Gary E. Bashian White Plains, New York
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| phone | (914) 946-5100 |
| fax | (914) 946-5111 |
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Mr. Bashian has concentrated his practice in the areas of litigation in Will, Trust, Accounting, Elder Law and Guardianship matters, as well as litigation in business and corporate/commercial matters. In addition, he has extensive experience in drafting Estate related documents for high net worth individuals including all forms of revocable and irrevocable trusts such as Charitable Lead Trusts and related documents. He has also been counsel to fiduciary's regarding estates of up to $80,000,000.00 and Charitable Remainder Trusts of up to $25,000,000.00. He has been involved in the administration and litigation of both contested and non-contested estates, trusts, and guardianships from the inception and discovery through trial and verdict, both by jury and non-jury trials.
He is the Past President of the Westchester County Bar Association, having served two consecutive terms, on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Trusts and Estates Sections as Vice-Chair of its Estate Litigation Committee and on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Elder Law Section as Vice-Chair of its Litigation Committee.
- Areas of Practice:
- Estate Planning
- Wills
- Trusts
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Elder Law Litigation
- Estate & Trust Litigation
- Elder Law & Medicaid Planning
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Taxation Law
- Not- for-Profit Corporation Law
- Bar Admissions:
- New York, 1968
- Connecticut, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1973
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1974
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1973
- U.S. Tax Court, 1976
- Education:
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York,
1971
LL.M in Taxation - Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts,
1967
J.D. - Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
1964
A.B.
- Published Works:
- "Stock Dividends and Section 305: Realization and the Constitution", Duke Law, Vol. 1971, No. 6, 1972
- "Tax Tidbits", Westchester Bar Journal, 1999
- "Estate Litigation Tidbits", Westchester Bar Journal, 1999
- "Discovery Under the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act", New York State Bar Journal and Westchester Bar Journal, 1994
- "Surrogate's Court Discovery: Recent Cases Illustrate Changes Under Provisions of SCPA", New York State Bar Journal, 2004
- "Article 15: Short Form Power of Attorney - A Valuable Tool", Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter, December, 2005
- Estate Litigation Course Book (Contributing Co-Author), New York State Bar Association Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2002
- Representative Clients:
- United States Tennis Association, Eastern Section, Inc.
- Powers Products, LLC
- Powers Fasteners, Inc.
- HSBC Bank
- The Thomas Carvel Charitable Remainder Unitrust
- New Rochelle Public Library
- The Bank of New York
- JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Accounting & Income Tax Management for Small Estates, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, October 22, 1976 - November 5, 1976
- Estate Probate & Administration for Estates up to $500,000, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1978
- Estate & Gift Taxation of Estates up to $500,000, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1979
- Estate Planning and Will Drafting, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1990
- Moderator, Administration of Decedent's Estate and Related Surrogate's Court Proceedings, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1991
- Practical Skills for Paralegals and Legal Assistants, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1992
- Moderator, Fiduciary Income Taxation, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1992
- Practical Skills Probate and Administration of Estates, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1992
- The Use of Trusts in Planning for the Elderly, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1992
- Chair, Basic Changes and New Direction in New York Trusts and Estate Practice, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1992
- Moderator, Settling an Estate, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1993
- Chair, Practical Skill Estate Planning and Will Drafting, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1993
- Practical Skills Probate and Administration of Estates, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1994
- Chair, Advanced Estate Planning, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 1998
- Chair, Practical Skills Estate Planning and Will Drafting, New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 2001
- Chair and Moderator, Hot Topics in Trusts and Estates Practice, New York State Bar Association, 2004
- What Every Accountant Should Know About Elder Law, Medicaid, Wills and Trusts and the Rules of Each Which Are Often Times Contrary, Westchester County Bar Association CLE Program, 2005
- The New Medicaid Law: Life (Elsewhere in the Elder Law Practice) Goes On... Drafting Powers of Attorney (after Ferrara), New York State Bar Association CLE Program, 2006
- How to Avoid Conflicts with Your Children, Sterling Glen Nursing Home, 2007
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Westchester County Bar Association
- Past President
- Westchester County Bar Foundation
- Present Secretary
- Westchester County Bar Association, 2004 - Present
- Chairman, Trust & Estate Section & Past Chairman, Tax Section
- New York State Bar Association
- Member, Business Law; Commercial & Federal Litigation; Elder Law
- New York State Bar Association
- Member, Tax; Trusts & Estates Law
- New York State Bar Association, 1994 - Present
- Executive Committee, Trusts & Estates Law Section
- New York State Bar Association, 1995 - Present
- Vice Chair, Estate Litigation Committee; Trusts & Estates Law Section
- New York State Bar Association, 1995 - Present
- Executive Committee, Elder Law Section
- New York State Bar Association, 2004 - Present
- Vice Chair, Litigation Committee, Elder Law Section
- Greenwich Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Member, Litigation; Real Property; Probate & Trusts; Taxation
- Westchester Women's Bar Association, 1994 - Present
- Member
- YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester, 2002 - Present
- Board of Directors
- United States Tennis Association/Eastern Section, Inc./Junior Tennis Foundation
- Board of Directors
- Westchester County Bar Association
- Elder Law Committee
