Law office of Barbara H. Cane, attorneys Barbara Cane, Courtney Boniface, Rockland County NY

Estate planning and estate settlement attorneys in the Law Offices of Barbara H. Cane

Barbara H. Cane, Attorney at Law

"My mother died long before her time, bringing home the fact that immortality does not run in the family. So when I decided to start my own practice, estate planning and settlement was an area in which I felt I could offer people something special."

Admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts, Barbara H. Cane is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Rockland County Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association, the Planned Giving Group of Greater New York, and the Harvard Club.

Barbara is active in the community and speaks frequently on estate planning matters and techniques of charitable giving to a wide variety of audiences, including:

WNET-13
United Hospice of Rockland County
American Cancer Society
Rockland Community College
Dominican College
Holocaust Study Center
St. Mary's Hospital Foundation
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
TOUCH, an AIDS support group
92nd Street Y senior group
Rockland Development Council

She writes widely and for a number of years entertained and informed her audience through a column entitled "Willpower". She is co-chair of the Professional Subcommittee of Leave a Legacy Rockland, a cooperative effort of nonprofit organizations, estate planning professionals, and businesses dedicated to raising community awareness of charitable giving. She was honored by United Hospice of Rockland County in 2000 for service.

Barbara H. Cane is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, a cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and holds a master degree in African history from Columbia University. Following a judicial clerkship in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, she was an associate at Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer, a large Boston firm. Before starting her own practice in 1991, she worked as in-house counsel for several corporations and served as Vice President of Legal and Environmental Affairs for Polychrome Corporation, an international manufacturing company. Barbara is married and has two grown children.

Philosophy of Law Offices of Barbara H. Cane

Our objective is to:

help you take care of yourself and your loved ones
give what you have to the people and organizations you choose
save on taxes and fees

Each plan honors your individuality, encourages creative confrontation of mortality and consideration of how to transfer values as well as wealth. Where appropriate, we help you "do well by doing good" through charitable giving.

When we settle an estate through probate, administration or trust termination, our goal is to carry out the desires of the decedent, while guiding you through the inevitable paperwork.

Our lawyers are happy to work as a team with your:

accountant
financial advisor
insurance professional
business attorney

and your other advisors to fashion the best solution for you.

We aspire to carry out our mission with competence and intelligence, always with integrity.

Courtney E. Boniface, Attorney at Law

Courtney Boniface, attorney at Law Office of Barbara H. Cane

Courtney E. Boniface is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association, The Rockland County Bar Association and the Rockland Business Women's Network.

Courtney is a graduate of the 2004 class of Leadership Rockland and was honored in 2004 by the Rockland Business Association and Rockland Economic Development Council with the prestigious Forty-Under-Forty Award leadership award.

Courtney E. Boniface graduated from Fairfield University, where she majored in both Political Science and International Studies and minored in Peace and Justice. She graduated cum laude from Pace University School of Law, with certificates in both Environmental Law and International Law.

As a law student, she participated in the Health Law Clinic, focusing on estate planning issues, and in the Land Use Law Center, where she worked on a two year study of land use law in the tri-state area. Her work with the Land Use Law Center was published by the Wildlife Conservation Society as part of their Working Paper Series. She spent a semester in England studying International Law at the University College of London.

Courtney is a life-long resident of Rockland County, is married and has two children.

She has served on the boards of the Foundation for Nyack Public School Education and Help from People to People, an organization dedicated to helping neighbors in need. She is currently active in Leave a Legacy Rockland, a cooperative effort of nonprofit organizations, estate planning professionals, and businesses dedicated to raising community awareness of charitable giving.

Ron L. Meyers, Attorney at Law

Ron L. Meyers is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the New York City Bar Association. Prior to joining the Law Offices of Barbara H. Cane, Ron worked at the New York offices of Shearman & Sterling and Withers Bergman. In addition to practicing estate planning, Ron has an extensive background in residential and commercial real estate matters, and has done extensive pro-bono work, including writing briefs for major cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ron is a graduate of Columbia University and of Harvard Law School, where he was active in the mediation and alternative dispute resolution clinic. He sings with the Collegiate Chorale and is a member of its governing board. Ron lives with his partner in New York City.