Seiff Kretz & Abercrombie


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Seiff Kretz & Abercrombie


444 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor New York, New York 10022View Map

Practice Areas:

Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice. Commercial, Public Contracting, Employment, Construction, Matrimonial, Corporate, Labor, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Judicial Discipline, Professional Discipline and Administrative Law.

Year Established: 1981

Firm Size: 5

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Eric A. Seiff (Member) born Mount Vernon, New York, April 25, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, New York; 1960, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1955); Columbia University (LL.B., 1958). Faculty, Trial Advocacy Program, Fordham Law School for Attorneys of Law Department of the City of New York. Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (NITA), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1984—. Chairman, New York State Commission of Investigation, 1978-1979. Legal Advisor, Agency for Internal Development, Brazil, 1970-1972. Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1962-1967. General Counsel, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, 1972-1974. Chief Assistant, Criminal Division, New York City Legal Aid Society, 1974-1975. Special Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York on Governor's Task Force Investigating Conduct of Attica Prosecutions, 1975. First Deputy Commissioner, New York State Commission of Investigation, 1976-1977. Special District Attorney, Bronx County, 1986-1989. Member, Board of Trustees, The Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, the State of New York, 1981—. Member, Board of Directors, The Legal Aid Society, 1994-2000. Member, Board of Directors, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, 1989—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairman, Criminal Court Committee, 1987-1990; Member, Committee on the Legal Problems of the Homeless, 1986-1988; Chairman, Project on the Homeless Committee, 2000-2003; New York Criminal Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1980—; Treasurer, 1989-1991; President, 1991-1993); New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2008). Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Trusts and Estates; Civil Trial; Appellate Practice; Judicial Conduct; Attorney Discipline.

Walter A. Kretz, Jr. (Member) born Amityville, New York, May 27, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1976); New York Law School (J.D., 1979). Articles Editor, New York Law School Law Review, 1978-1979. Assistant Chief, 1984-1986 and Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1979-1984, Affirmative Litigation Division, New York City Law Department. Member, Grace Day School, Board of Trustees, 1998-2004. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Public Contract Law; Employment Litigation; Attorney Discipline; Shareholder Disputes; Trademark Infringement.

Charles D. Abercrombie (Member) born Trumbull, Connecticut, November 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2002, Connecticut. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1974); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1977). Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Law, 2005—. Office of the District Attorney, Kings County: Chief, Economic Crimes and Arson Bureau, 1987-1988, Deputy Chief, Rackets Bureau, 1984-1987, Investigations Bureau, 1983-1984, Senior Trial Assistant, Homicide Bureau, 1981-1982. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Real Estate; Small Business Transactions; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Driving While Intoxicated; Juvenile Law.

ASSOCIATE

Mariana Olenko (Associate) born St. Petersburg, Russia, March 31, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 1989); Fordham University (J.D., 1995). Recipient, The Fordham Law Alumni Association Medal in Constitutional Law. Associate Editor, 1994, William Hughes Mulligan Moot Court Competition. Member, Fordham Moot Court Editorial Board, 1994-1995. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Matrimonial Law; Real Estate; Estate Matters.

OF COUNSEL

Roland Richard Acevedo (Of Counsel) born New York, New York, January 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fourth Circuits; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Regents College (B.S., 1992); Fordham University (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Stein Scholar. Associate Editor, Fordham University Law Review. Author: "Ethical Implications of Plea Bargaining Bans," Fordham Law Review; "Race and Representation: A Study of Legal Aid Attorneys and Their Perceptions on Race," Buffalo Journal of Public Interest Law. Legal Writer, Fortune News, 2002-2005. Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School, 2000-2003. Vice Chair, Prisoners Legal Services of New York, 1989—. Managing Attorney, Osborne Association, Legal Services Office, 1998-1999. Interim Managing Attorney, Homeless Rights Project, Legal Aid Society, 2001. Law Clerk, Hon. Deborah A. Batts, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York, 1996-1998. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Association of Federal Defense Attorneys; Hispanic National Bar Association. [Navy, 1974-1979, AT3]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Labor Law; Habeas Corpus; Appeals; Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Prisoners Rights; Traffic Violations; Administrative Law.

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