The Law Firm of
Hall & Hall, LLP
57 Beach Street
Staten Island, NY 10304
(718) 447-8700 / (718) 447-1962Lainie R. Fastman, Esq.
E-Mail: FastmanL@HallandHallLaw.com Direct Dial: (718) 874-1255 Fax: (718) 447-2761
POSITION Partner EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts - English / History Richmond College, City University of New York, 1976 Highest Honors, G.P.A. 4/4 Juris Doctor, Cum Laude New York Law School, 1981
AREAS OF PRACTICE Decedent's Estates Administration of Wills and Trusts Estate Planning Post Mortem Tax Planning Elder Law Contested Proceeding in Surrogate's Court Will Contests Guardianships and Contested Guardianships ADMITTED New York State Bar, March 1982 United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, May 1983 Richmond County Bar Association Surrogate's Court and Elder Law Committees New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Sections HONORS Professor Vincent Lo Lordo Award for Excellence in the Administration of Criminal Justice PUBLICATIONS "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 "Objections to Probate -Testamentary Capacity", New York Law Journal, December 2003 "Government Programs", presented at Richmond County Bar Association, April 14, 2003 "The Meaning of Partial Probate", p1, col. 1, New York Law Journal, May 1, 2001 "Selling a Decedent's Real Estate: Some Tax Considerations", CPA Journal, June 2000 "Challenging the Validity of Revocable Trusts", p1, col. 1, New York Law Journal, May 19, 2000 "Selling Real Estate in Decedent's Estate", Vol. 32, No. 2, Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter N.Y.S. Bar Association, Summer 1999 "Transferring the Family Home - Gift Tax Implications", New York Law Journal, December 8, 1997 "Fundamentals of Wills Drafting II The Federally Taxable Estate", presented at Surrogate's Court Richmond County, April 30, 1997 "Transferring the Family Home and Retaining a Life Estate", New York Law Journal, April 24, 1997 "Testamentary Provisions for Children", New York Law Journal, December 12, 1992
Essay on jurisprudence published in Equitas Paper on evidentiary problems permanently on file in New York Law School Library Co-author "Newly Discovered Evidence - A Chance for a New Trial", Vol. XXVIII, New York Law School Law Review, November 1, 1983 PERSONAL Painting; reading biographies and autobiographies; water sports; study of history. Fluent Dutch, some reading knowledge of German and Spanish. Please send questions or comments to:
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