Atkins and Mongioi of Forchelli Law honored by L.I. Business News

According to Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana LLP, associate Douglas Atkins and counsel Mary Mongioi were honored by the Long Island Business News with the Leadership of Law award. The Leadership in Law Award recognizes experience, dedication, hard work, skill, and excellence and is dedicated to those individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Long Island. Atkins concentrates his practice in the areas of tax certiorari, real estate and condemnation. He has experience in tax reduction proceedings for all types of commercial real estate throughout Long Island's counties, towns and villages. Atkins also has obtained substantial tax refunds for owners of specialty properties such as cellular phone tower sites, sand processing plants and tidal wetlands. Atkins is admitted to the bars of New York and Connecticut. He is a member of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations, where he serves on the tax certiorari and condemnation law committee for each. He is also an active member of the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce. He is a frequent lecturer and writer on the topics of commercial property tax and valuation. He has been published in the New York Real Estate Journal, the New York Law Journal, the Suffolk County Lawyer and various other local publications. Mongioi concentrates her practice in the tax, trusts and estates department, where she offers clients years of experience in the handling of litigated estate matters as well as in civil litigation, appellate practice and real estate. Earlier this year, Mongioi was appointed by the Nassau County Bar Association as vice chair of its real property committee. Founded in 1976, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, & Terrana LLP employs attorneys who provide counsel to a broad range of clients, including national, regional and local businesses, major real estate developers and organizations, banks, insurance companies, municipalities, educational institutions, and individuals. Personal attention and quality representation that is both practical and cost-effective are hallmarks of the firm's policy towards clients.