Howard Alan Kave
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Biography
Howard first stood before a judge, in the Criminal Court of the City of New York at 100 Centre Street, in September of 1972. He has been representing persons accused of crime every working day since then, a period of nearly 46 years.
Howard learned his craft, as a courtroom lawyer, as a Senior Trial Attorney with the Legal Aid Society of the City of New York in Kings County. By the age of 26 he was regularly trying felony cases in the Supreme Court and winning most of them. After five years in that position, he was appointed a Special Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Office of the Special State Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social Services, supervising a team of financial auditors and criminal investigators in order to investigate, and prosecute, "white collar" crimes involving thefts, by deceit, from the Medicaid health financing system.
He left government service in 1981 and worked briefly as an associate in a small law firm in Sullivan County. The experience convinced him that he would be happier as his own employer.
While looking for a place to open his own practice, he fortuitously met an old colleague from the Legal Aid Society who had a small private practice in New Windsor, Within months they formed a partnership that lasted for ten years. During that time Howard developed greater experience in the civil practice, and became skilled in divorce and family law, contract and collection litigation, real estate transactions, business sales and acquisitions and general civil litigation.
Passionate about aviation since he first flew in an airplane at age 4, Howard achieved life long goal by earning a private pilot license in 1994 and purchased an four seat, single engine aircraft in 1996 that he owned and flew all over the eastern United States for the next 22 years. He obtained his instrument rating a few years later and now owns and operates a 1946 Aeronca Champ, a classic tail wheel airplane based at the Orange County Airport.
Practice Areas
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Criminal Law
Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Divorce
Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
DUI & DWI
Family Law
Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Fees
- Rates, Retainers and Additional Information - Free consultations are limited to criminal, collection, contract and personal injury matters. For all family law and divorce matters a consultation fee of $350 is paid at the time of the consultation and if I am retained in the matter within a year, it is credited to the retainer.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Professional Experience
Senior Trial Attorney LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Year: 1972 - 1977
Description: Represented Indigent Criminal Defendants in All Stages of Prosecution
Special Assistant Attorney General New York State Department of Law
Year: 1977 - 1980
Description: Investigated and Prosecuted White Collar Crime Involving Medicaid Fraud and Physical Abuse of Patients in Nursing Homes
Associate Attorney Greenwald & Graubard, P.C. Attorneys at Law
Year: 1980 - 1981
Description: General Practice
Partner Feinman, Greher & Kave, P.C.
Year: 1981 - 1991
Description: Private Practice; Criminal Defense, Divorce and Family Law, Commercial & Consumer Collections and Defense of Same; Wills, Real Estate, General Litigation
Town Attorney Town of Lumberland, New York
Year: 1981 - Current
Description:
Owner Howard Alan Kave, Attorney at Law
Year: 1991 - Current
Description: General Practice Law Firm. Criminal Defense; Divorce and Family Law; Debt Collection and Defense; Real Estate; Wills, General Litigation; Aviation Law
Professional Associations
New York State Bar # 1179571 Member (1973 - Current)
Orange County Pilots Association Past General Counsel (Current)
Experimental Aircraft Association (Current)
Aircraft Owner's and Pilots Association Former Airport Support Network Volunteer; Current Legal Plan Counsel (Current)
Orange County Bar Association (Current)
New York State Bar Association (Current)
Education
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Brooklyn Law School J.D. (1972) | Law
Year: 1969 - 1972
Honors: Invited to Law Review
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Brooklyn Law School
Certifications
- Private Pilot, Instrument, Airplane, Single Engine & Tailwheel Airplane: Federal Aviation Administration 1994
815 Blooming Grove Turnpike, New Windsor, NY 12553