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All rights reserved Recently retired Westchester County Surrogate Judge Anthony A will head an expanded trust and estates practice group at DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP the White Plains law firm recently announced Joining the firm with Scarpino are attorneys Steven P served 21 years as the lead Surrogate”™s Court litigator with Whitman Abbott & Morgan at the firm”™s Manhattan Gobes PC in White Plains in 2006 and previously practiced at the New York City firms of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek and Graubard Miller The attorney specializes in estate planning a Chappaqua resident and formerly a practicing certified public accountant He previously ran the Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management estate planning strategy team was a director with Barclays Wealth and an attorney at Brown & Wood LLP is re-entering private practice after serving 30 years in the judiciary A former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation he began his judicial career in 1984 when he was appointed associate City Court judge in his hometown of Mount Vernon He was elected Mount Vernon city judge the next year and became senior city judge in 1986 Elected a Westchester County Court judge in 1988 Scarpino at 37 was the youngest county judge in Westchester history he was appointed acting Supreme Court justice and in 1993 was elected to the state Supreme Court for the Ninth Judicial District a post to which he was elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2010 he was the sole judge for estate cases in the county “The perspective I have gained from having served on the bench for so long will benefit our clients,” Scarpino said in the announcement our drafting will minimize or avoid future disputes like the ones I routinely saw and when matters are in dispute we will be able to more efficiently resolve them by identifying the best path.” said the new team of lawyers will give the firm “the capability to serve the entire metropolitan area This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access. and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John.. Trending Westchester © 2024 Westfair Business Journal. All rights reserved. The expected tariff cost is significantly lower than the $4 billion to $5 billion crosstown rival General Motors estimates, which Ford attributes to its higher mix of U.S.-built vehicles. 2015 at 1:43 pm ETThe following announcement is from DelBello DelBello, Donnellan, Weingarten, Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, aprominent New York metropolitan area law firm, has announced the expansion of its Estate Practice to be headed by Westchester County Surrogate Judge Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., whose retirement from the bench after 14 years was effective January 31st said: “We are extremely pleased to have Judge Scarpino joining us to lead our expanded Estates and Trusts Practice Group I cannot think of anyone better qualified and more uniquely experienced for this specialized area of practice than Tony We are very fortunate not only to have Judge Scarpino come with our firm each of whom brings extensive experience in Trust and Estates and Surrogate litigation We will have the premier Trust and Estates and Surrogate litigation practice in Westchester and with this team of top professionals we will also have the capability to serve the entire Metropolitan area who joins the firm after serving 21 years as the lead Surrogate’s Court litigator with Whitman A graduate of Fordham University Law School he is licensed to practice in Connecticut as well as New York and is a resident of Greenwich Gobes who joins the firm after heading the Law Offices of Frank J which he established in 2006 in White Plains He previously was an attorney at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek and earlier with Graubard Miller in New York City A graduate of New York Law School and a resident of Scarsdale who joins the firm after heading The Travagliato Law Firm a boutique estate and trust firm which he established in 2010 in Chappaqua Earlier in his career he ran the Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Estate Planning Strategy Team was a Director with Barclays Wealth and an attorney at Brown & Wood Vince also practiced as a CPA in the Tax Department of Deloitte & Touche A graduate of Fordham University Law School and Pace University he is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey and lives in Chappaqua Judge Scarpino said he is grateful for the opportunity to re-enter private practice after 30 years in the judiciary “I am excited to join one of the region’s top law firms and head a practice area that bridges complex legal The perspective I have gained from having served on the bench for so long will benefit our clients We will be able to more efficiently resolve them by identifying the best path Our team of experienced attorneys can and will be a major player in the Ninth Judicial District which includes Westchester Judge Scarpino has had a distinguished career as a jurist he was elected Westchester County Surrogate and he was re-elected in 2010 he was the sole judge for estate cases in Westchester County In addition to his responsibilities as Surrogate in 2006 he was appointed Supervising Judge of the Matrimonial Part for Westchester County and in 2010 he was appointed Supervising Judge for Article 81 guardianship proceedings and fiduciary matters for the Ninth Judicial District He began his judicial career in 1984 at age 32 when he was appointed Associate City Court Judge in his home town of Mount Vernon and has extensive experience at the municipal The next year he was the youngest person ever elected a Mount Vernon City Judge running on the Democratic presiding over one of the busiest city courts in Westchester County he was elected a Westchester County Court Judge the youngest County Judge in Westchester history A year later he was appointed Acting Supreme Court Justice and was assigned to expand the Special Narcotics Part in the Westchester County Courthouse and later was assigned to preside over the county’s most serious criminal cases In 1993 he was elected to the New York State Supreme Court for the Ninth Judicial District and was assigned to handle Civil Parts in Westchester and Rockland and later to the Special Matrimonial Part An Adjunct Professor at Pace University Law School Judge Scarpino teaches at Iona College’s Criminal Justice Department as well as at Mercy College and Westchester Community College He has served as Co-Chair of the Ninth Judicial District’s Pro Bono Committee and is a member of the Pace University Law School Board of Visitors and the Office of Court Administration Article 81 Guardianship Committee he has been recognized by many organizations including the Westchester County Bar Association the Columbian Lawyers Association and Iona College for his achievements his service to the legal community and his pro bono service A graduate of the University of Connecticut Judge Scarpino earned his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law After graduating he opened his private practice and became an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Mount Vernon In 1977 he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation and became a Special Agent working on a wide range of cases including civil rights violations extortion and foreign counter-intelligence He also was involved in several highly publicized cases including the capture of Leon Johnson who had escaped from Federal prison and was to have been placed on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list on the day of his apprehension He left the FBI after five years and worked as an Assistant Vice President with Banker’s Trust Company before his judicial career began in Mount Vernon About DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP is a leading law firm in the New York metropolitan area the firm’s 12 practice groups include a diverse group of attorneys many with prior experience as leaders in the fields of government sophistication and range of experience most often associated with larger firms DelBello Donnellan has enjoyed steady growth with a wide range of individual and business clients Subscribe to a free email newsletter and news alerts: Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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