Partners

RUDOLPH H. CARTIER, JR.
Rudolph H. Cartier, Jr., the founding partner, is a former officer of Hempstead Bank. After spending several years in the banking business, he obtained his law degree from St. John's University and joined the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. After leaving the District Attorney's Office, Mr. Cartier maintained a general practice for seven years, while also serving as a Professor of Business Administration at Suffolk County Community College before joining with the other partners to form the current firm. Mr. Cartier has been active in both the Suffolk County and NYS Bar Associations and has been honored for his activities in the S.C.B.A. including Chairmanship of the County-Bar Association Fee Disputes Committee and the Suffolk County Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission Inc. Mr. Cartier is listed in Who's Who in American Law, as well as other Who's Who in America publications.

WILLIAM J. BERNSTEIN
William J. Bernstein received his J.D. degree from Boston university and went on to receive his Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University. Mr. Bernstein was a sole practitioner in Hauppauge, concentrating in the areas of commercial law, estate planning, and taxation before joining the firm in January of 1991 to head the tax and estate departments. He is a former Chairman of IRS District Director's Tax Liaison Committee and the Suffolk County Bar Association Tax Committee. He is a past vice-president of the Suffolk Academy of Law and lectures frequently in the areas of tax, business, and estate planning.

GEORGE EDWARD DAZZO
George Edward Dazzo is a 1993 graduate from Saint John's University, with a B.A. degree in American History in 1993 and studied at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor degree in 1996. He spent four years with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the United States Attorney's Office. S.D.N.Y. before joining the firm in March, 1999. His areas of concentration are civil litigation, employment litigation, criminal law and he is currently on the faculty at New York Institute of Technology teaching criminal law and procedure. He is admitted in both New York and Virginal.

KENNETH A. AUERBACH
Kenneth A. Auerbach graduated cum laude from Hofstra University with a BA degree in 1984, and received his J.D. degree from Hofstra Law School in 1987. He has most recently concentrated his practice in personal injury litigation and has successfully obtained several substantial settlements and verdicts after trial. He is currently a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey.