Egan & Golden Successfully Defends Village in Suit Seeking Shutdown of $100 Million Development Project

Egan & Golden, LLP successfully defended the Village of Patchogue and its Board of Trustees in a suit seeking to overturn a recently approved local law creating a Downtown Redevelopment District. Plaintiffs, a small group of residents and business owners, also challenged a site plan, submitted by Downtown Patchogue Redevelopers, LLC, that calls for the construction of the “New Village at Patchogue,” a 291-unit apartment and retail space complex in Patchogue’s bustling Main Street area.


The Supreme Court decision found that Plaintiff’s allegations of illegality and procedural impropriety were “devoid of pleaded facts to support their vague and conclusory constitutional claims.” The Court further held that the “local law itself reflects that the decision to create a downtown redevelopment district was based on a comprehensive plan for the revitalization of the downtown area, and accordingly was not intended to single out Downtown’s property to the detriment of other property owners.” Firm partner Brian T. Egan was asissted by associate Christopher Bianco in the defense of the case.

The dismissal ends nearly two years of political wrangling over the site of the long-abandoned Swezey’s Department Store. With the Court’s dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims, the Tritec Real Estate Company can go forward with construction of the $100 million development. The New Village at Patchogue is the latest project in the Village’s long-term redevelopment plan which has revitalized the downtown area and fostered a budding local arts scene.

In celebration of a FIRST in Suffolk County

Photo credit: Ed Betz/Newsday

You don't get many opportunities to celebrate a "first". Rarer still are American "firsts", that are often relegated to dusty history books or ancient memories. That is why the firm was delighted to participate in the celebration of the trailblazing career of retired NY Supreme Court Justice Marquette Floyd. Justice Floyd was Suffolk County's first black judge, and a decade after his retirement, remains the county's sole black justice. The firm joined members of the bench, bar and community on Friday to celebrate the unveiling of Justice Floyd's official portrait. Firm partner Brian T. