Blustein, Shapiro, Frank & Barone, LLP is pleased to announce that attorney William “Bill” Duquette has joined the Hudson Valley law firm as its newest Partner.
Bill has more than 25 years of legal experience, most recently as a partner with the real estate team at Jacobowitz & Gubits where he worked on residential and commercial real estate transactions, banking transactions, and common interest community formations, and dissolutions. He joins BSF&B’s transactional practice area in commercial and residential real estate.
“We are thrilled to welcome such an accomplished attorney to our partnership ranks at BSF&B,” said Managing Partner Michael Blustein. “Legal professionals of Bill’s caliber are hard to come by, and we’re confident that he will be not only a tremendous asset to our firm, but also to our clients and our community.”
A graduate of American International College and Brooklyn Law School, Bill is admitted to both the New York State Bar and Massachusetts Bar. He previously served as a Legal Assistant/Associate General Counsel with the Jehovah’s Witnesses Office of General Counsel in Patterson, N.Y. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties, and the New York State Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section Committee of Condominiums and Cooperatives.
“I have been working in the Hudson Valley for nearly 20 years and have always considered BSF&B one of the top firms in the area,” Bill said. “I am really excited to join forces with such a talented group of professionals.”
Bill and his wife, Andrea, currently reside in Pine Bush, where he serves as a board member of the Pine Bush Area Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the HONOR Board of Directors.
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