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I am a third generation lawyer practicing in Fayetteville, NY, just outside of Syracuse. I have a solo practice focused on business development, estate planning, commercial litigation and equine law. In other words my practice is geared to wealth development and protection for yourself and future generations. I have developed this niche with one focus in mind: listening and responding to your needs.

A graduate of Syracuse University and Syracuse University College of Law, I have developed a practice that is singularly focused on meeting your needs from beginning to end. You will work with me directly and my focus is solely on making sure your goals are met, whether that is with your business or your estate. I want to make sure that you maximize your ability to grow your small business and make sure that once you have, the proper estate plan is in place. Engel Law Offices is committed to wealth development and protection. I look forward to working with you.

Michael Pollok is an experienced criminal defense attorney who focuses his practice on criminal matters in federal and state courts, as well as regulatory investigations and hearings. Mr. Pollok understands that, whether a matter involves a complex white-collar investigation or a misdemeanor or domestic dispute, a client involved in criminal or regulatory proceedings deserves sensitive, effective counsel with the experience and judgment to handle all aspects of the judicial process.

Of Counsel, Milde & Hoffberg LLP, White Plains, NY; Adjunct Professor, L. C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science, Syracuse University.

Husband, father, lawyer living in Guilderland, New York.

Ed has been practicing law since 1993. His expertise lies in NYS litigation practice and his passion lies in the expansion of restrictive copyright laws. Ed is also a fine arts painter and lives and works in Ithaca, New York.

Marco Caviglia has been a trial attorney for 29 years. He graduated from Colgate University in 1973 and from Albany Law School at Union University in 1980. He is admitted to the New York Bar and the Bar for the Federal Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He has served as Chief Assistant to the Dutchess County Public Defender, Assistant District Attorney in Dutchess County, and as County Legislator of Dutchess County. He has also served as Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Poughkeepsie and Special Counsel to the Town of Wappinger Falls.

Mr. Caviglia is a Diplomate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in the teaching of trial advocacy skills to attorneys. He is one of the few attorneys in New York State that is 35-b Board Certified to try capital cases and has been lead counsel in four death penalty cases. Mr. Caviglia serves as Arbitrator on the Second Department Appellate Division panel for fee disputes in matrimonial and other legal cases, and is the legal advisor to the Community Advisory Board of the Hudson River Psychiatric Center. He is also a member of the Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Board of Directors.

Mr. Caviglia is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers' Association, the Dutchess County Bar Association, the New York State Criminal Defense League, and the New York State Defender's Association.

Mr. Caviglia is an Adjunct Professor at SUNY New Paltz in the subjects of Criminology,Deviant Behavior and the Sociology of Law, and is a former Adjunct Professor in Paralegal Studies and the Department of Criminal Justice at Marist College, and the Department of Criminal Justice at Dutchess County Community College, and has authored several articles on legal subjects. Mr. Caviglia was also both the host of "Legal Brief," a radio law program, and a columnist for a similarly titled weekly newspaper column.

Terry D. Horner is of counsel to the Law Firm of Marco Caviglia. A practicing attorney for 28 years, he is a 1978 graduate of New York University and a 1981 graduate of Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Horner is admitted to the New York Bar, all four federal District Courts in New York State, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Horner has represented civil and criminal clients in more than 115 appeals in the New York courts, with successes in the Court of Appeals, all four Appellate Divisions, and Appellate Term. Mr. Horner has been approved to handle assigned criminal appeals in the Second and Third Departments of the Appellate Division. In addition, he has researched and written over 1,000 motions across the state involving a wide range of procedural and substantive issues.

Mr. Horner was formerly an appellate partner in a major state-wide personal injury law firm, and was in public service as Chief Appellate Counsel for the Office of the Public Defender in Dutchess County, New York.

Legal practice focused on real estate law, estate planning and administration, commercial transactions, public sector labor law, and law enforcement representation. Representation has included lenders in real estate transactions, title insurers in litigation claims, business entities in commercial claims and disputes, landlords in eviction and non--payment proceedings, spouses in separation and divorce matters, public employees in disciplinary cases and equal employment opportunity complaints, as court appointed referee in foreclosure proceedings and client appeals to the New York State Appellate Term, 9th Judicial District and the New York State Appellate Division, 2nd Department.

