My guest today is Guy Fairstein. Our subject is “Legal Aid, the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and equal justice under law.”

Guy R. Fairstein is a graduate of Williams College (B.A., 1966) and the University of Virginia School of Law (LL.B., 1969). 

During almost 40 years in the practice of law, Guy has concentrated his practice in the field of civil litigation, mostly cases involving commercial transactions and business entities, and some cases in the field of trusts and estates.  He has represented individuals, privately owned businesses, and some large corporations, in all phases of civil litigation.  Clients for which he has tried cases include Allied Stores Corporation (age discrimination action), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (injunctive action under the Railway Labor Act), and Simon & Schuster (breach of contract action).  

After having spent 20 years as an associate and a partner in a Manhattan law firm, followed by 14 years of counsel to a White Plains law firm, Guy is currently a solo practitioner in White Plains, New York. For almost 20 years Guy has given his time to service as a volunteer mediator in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  Since July 2008 he has provided pro bono representation to indigent clients as a volunteer attorney working in association with Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.  Guy’s niche pro bono practice area concerns default judgments, wage garnishments and frozen bank accounts.

Last month the New York State Bar association honored Guy’s pro bono work by awarding him its President’s 2010 Pro Bono Service Award for the Ninth Judicial District (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Orange Counties). Guy is a life-long Westchester County resident and was raised in Mount Vernon, NY. In addition to his wife, two children and two granddaughters, Guy’s interests outside the practice of law include classical music, in particular the music of Gustav Mahler.  He is the brother of the renowned author and former NYC Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein.

                                                         

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