Matthew A. Tedone

Mr. Tedone graduated from Fordham University and Hofstra University School of Law. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1977 and was subsequently admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and to the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Tedone served as Law Secretary to Hon. Leo F. McGinity and as a Deputy Nassau County Attorney in the Appeals Bureau, where he argued appeals in the Appellate Division, Second Department, New York Court of Appeals and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In 1979, Mr. Tedone and his father, Natale C. Tedone, formed the firm of Tedone & Tedone, Esqs. Mr. Tedone concentrated in federal and state commercial litigation and torts, including negligence, and appellate practice for the Bar. Following his father’s retirement in 1987, Mr. Tedone continued the firm until he joined Albanese & Albanese LLP.

Mr. Tedone’s practice now concentrates in all phases of real estate transactions, Litigation and Trusts and Estates.

Mr. Tedone is the Chairman of the Baxter Estates Village Board of Zoning Appeals and was counsel to, and a Director of, Landmark on Main Street, a Port Washington community organization. Mr. Tedone is a member of the New York and Nassau County Bar Associations and the Columbian Lawyers of Nassau County.

George P. Esernio

Mr. Esernio is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Business and New York Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1969. He was also admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the U.S. Court of International Trade. His experience includes representation of institutional, corporate and individual clients in connection with purchase, sale, leasing and financing transactions involving commercial and residential real estate, both in New York State and nationally, including syndication of apartment complexes. For many years, Mr. Esernio handled commercial and residential real estate matters in New York and Florida for the renowned developer, William J. Levitt. Mr. Esernio also has significant experience in the formation and dissolution of corporations, limited liability companies and the preparation of shareholder, limited partnership and operating agreements; the purchase and sale of supermarkets, funeral parlors, restaurants and liquor stores; liquor license applications; family and matrimonial matters; preparation of wills, probate and administration proceedings; and guardianship proceedings. He has served as Court Evaluator, Attorney for Alleged Incompetent Persons and, for many years, was the Court appointed guardian in one of the largest guardianship proceedings in Nassau County. Mr. Esernio is active in community and charitable organizations and has served as an officer, director and general counsel of the North Shore Boys & Girls Club, the South Queens Boys & Girls Club, the North Shore Soccer Club, the Joseph Licitra Scholarship Fund, the Justinian Scholars, the Jay’s World Childhood Cancer Foundation and has been a member of the St. John’s University Council, American Legion Post #336, the Community Against Substance Abuse, the Athletic Advisory Council at North Shore High School, the Open Campus Committee at North Shore High School and the North Shore Booster Club. He has been a member of the New York State, Nassau County and the Queens County Bar Associations.