Michael C. Giordano, Esq., has over 30 years of legal experience concentrating on Elder Law, Trusts, Wills and Estates, Probate and Estate Administration, Special Needs Planning and Guardianship. He is also a Nationally Certified Guardian and has an MBA in Finance.
Judicial Experience
Arbitrator: appointed in various Cumberland County civil matters.
Legal Experience
Michael C. Giordano, Attorney & Counselor at Law
Blauvelt, NY and Mechanicsburg, PA
2007 – Present
Law Practice concentrating in Elder Law
NYS Court Examiner since 2007
SUNY/Rockland County Community College
Suffern, NY
2008 – 2009
Adjunct Faculty: Business Law, Elder Law
Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, LLP
New York, NY
2002 – 2006
Counsel: Supervised the firm’s surplus lines regulatory filings to state insurance departments; managed database of state regulatory filing requirements for surplus lines companies.
Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
New York, NY
2002
Counsel: Managed the firm’s client surplus lines insurers’ regulatory filings; and handled various other corporate and regulatory insurance matters.
Bryan Cave, LLP
New York, NY
2001 – 2002
Counsel: Managed the firm’s client surplus lines insurers’ regulatory filings; and handled various other corporate and regulatory insurance matters.
Mendes & Mount, LLP
New York, NY
1991 – 2001
Partner: Managed the firm’s Insurance Regulatory Compliance Practice Group.
1988 – 1991
Associate: Managed the firm’s Insurance Regulatory Compliance Practice Group.
G.L. Hodson & Son, Inc.
New Hyde Park, NY
1984 – 1988
Assistant Vice President: Contracts department (1987-1988)
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
New York, NY
1981 – 1984
Supervisor: Letter of Credit Department
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
New York, NY
1978 – 1981
Senior Operations Assistant
Education
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
J.D., 1987
St. John’s University
Jamaica, NY
MBA in Finance, with Honors, 1983
Queens College, C.U.N.Y.
Queens, NY
BA in Psychology, 1978
Licensure/Certifications
- Pennsylvania Bar Admitted 2007
- New York Bar Admitted 1988
- Connecticut Bar Admitted 1987
Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Cumberland County Bar Association
- National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
Additional Qualifications
Nationally Certified Guardian
- Center for Guardianship Certification, 2011 – Present
Mediation Training
- TWZ Enterprises