In the area of public sector law enforcement representation Mr. Dwyer has been involved in police litigation and disciplinary cases either as an attorney or as a consultant. As a lecturer he has been requested to give presentations to trade associations such as the American Society of Industrial Security (A.S.I.S.), Westchester and Hudson Valley Chapters, Southern Police Institute Alumni Associaiton, regional law enforcement training seminars, security company training groups and local organizations. Qualified twice as a police expert in New York State Supreme Court. Research and writing areas focused on public and private sector law enforcement liability, law enforcement disciplinary process, critical incident policy and police misconduct.

AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Highest Rating

I'm an attorney with some 14 years of litigation experience who provides personal service, skill and aggressiveness (if necessary) in the representation of clients injured because of someone else's negligence.

I return calls promptly, if not when the call comes in because I'm in Court, then as soon as possible.

I provide regular, timely updates on your case and communicate both verbally and in writing in clear, non-legalese language.

Who else needs a lawyer who listens?

George Hildebrandt has substantial successful trial experience. For almost 25 years, he has represented clients in federal and state courts in drug conspiracy and smuggling, murder, white collar, firearm and other serious cases, achieving many acquittals, dismissals and convictions for greatly reduced charges. George has built his reputation on his hard work, preparation and knowledge of the law.

The Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis is dedicated to assisting clients achieve their objectives by providiing accurate, responsive, thorough and sensitive legal services. Doug Zamelis has almost 20 years of experience counseling and representing corporate, governmental and individual clients in compliance and litigation matters involving our shared environment.

In addition to his Juris Doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law (1989), Doug holds a B.S from Cornell University (1986)and a M.S. from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1989). Doug brings his extensive scientific knowledge and experience to bear on behalf of clients in federal matters involving the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and in New York matters involving the New York Environmental Conservation Law, Navigation Law, and Public Health Law. Doug represents clients before United States courts and agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Occupational, Safety & Health Administration.

Doug also represents clients in environmental, land use, zoning, and municipal matters before New York state courts and agencies including the state Supreme Court, the Appellate Division, the Court of Appeals, the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Department of Health, the New York State Department of Labor, the Empire State Development Corporation, and the Adirondack Park Agency.

Doug has succesfully litigated numerous Article 78 proceedings in New York courts, and has litigated with opponents including Pyramid Corproation, Wal-Mart, Iberdrola, and National Grid. His litigation experience also includes numerous cost recovery and defense actions in hazardous substance and oil spill matters.

Doug has extensive experience throughout New York state representing various applicants, reviewing agencies, and stakeholders in complex and controversial land use matters involving reviews pursuant to local zoning laws,the National Environmental Policy Act, and the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Representative projects include electrical generating and trasmission facilities, hazardous waste facilities, large scale retail, manufacturing, and conslidated and unconsolidated mining operations. Doug represented the petitioners in Matter of Brander et al. v. Town Board of the Town of Warren, l18 Misc. 3d 477, 847 N.Y.S.2d 450, 2007 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 8258, 2007 NY Slip Op 27498 (Sup. Ct. Onondaga Cty 2007) (uncorrected opinion) wherein the New York State Supreme Court anulled the approvals for an 80 turbine wind power generating facility in Southern Herkimer County based on the reviewing towns' failure to properly review the project pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act. The court also granted the petitioners their attorneys' fees for succesfully prosecuting their claims that the reviewing towns violated the state Open Meetings Law. The decision was not appealed.

Doug represented COR Development in its litigation with Pyramid Corporation concerning COR Development's Towne Center at Watertown, and authored COR Development's succesful motion for leave to appeal to the New York Court of Appeals. Towne Center at Watertown is now a bustling and productive shopping destination.

Prior to entering the private practicce of law, Doug was employed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the Division of Water at the Region 7 Headquarters in Syracuse where he became familair with the inner workings of the agency and its various Bureaus and Divisions. Doug was later an associate attorney at Jacobowitz & Gubits, Walden, New York, and then an associate and partner at Hancock & Estabrook, LLP. Syracuse, New York. Doug then joined Green & Siefter, PLLC Syracuse, New York and taught law as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Syracuse University College of Law before starting the Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis in 2007.

Doug is the former Chair of the Environmental Law Section of the Onondaga County Bar Association and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Petroleum Spills Committee of the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

An avid outdoorsman, cyclist, downhill ski racer, boater and amateur endurance athlete, Doug enjoys life in Central New York with his wife Cheryl, daughter Ariadne, and son Nicholas.

Doug can be contacted at (315) 682-0724 and at dzamelis@windstream.net