WILLISTON PARK, NEW YORK
Legal guidance for the decisions
that shape your life and business.
OUR APPROACH
Buying a home. Building a business. Planning for the future. Navigating a difficult transition. These are significant moments, and the right guidance matters.
Patacca & Associates, P.C. is a general practice law firm committed to individual attention and long-term client relationships. Our attorneys and staff work together to help you understand your options and address the challenges ahead.
When you retain one of our attorneys, you receive that attorney’s individual attention along with contributions from other members of the firm. We take time to understand what matters to you, explain the issues involved, and keep the conversation open as your matter progresses. From your first conversation through resolution, we make time for your questions and concerns.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Serving individuals, families,
businesses, and lenders.
A real estate transaction is more than a closing date. It is a significant commitment for the people and businesses involved. We represent purchasers, sellers, and lenders in residential and commercial real estate transactions, providing guidance as the matter moves toward closing.
Our work brings together experience in real estate and institutional lending, with personal attention to your questions and the details of your transaction.
Foreclosure matters can raise difficult questions about property, financial obligations, and what happens next. We provide legal counsel to help clients understand their situation and approach the process with a clearer sense of the issues involved.
We take time to listen to your concerns, discuss your objectives, and explain the next steps in your matter.
Financial difficulties can affect both everyday life and long-term plans. Our firm provides guidance in bankruptcy matters, helping clients make sense of an unfamiliar process and the decisions they may face.
Our approach begins with understanding your circumstances and concerns, so that conversations about the way forward are grounded in your individual situation.
Planning for the future and settling an estate both call for thoughtful, personal counsel. We assist clients with estate planning, wills, probate, and estate administration, helping them understand the process and address questions along the way.
Following the loss of a loved one, handling an estate can feel especially burdensome. We guide clients through this work with attention to both the legal matters and the people affected.
Property relationships can involve competing concerns and practical questions that need careful attention. We provide representation in landlord and tenant matters, taking time to understand the circumstances of the property and the issues that have arisen.
We work with clients to clarify their concerns, discuss their goals, and understand the legal matters involved in their situation.
From establishing a new business to managing an existing one, legal decisions are closely connected to your plans for the future. We counsel clients in the formation and operation of their businesses, as well as the purchase and sale of businesses.
We aim to build an ongoing understanding of your business, offering individual attention as your needs and priorities develop.
A business dispute can demand time and attention that would otherwise go toward running your business. We represent clients in commercial litigation, with a focus on understanding the dispute and the business concerns behind it.
Our attorneys work with you to discuss your objectives, explain the issues as the matter develops, and keep you involved in decisions along the way.
OUR ATTORNEYS
Paul Patacca practices in real estate and business formation and operation. He advises institutional lenders on state and federal banking regulations and assists financial institutions in developing real estate programs and products that comply with applicable laws.
He represents lenders, sellers, and purchasers in residential and commercial real estate closings, and counsels clients on forming and operating their businesses.
J.D., Emory University Law School
B.A., SUNY Albany
Kevin McDermott practices in real estate, business formation and operations, wills, trusts and estates, and foreclosure. He represents purchasers and sellers in residential and commercial real estate transactions and in the purchase and sale of businesses.
He guides clients through probate and estate administration following the loss of a loved one. He also assists with estate planning, helping clients understand the process and addressing their questions along the way.
J.D., SUNY Buffalo School of Law
B.A., SUNY Oswego
LET’S TALK
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As a client, you are entitled to courtesy, consideration, and competent, diligent representation. You are entitled to your lawyer’s independent professional judgment and undivided loyalty, uncompromised by conflicts of interest.
You are entitled to a reasonable fee, an explanation of how fees are calculated and billed, and a written itemized bill at reasonable intervals. You may decline fee arrangements you find unsatisfactory.
You are entitled to prompt responses to your questions and concerns, information about the status of your matter, copies of papers upon request, and sufficient information to participate meaningfully in your matter.
Your legitimate objectives should be respected, including decisions about settlement, subject to court approval where required. You have a right to privacy and to have your confidences preserved to the extent permitted by law.
You may end the attorney-client relationship at any time, although court approval may be required and you may owe fees for services already rendered. You are entitled to ethical conduct and will not be refused representation on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.