WILLIAM H. BAVE, JR. | MICHAEL J. COZZA | JOHN C.  COUZENS, JR. | PATRICIA BAVE-PLANELL | KEVIN D. O’DELL | ALEXANDRA C. KARAMITSOS | JAMES A. ROGERS | ROBERT J. GIRONDA | ERIN M. COLA | CLAUDINE L. WEIS | BRYAN J. FOLEY


WILLIAM H. BAVE, JR., Born: Yonkers, New York, June 1, 1948; Admitted to Bar: 1974, New York; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Providence College (B.A., 1970); Fordham University (J.D., 1973). Assistant District Attorney, Westchester County, 1973-1978. Past Chair, Executive Committee of Trial Lawyers Section, New York State Bar Association, 1994. Frequent lecturer in areas of trial strategy, evidence and procedure. Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Fellow American College of Trial Lawyers.



MICHAEL J. COZZA, Born: Mount Vernon, New York, September 11, 1952; Admitted to Bar: 1979, New York; 1979, United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Iona College (B.A., 1974); Fordham University (J.D., 1978). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Frequent lecturer for New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education programs.



JOHN C.  COUZENS, JR., Born: Yonkers, New York, January 15, 1951; Admitted to Bar: 1977, New York; 1979, United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., 1973); Fordham University (J.D., 1976). General Counsel, Yonkers Board of Education, 1980-1983. Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Lecturer for New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education programs in areas of personal injury litigation and cross-examination of medical expert witnesses.



PATRICIA BAVE-PLANELL, Born: Yonkers, New York, July 25, 1960; Admitted to Bar: 1985, Connecticut; 1986, New York; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1982); Phi Gamma Mu; Phi Beta Kappa; Fordham University (J.D., 1985). Lecturer, various Topics Relating to Guardianship and Elder Law. Member: Westchester County Bar Association (Past Co-Chair, Senior Guardianship Committee); New York State Bar Association; Westchester Women's Bar Association (Past Co-Chair, Health and Elder Law Committee); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).



KEVIN D. O’DELL, Born: New York, New York, July 13, 1962; Admitted to Bar: 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York; United States District Court, District of New Jersey (1990), Southern (1991) and Eastern (1993), Districts of New York. Education: Le Moyne College (B.A., 1984); Pace University (J.D., 1990). Member: Westchester County, New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations.



ALEXANDRA C. KARAMITSOS, Born: Southampton, New York, July 23, 1968; Admitted to Bar: 1992, Connecticut; 1993, New York; 1994, United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., cum laude, 1989; J.D., 1992). Member: Westchester County, Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations.

LANGUAGES: Greek



JAMES A. ROGERS, Born: Newport News, Virginia, May 19, 1971; Admitted to Bar: 2000, New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1993); Quinnipiac College (J.D., 1999); Long Island University (M.B.A., Finance, 2001). Member: Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Associations.

LANGUAGES: Spanish.



ROBERT J. GIRONDA, Born: New Rochelle, New York, July 14, 1961; Admitted to Bar: 2001, Connecticut; 2002, New York; 2003, United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Mercy College (B.S., 1997); Pace University (J.D., 2001). Member: New York State, Westchester and New York County Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association.



ERIN M. COLA, Born: Bronx, New York, February 11, 1977; Admitted to Bar: 2004, New York; 2003, New Jersey; 2006, United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Binghamton University (B.A., 1999); St. John’s University (J.D., 2003). Member: New York State Bar Association.


CLAUDINE L. WEIS, Born: Port Chester, New York, November 26, 1970; Admitted to Bar: 1998, New York; United States District Courts, Northern (2001) and Southern (1998), Districts of New York. Education: Pace University (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1997). Member: Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations.


BRYAN J. FOLEY, Born: Mahopac, New York, April 13, 1982; Admitted to Bar: 2007, Connecticut; 2008, New York. Education: SUNY Albany (B.S., 2000); New York Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: New York State and Westchester County Bar Associations.

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