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Posted: February 25, 2008
Todd Pajonas President/principal Legal 1031 Exchange Services, Inc.
Name: Todd Pajonas, Esq.
Title: President/Principal
Company: Legal 1031 Exchange Services, Inc.
Location: 731 Main St., Ste. D3, Monroe, CT 06468
Birthplace and year: Valley Stream, N.Y., 1969
Family: Wife, Mary; and Erica Rose
College: St. John's University, BS Political Science; Touro Law School, JD
First job outside of finance: Worked for Marine Midland Bank, customer relations
First job in finance or allied field: Northeast regional manager, IPX Investment Property Exchange
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Focus on direct client contact, teach continuing education classes on 1031, maintain security of client funds.
Hobbies: Time with family, hiking, restoring old cars
Favorite book: The Aubrey/Maturing series of novels by Patrick O'Brien
Favorite movie: "The Usual Suspects"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Abraham Lincoln
Key to success: Helping clients make the right choices
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Teacher
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