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RICHARD D. KUHN
Member of Firm
rkuhn@kuhn-otoole.com
  • Born Staten Island, New York, April 19, 1934.
  • Admitted to bar, 1959, New York; 1993, U.S. Tax Court.
  • Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1955; LL.B., 1958); Georgetown University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1963).
  • Author: 
    • "Liquidation and Reincorporation Under the 1954 Code," Vol. 51, No. 1, Georgetown Law Journal, 1962. 
    • "United States Tax Policy With Respect to Less Developed Countries," Vol 32, No. 2, George Washington Law Review. 
    • "Some Tax Aspects of Real Estate Transactions, Post 1964," Vol. 3, No. 1, Richmond County Bar Association Journal, 1965. 
    • "Conserving The Fruits: A Survey of Estate Planning for the Physician," Vol. 37, No. 13, Modern Medicine, 1969; 
    • "Disclosure versus Confidentiality," Vol. 29, No. 4, The Catholic Lawyer (St. John's University, 1985).
  • Chairman of Board and President, Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, 1974-1978.
  • Member: 
    • Estate Planning Council of New York.
  • Languages: Spanish.
  • Practice Areas: Trust and Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Elder Law; Probate; Corporate; Pension.

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MAUREEN A. O'TOOLE
Member of Firm
otoole@kuhn-otoole.com
  • Born Brooklyn, New York, August 11, 1940
  • Admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1992, U.S. Tax Court.
  • Education: St. John's University (B.S., cum laude, 1983); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1987).
  • Member:
    • Richmond County Bar Association (Member, Surrogate's Court Committee).
    • New York State Bar Association.
    • Staten Island Women's Bar Association (Member, Trusts and Estates Committee).
    • New York County Lawyers Association.
    • Estate Planning Council of New York.
  • Practice Areas: Trust and Estate Planning; Elder Law; Guardianship; Real Estate; Probate.

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DANIEL D. KUHN
Member of Firm
dkuhn@kuhn-otoole.com
  • Born Staten Island, New York, December 7, 1964.
  • Admitted to bar, 1992, New York and Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit.
  • Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., Accounting, 1986); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D.; M.S.W., 1991).
  • Prior Experience: Senior Attorney, Disability Law Specialist, Queens Legal Services Corporation, 1992-1998.
  • Reported Cases: Melville v. Apfel, 198 F.3d 45 (2d Cir. 1999); Santana v. Apfel, 44 F.Supp.2d 482 (EDNY 1999); Mijares v. Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services of U.S., 887 F.Supp.57 (EDNY 1994).
  • Member:
    • Richmond County Bar Association.
    • National Organization of Social Claims Representatives.
  • Languages: Spanish.
  • Practice Areas: Social Security Disability; Trust and Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Guardianship.

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CARL A. MAIETTA
Associate
Cmaietta@kuhn-otoole.com

  • Born Brooklyn, New York, February 18, 1976
  • Admitted to Bar, 2002, New Jersey and New York
  • Education: St. John’s University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1998); New York Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001).
  • Member, 1999-2000 and Executive Notes and Comments Editor, 2000-2001, New York Law School Review
  • Member:
    • American Bar Association
    • New York State Bar Association
    • Richmond County Bar Association

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NANCY A. PAK
Associate
Npak@kuhn-otoole.com

  • Born Staten Island, New York, May 20, 1971
  • Admitted to Bar, 1998, California; 1999, Massachusetts; 2001, New York
  • Education: University of Albany (B.A., 1993); Boston University (J.D., 1997)
  • Topics Editor, Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 1996-1997.
  • Author: “Reinstitution of the Chain Gang: A Historical and Constitutional Analysis,” Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, Spring 1997.
  • Member:
    • Staten Island Women's Bar Association
    • Richmond County Bar Association

GLENN S. WECHSLER
Of Counsel
gwechsler@kuhn-otoole.com

  • Born Brooklyn, New York, September 11, 1966.
  • Bar Admissions: 1994, New York.
  • Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1988; J.D., M.S.W., 1993)
  • Member:
    • Richmond County Bar Association
  • Practice Area: Social Security Disability 

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