Michael J.
Catalfimo
Director
Michael J. Catalfimo currently concentrates his practice in the fields of Creditors Rights, Commercial Law, Business Litigation, Estates & Trusts Law, Municipal Law, and Family Law. He is also experienced in the areas of Real Property Law, Criminal Law, Health Care Law and General Civil Litigation.
Mr. Catalfimo earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree (with All College Honors) in Government from Skidmore College in 1982. While at Skidmore, he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society and the Periclean Honor Society. He received his Juris Doctor Degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Boston College Law School in 1985, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif National Legal Honor Society and received the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Medal For Excellence in Advocacy and Outstanding Trial Advocacy. He is admitted to the Bars of the State, Federal, and Bankruptcy Courts of New York and Massachusetts, and has received the highest possible Peer Review Rating of "AV" in the Martindale-Hubbell Directory for Attorneys.
Mr. Catalfimo is an active member of the American and New York State Bar Associations, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Legal and Financial Network, and the Business Litigation Practice Group of the ALFA International. He is the past president of the Washington County Bar Association and the current president of the Federation of Bar Associations of the Fourth Judicial District. Mr. Catalfimo serves on the arbitration and mediation panels of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and is a former adjunct professor of Business Law at Skidmore College.
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1985
New York State, 1986
U.S. District Court:
Northern District of New York, 1986
Southern District of New York, 1994
Western District of New York, 1995
Eastern District of New York, 1998District of Massachusetts, 1996
U.S. Bankruptcy Court:
Northern District of New York, 1986
Southern District of New York, 1994
Western District of New York, 1996
Eastern District of New York, 1998District of Massachusetts, 1996
Education:
Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
J.D., Doctor of JurisprudenceSkidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1982
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
ALFA International
American Legal and Financial Network
American Bankruptcy Institute
Federation of Bar Associations, Fourth Judicial District
Washington County Bar Association
Representative Cases:
Nelson v. Lundy, 300 AD2d 967 (3rd Dept 2002);
Nelson v. Lundy, 298 AD2d 689 (3rd Dept 2002);
Green Tree Financial Servicing Corp. v. Lewis, 280 AD2d 642 (2nd Dept 2001);
Lewis v. Greentree Mortgage Service, 51 Fed.Appx. 68, 2002 WL 31640439 (2002);
Reeve v. General Acc. Ins. Co. of New York, 239 AD2d 759 (3rd Dept 1997);
Campinell v. Campinell, 220 AD2d 940 (3rd Dept 1995);
Crepeau v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Village of Cambridge, 195 AD2d 919 (3rd Dept 1993);
Matter of Estate of Harrison, 184 AD2d 42 (3rd Dept 1992);
Sassone v. Town of Queensbury, 157 AD2d 891 (3rd Dept 1990);
Holcomb v. Holcomb, 148 AD2d 915 (3rd Dept 1989);
Holcomb v. Holcomb, 137 AD2d 921 (3rd Dept 1988).
