Kelly Pressler elected to Safe Homes of Orange County Board of Directors WALDEN, NY – The law firm of Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP (J&G) is pleased to announce that Kelly A. Pressler, Senior Counsel concentrating in general, commercial, and municipal litigation, was elected to the Board of Directors for Safe Homes of Orange County on…
News Release: Michele Babcock Recognized by Hofstra University and Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties (WBAOSC) Press Release For more information, contact: Valerie Gross, Director of Marketing Jacobowitz and Gubits LLP, 845-778-2121 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michele L. Babcock, Managing Partner of Jacobowitz & Gubits Recognized by Hofstra University and The Women’s Bar…
Jacobowitz and Gubits Recognized by Orange County Chamber of Commerce as 2019 Business of the Year Press Release For more information, contact: Michele Babcock, Managing Partner Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP (845)778-2121 Jacobowitz and Gubits Recognized by Orange County Chamber of Commerce as 2019 Business of the Year The law firm of Jacobowitz and…
HAVE YOU RUN OUT OF TIME TO BRING YOUR LAWSUIT? When a client approaches our office about a possible personal injury lawsuit, one of THE very first questions is: when did the accident happen? In the rare case, if it is more than a certain period of time, the statute of limitations has run out…
New York State Makes Maintenance Payments Non-Taxable The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted at the end of 2017 included changes to the treatment of maintenance payments in a divorces with marital dissolution agreements that are entered into or modified after December 31, 2018. Under the “old” law, which is now repealed, the maintenance paying…
New Tax Law Makes Maintenance Payments Non-Taxable The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted at the end of 2017 included changes to the treatment of maintenance payments in a divorces with marital dissolution agreements that are entered into or modified after December 31, 2018. Under the “old” law, which is now repealed, the maintenance paying…
Taxes, Pot and Your Business Taxes, Pot and Your Business. If you run a legal business selling medical marijuana, can you take federal tax deductions for business expenses allowed for any business? Out west, the answer is no and here is the explanation. Let’s start with an important caveat: Selling marijuana for recreational use in…
Avoid a DWI: How much alcohol is too much? Several years ago the New York State STOP-DWI Association, Inc. launched the “STOP-DWI Crackdown Weekends” to better coordinate and promote county efforts to achieve greater visibility of DWI enforcement activities. The Association has found that when there is visible and reported heightened watch; drivers are less…
It’s Always the Right Time for Estate Planning Each year of my practice as an attorney, I meet hundreds of people without a will or any estate plan in place. The most common reason they give me is timing. Young people—20’s to 50’s depending on who you talk to—tend to feel that they’re healthy and…
Cannabis For Veterans With Chronic Pain or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder H.R. 5520 -The VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018 was introduced by Congressional representative Timothy J. Walz on April 16, 2018. The bipartisan bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of certain…
