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The Law Firm of
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Hall & Hall, LLP |
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57 Beach Street
Staten Island, NY 10304
(718) 447-8700 / (718) 447-1962 |
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Lainie R. Fastman,
Esq. |
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E-Mail: FastmanL@HallandHallLaw.com
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| Direct Dial: (718)
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| Fax: (718) 447-2761
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| POSITION
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Partner |
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| EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Arts - English / History |
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Richmond College, City University of New York, 1976 |
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Highest Honors, G.P.A. 4/4 |
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Juris Doctor, Cum Laude |
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New York Law School, 1981 |
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| AREAS OF
PRACTICE
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Decedent's Estates |
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Administration of Wills and Trusts |
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Estate Planning
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Post Mortem Tax Planning
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Elder Law
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Contested Proceeding in Surrogate's Court |
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Will Contests |
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Guardianships and Contested Guardianships |
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ADMITTED |
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New York State Bar, March 1982 |
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United States District
Court for the Eastern District of New York
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United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York, May 1983
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AFFILIATIONS
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Richmond County Bar Association |
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Surrogate's Court and Elder Law
Committees |
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New York State Bar Association
Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Sections |
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| HONORS
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Professor Vincent Lo Lordo Award for Excellence in the Administration of Criminal
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| PUBLICATIONS
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| "Objections To Probate - A
Postscript" New York State Bar Association - Continuing Education Manual, June 12, 2008, Lecture by Lainie R.
Fastman |
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| "Saving the Charitable
Deduction In Split Interests Trust", New York State Law Journal, December 27, 2007, p4 col 1, by Lainie R.
Fastman |
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| "Making Tax Free Inter Vivos Gifts To
Grandchildren", New York State Bar Association Trust and Estate Law Section Newsletter, Volume 39, N0. 3, P. 30,
Fall 2006, by Lainie R. Fastman |
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| "Objections To Probate - A Proponent's
View", New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 37, No. 4, Pl
16, Winter 2004 |
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| "Objections
to Probate -Testamentary Capacity", New York Law Journal, December
2003 |
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| "Government
Programs", presented at Richmond County Bar Association, April 14,
2003 |
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| "The Meaning of Partial Probate",
p1, col. 1, New
York Law Journal, May 1, 2001 |
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| "Selling a
Decedent's Real Estate:
Some Tax Considerations", CPA Journal, June 2000 |
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"Challenging the Validity
of Revocable Trusts", p1, col. 1, New York Law Journal, May
19, 2000 |
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"Selling Real Estate in
Decedent's Estate", Vol.
32, No. 2, Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter N.Y.S. Bar Association, Summer
1999 |
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"Transferring the
Family Home - Gift Tax Implications",
New York Law Journal, December 8, 1997
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| "Fundamentals
of Wills Drafting II The Federally Taxable Estate", presented at
Surrogate's Court Richmond County, April 30, 1997 |
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| "Transferring the
Family Home and Retaining a Life
Estate", New York Law Journal, April 24, 1997 |
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"Testamentary
Provisions for Children",
New York Law Journal, December
12, 1992 |
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Essay on jurisprudence published
in Equitas
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Paper on evidentiary
problems permanently on
file in New York Law School Library
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| Co-author
"Newly Discovered Evidence - A Chance for a New
Trial", Vol. XXVIII, New York Law School Law
Review, November 1, 1983 |
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| PERSONAL |
| Painting; reading biographies and autobiographies; water sports; study of history.
Fluent Dutch, some reading knowledge
of German and Spanish. |
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