Attorney Bios
William G. Sayegh
William G. Sayegh, the founder of the firm, has strong ties to the Hudson Valley region and is very benevolent to many local organizations. A former Bronx County Prosecutor, he is an experienced trial lawyer who began his career by successfully prosecuting and defending criminal cases involving murder, arson, rape, sale of controlled substances, and RICO, and is skilled in direct and cross-examination of FBI agents, forensics experts, pathologists, doctors, lawyers, police, military officers and servicemen, and experts in blood spattering, fingerprinting and DNA.
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Robert A. Weis
Robert A. Weis has concentrated in the practice of negligence and insurance law, both at the trial and appellate levels, in State and Federal Courts for over twenty years. In addition to commercial claims, he has extensive experience in the litigation of personal injury claims, professional malpractice claims, medical malpractice claims and related common law and statutory claims. He has served many of the largest casualty insurance companies, in addition to many of the larger self-insurers, as trial and appellate counsel.
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Zena M. Dubas
Zena Dubas is an Associate Attorney with The Law Firm of William G. Sayegh, PC. Zena has a concentration in her law practice with residential and commercial real estate,including purchase and sale agreements, institutional lender representation, leases,and due diligence review of title. Zena regularly represents the firm’s individual, corporate and institutional clients. Zena prepares and negotiates contracts,riders, addendums, and provides intense personal attention to each of her clients throughout the entire transaction process. Zena is also experienced in and zealously represents the firm’s clients in civil litigation, matrimonial litigation, Family Court proceedings and criminal defense.
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Amy L. Covais
Amy L. Covais earned her Juris Doctor degree at Pace Law School and was admitted to practice law in New York State in 2012. She is a member of the Putnam County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association. Ms. Covais’ practice areas include civil litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice, immigration law, criminal defense and real estate transactions.
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Maria C. Corrao
Maria C. Corrao has been admitted to practice in the State of New York since 2005. She is also admitted in the United States District Court in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She is a graduate of Pace University School of Law (Juris Doctorate Degree) and Pace University Graduate School (Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management). Maria represents clients in estate administration, estate planning, matrimonial and family law/custody issue resolution and litigation including trials and appeals, civil litigation, business law, residential and commercial real estate transactions and landlord-tenant matters.
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Mary E. Tokarz
Mary E. Tokarz received her Juris Doctorate degree from the Pace University School of Law and has been admitted to practice law in the State of New York since 1991. Mary regularly represents a number of well respected institutional lenders and individuals in residential real estate transactions having devoted her career to real estate transactions including institutional lender representation and the representation of individual clients in the purchase and sale of residential real estate in conventional and complex scenarios.
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Joseph S. Sayegh Of counsel
Joseph S. Sayegh practices primarily in the areas of transactional Real Estate Law, including residential and commercial real estate closings; residential and commercial mortgage loan closings for various mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and private lenders; business formation, business purchase and sale transactions, including creditor negotiation and settlement in connection with real estate transactions, and mortgage modification.
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Christopher W. McClure
Since entering private practice in 2004 Chris’ law practice has focused primarily in the areas of criminal defense, matrimonial/family law, general litigation and the representation of clients in real estate transactions. Chris is a highly experienced and skilled trial attorney. As both a prosecutor and defense attorney Chris has tried to verdict high profile and complex cases, including numerous homicides.
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S. Barrett Hickman was a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and at the time of his death was of counsel to this Firm. He possessed a substantial and distinguished record of service to the community. A graduate of Hamilton College, he served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and thereafter graduated from Cornell University Law School.
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