Attorney Profile
Deborah A. Scalise
Deborah Scalise
Scarsdale
New York (NY)
Practice Areas:
Professional Liability: Defense (90%), Criminal Defense: White Collar (10%)
Professional Liability: Defense
Criminal Defense: White Collar
Industry Groups:
, Board Of Director's Of The Ethics Institute - New York County Lawyer's Association, Member - Eastchester Bar Association, Member - New Rochelle Bar Association, Member - New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, Member Of Attorney Professionalism Committee - New York State Bar Association; Vice President - Whit, Member Of Professional Ethics Committee - Westchester County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, President 2009-2010 - Westchester Women's Bar Association; Co-chair Professional Ethics Committee -
Law School:
Brooklyn Law School
Profile
Deborah focuses her practice on the representation of professionals (lawyers, judges, accountants, doctors, pharmacists) in professional responsibility and ethics matters and white collar criminal matters. She is a founding partner of Scalise and Hamilton, LLP in Scarsdale, New York. Before entering private practice, Deborah held the position of Deputy Attorney General in Charge of Public Advocacy for the Westchester Region. Prior to that, she was the Deputy Chief Counsel to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department. In addition, she served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County. Deborah received her Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School and also earned Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Forensic Psychology from the John Jay College of the City University of New York.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
About Deborah Scalise
Admitted: 1988, New York
Honors and Awards:
- Above the Bar Pace Setter Award for overall excellence in professional and community work, prominence in the Westchester legal profession, fierce determination and success at being the best at what she does and recognized and admired by peers and community., Above the Bar Pace Setter Award , Above the Bar Awards Committee , 2009
Bar/Professional Activity:
- President 2009-2010 and Co-chair Professional Ethics Committee - Westchester Women's Bar Association, Co-chair Professional Ethics Committee- Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Board of Directors of the Ethics Institute - New York County Lawyer's Association, Member of Attorney Professionalism Committee - New York State Bar Association, Member - New York State Trial Lawyer's Association, Vice President - White Plains Bar Association, Member of Professional Ethics Committee - Westchester County Bar Association, Member - American Bar Association, Member - Association of Professional Responsibilty Lawyers, Member - Eastchester Bar Association, Member - Eastchester Bar Association, Member - New Rochelle Bar Association
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Janaury 2010 Attorney Professionalism Forum, New York State Bar Association Journal Magazine;February 2009 Recent Developments in Ethics and Professionalism, Westchester Women's Bar Newsletter; October 2006 Attorney Professionalism Forum, New York State Bar Association Journal Magazine; February 2005 Profile Interview, American Bar Association’s Student Lawyer Magazine; June/July 2004 Dealing with an Ethical Dilemma, Women's Bar News of the State of New York; Spring 2004 Dealing Ethically with Untruthful Clients and Witnesses, Bill of Particulars, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute; November 2002 Multidisciplinary Practice Revisited, Women's Bar News of the State of New York; November 2001, February 2002 & April 2002 Ethics Update 2002 (Three Part Series), Women's Bar News of the State of New York February 2001; New Entity to be Established to Deal with Lawyer Addiction Problems, Women's Bar News of the State of New York
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Westchester County Above the Bar Pacesetter Award , 2009
Educational Background:
- Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Psychology, Cum Laude, CUNY - John Jay College , 1981
- Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology, CUNY - John Jay Graduate School , 1987
- Juris Doctorate, Brooklyn Law School, 1987
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