate work includes traditional transactions as well as transactions involving distressed property. The firm describes his earlier background as that of a foreclosure attorney. Property transactions are only part of the work available at his firm. Friedman Law Associates also assists people who have fallen behind on mortgage payments or face foreclosure. Its listed services include short sales and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and it describes familiarity with loan modification programs and loss mitigation procedures. Delinquent property taxes and bank-owned properties also fall within its distressed-real-estate practice. That work has brought the firm engagements from homeowners, buyers, realtors and other law firms. For conventional purchases and sales, the firm works with title companies, lenders and real estate companies. It also offers bankruptcy assistance for people dealing with credit card balances, medical bills, judgment liens or the prospect of losing a home to foreclosure. A separate group of services comes through partnerships with other attorneys. Through those relationships, the firm offers wills, estate planning, probate and administration, medical malpractice and criminal defense services in New York and elsewhere in the United States. The network serves clients and other law firms; these are firm offerings, not a list of individual practice areas for Friedman.

Family and Divorce Law

200 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA

Theresa A. Mari is a family-law attorney based in Hauppauge, New York, where she founded the Law Office of Theresa A. Mari P.C. Her career includes more than 30 years in private practice and advocacy for children, as well as earlier work as general counsel to multiple businesses. Mari studied at SUNY Binghamton before earning her law degree at Hofstra University School of Law. Within the Suffolk County Bar Association, she served two terms as a director and held the position of associate dean of its Academy of Law. She has also led three organizations as president: the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association, the Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association and the Huntington Lawyer’s Club. Outside those professional organizations, Mari serves as a Town of Huntington councilwoman. Her firm’s office is in Suite C-17 at 200 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway. Its divorce work covers the allocation of marital assets and debts, custody and support. Agreements are another part of the practice: the firm negotiates and drafts prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and prepares separation agreements for possible incorporation into divorce judgments. It also represents clients in same-sex divorces and litigates temporary and permanent spousal maintenance. Residential property transactions make up a separate practice area, with the firm representing purchasers or sellers from contracts through closing.

General Practice Law

330 Motor Pkwy, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA

William Monaco received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Oswego having also been educated at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the University of Tampa in Florida. He received his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1988 from Hofstra University School of Law and was admitted to practice law in 1989. Right out of law school, Bill sought meaningful legal work with a firm on Long Island that was aligned with his own values and beliefs. He joined the firm, run at the time by his current partners Warren Feldman and Herbert Kramer, because he identified with the firm’s culture, core values and mission to bring top quality legal services to thousands of people who otherwise would be denied its access. Bill found the legal plan concept to be intriguing and extremely rewarding in practice. He has since devoted his professional career to enhancing this concept. He began his career developing legal skills in several areas including Civil Litigation, Family Law, Real Estate, Corporate Law, Bankruptcy and Criminal Law. Before long, he was in charge of the litigation department of the firm and he became a partner in 1997. He currently manages the day to day operations of the firm. He has lectured on a variety of legal topics and has represented individuals and businesses alike in many cases, some of which have achieved national prominence. Current and past clients include major Long Island Commercial and Residential Contractors and Developers, Multi unit National Restaurant Franchise groups, Gas Franchise groups, Marinas and Retail Establishment groups as well as individuals and their families. Bill is married and a father to one son. He is active in his community and believes strongly in the responsibility to give back through support of charities and pro bono work. Among many other personal pursuits, he is an avid boater, skier, scuba diver and student of martial arts.