Sara W. McGinty

Sara W. McGinty

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Rating: 7.0

Licensed for 41 years

Elder law Lawyer at Rosendale, NY
Practice Areas: Elder Law, Probate, Wills & Living Wills, Unknown

Po Box 354, Rosendale, NY

About Sara

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Elder Law 30%

My elder law practice consists of disability planning (through Powers of Attorney, primarily) and estate planning (through lifetime transfers, wills and trusts).

30 years

30%
Probate 30%

I have experience in probate (when a will exists) and intestate administration (when there's no will). I also have a lot of experience in will contests and other types of Surrogate's Court litigation.

30 years | 200 cases

30%
Wills and Living Wills 20%

Not everybody needs a will. Sometimes my clients can meet all of their estate-planning goals by changing the way they hold title to assets or by lifetime gifting directly or through trusts.

30 years | 500 cases

20%

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 40 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1985

Currently Registered

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2008

Licensed in Connecticut for 41 years

State: Connecticut

Acquired: 1984

Administrative Suspension

Location

Sara W. McGinty, PC

Po Box 354, Rosendale, NY, 12472-0354

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Experience

Rating:  7.0 (Very Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2008.

Stayed Suspension issued in NY, 2008

updated on 01/17/2017

Stayed suspension means the attorney has been suspended, but that the suspension is placed on hold (and ultimately removed) if the attorney complies with certain requirements.

Sara’s comment:

“Suspension was stayed in 2008 for one year. The stayed suspension was terminated in 2009.”

Honors

1979

Departmental Honors, Barnard College Psychology Department

1979

cum laude, Barnard College

1979

cum laude, Cardozo School of Law

1978

Dean's List, Barnard College

Work Experience

1987 - 1992

Associate, Sidley & Austin

1984 - 1987

Associate, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP

Education

1984

Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1979

Barnard College

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2016

Drafting Effective Wills

Ethics and Estate-Planning

2015

Estate Administration from Start to Finish

Complex Issues in Estate Administration

2014

Probate Process from Start to Finish

Litigating the Case in Probate Court

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