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20 Years In Business
20 years. It’s a milestone symbolized with the gift of china flatware by traditionalists, and platinum by modernists. For Blustein, Shapiro, Frank & Barone, LLP, it symbolizes two decades of outstanding client service. We are so proud to have spent...
Funding – the “Glue” of a Successful Estate Plan
When most people think about their estate planning, they usually focus on whether they should have a will or living trust as their primary estate planning document. This “debate” (which has raged in the estate planning community for years) misses...
2019 Readers’ Choice Award Winners!
Continuing on a legacy of achievement, Hudson Valley law firm Blustein, Shapiro, Frank & Barone, LLP has again been recognized as a Top 3 Best Law Firm in the Times Herald-Record’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition, attorney Diana Puglisi...
Passing The Pitchfork
Through proper and proactive planning, the farmer can protect the farm in the event the farmer becomes disabled without prematurely giving up control of the farm. Importantly, having a plan in place can prevent the farm business from stagnating in...
Are Farm Breweries The Answer For A Suffering Agriculture Industry?
In the Hudson Valley, we have a longstanding tradition of farm wineries. However, today with both national and local family brands of craft beers, spirits, and ciders coming into the mix, we have numerous breweries, distilleries, and cideries all right...
Hudson Valley Farm Business: An Exciting Time
When I was growing up in western Orange County, I was never more than a stone’s throw away from a farm, and am thrilled to still live in an area where I can so readily enjoy their products. My grandparents...
Upstate New York 2018 Super Lawyers
Continuing on a legacy of achievement, BSF&B Partners Gardiner “Tad” Barone, Richard J. Shapiro, Austin F. DuBois, and William A. Frank have all again been recognized as Top Rated Lawyers by New York Super Lawyers for 2018. Gardiner “Tad” Barone...
Congratulations, Megan!
BSF&B Associate Megan Conroy was recently honored as an Orange County Rising Star by the Junior League of Orange County, NY, Inc. It was a well-deserved honor for a hard-working and community-minded attorney! Megan, a graduate of the 2017 Class...
Asset Transfers That Are Exempt From Medicaid Penalties
Under the Medicaid “look back” rules, gifts made by a nursing home resident within the five-year period preceding the date of filing a Medicaid application are scrutinized by the Department of Social Services to determine the impact of those gifts on the applicant’s Medicaid...