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TRR Announces Expansion

It’s 2019 and Tesser, Ryan and Rochman, LLP is celebrating 35 years of helping its clients achieve their goals. In connection with this milestone, the TRR team announces its expansion into Westchester, New York and the addition of four new members to its legal team:

George Kontogiannis has joined TRR as a partner. George received his BA from Cornell University and his JD from Brooklyn Law School. He has been in practice for over 18 years and he will continue counseling clients about succession planning, trusts and estate litigation and administration, and commercial and residential real estate transactions. 

Alexandra Lyras has joined TRR as a senior counsel. Alexandra received her BA from Duke University and her JD from Fordham Law School. Alexandra has been in practice for over 27 years and she will continue to advise clients in general corporate matters, purchase and sale of businesses, secured borrowing arrangements, private equity vehicles and pooled investments, and regulatory compliance matters.

Colyn Eppes joined TRR in November 2018. Colyn passed the July 2018 New York Bar Examination and is pending admission to the New York State Bar. Colyn received his BA from Temple University and his JD from Brooklyn Law School in 2018. While in law school, he worked for the Urban Economic Development Clinic assisting small businesses and 501 (c)(3)’s with various transactional and corporate governance issues.

Jackson Kerr joined TRR in November 2018. Jackson passed the July 2018 New York Bar Examination and is pending admission to the New York State Bar. Jackson received his BA from Lehigh University and his JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2018. While in law school, he interned in the Chambers of Chief Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman of the Southern District of New York.

These additions allow TRR to expand its focus with a new a private client practice and enhance its existing corporate, transactional, commercial litigation and criminal defense, dispute resolution, and professional liability practices. You can expect from our new team the same level of personal attention, quality of work, and determination to succeed that earned TRR members NY Metro Area “Super Lawyer” designation and a Top 100 Trial Lawyers selection from The National Trial Lawyer.

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In Westchester: 15 Fisher Lane, Suite 200, White Plains, NY 10603