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Partners
THOMAS J. ROSSI - E-MAIL
For nearly 40 years Tom represented a wide range of clients in diverse fields from complex litigation to providing legal advice on business, regulatory and personal issues. Although he ultimately concentrated his practice on commercial and business disputes, primarily in the construction and real estate fields, Tom is a generalist with experience in trusts and estates, employment, residential and commercial real estate transactions and leasing, title claim litigation, intra-family disputes, and university disciplinary matters, among other areas.
During his years of practice, Tom tried dozens of bench and jury trials in the State and Federal Courts, in arbitration proceedings and before administrative tribunals.
Tom currently works exclusively as an arbitrator and mediator, bringing the experiences and insights gained in more than 35 years of practice to these ADR forums. He has presided over more than 250 arbitration proceedings, many of them lengthy and complex matters, and has conducted several hundred mediations. He has been a member of the American Arbitration Association's Construction and Commercial Panels of Arbitrators and Mediators for more than 30 years. He is also a long-standing member of the NYS Supreme Court Commercial Division's mediation panel. Tom is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. Please use the following link to view Tom's resume outlining his mediation and arbitration background. Tom's Resume (PDF)
Throughout his professional life, Tom has been active in community and bar groups as a member of the New York City Community Planning Board 5 (Land Use Committee), Past-President and current director of the Columbian Lawyers Association, and a member of the New York State Bar Association's committees on Commercial and Federal Litigation and Alternate Disputes Resolution. He served two terms as a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts appointed by the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division.
Tom is an Adjunct Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law teaching a course in "Construction Law."
Tom is a graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School, Fordham University and St. John's University School of Law.
THERESA E. CROWLEY - E-MAIL
Theresa concentrates her practice on trusts and estates, elder law, and transactional real estate.
In trusts and estates and elder law matters, Theresa has a wide range of experience representing individuals and their families with complex trusts and estates and elder care issues. She assists those clients with drafting Wills and trusts, complex powers of attorneys, and guides them through Medicaid eligibility planning and estate tax planning issues. She also represents fiduciaries in estate administration proceedings.
Theresa also frequently litigates Surrogate's Court matters and represents clients at Fair Hearings at which Medicare eligibility is determined.
In real estate matters, since her admission to the New York bar in 1991, Theresa has represented countless buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate, as well as real estate lenders. She also serves as general counsel to several cooperative apartment corporations, for which she provides general legal advice, services in connection with the sales of units, and litigation matters.
Theresa is a graduate of St. John's University, where she received a degree in Finance, and St. John's University School of Law.
Of Counsel
PETER METIS - E-MAIL
Peter has more than 25 years of experience with a practice focused on commercial, real estate and employment litigation. Peter represents a broad range of clients including real estate professionals, manufacturers, financial institutions, universities, restaurants and not-for-profit entities. He is admitted to practice in New York, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He also has experience litigating before administrative agencies and arbitration tribunals. Peter is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law School where he teaches mediation.
Associates
HARDEEP PAUL CHAUHAN - E-MAIL
Hardeep is a 2014 graduate of CUNY Queens College and a 2020 graduate of Widener Commonwealth School of Law. While attending law school Hardeep completed an in-depth study in business advising and received an honors certificate in the program. The business advising certificate courses focused on business organization and structure, business planning, taxation, employment relationships, and transactional skills courses to gain practical experience in various types of business transactions. Prior to joining Rossi & Crowley, Hardeep worked as an extern with Goldstein & Greenlaw, LLP, where he was exposed to real estate transactions and assisted in the representation of many cooperatives and condominiums. At Rossi & Crowley, LLP, Hardeep focuses on real estate litigation and transactions, trust and estates and general commercial law.
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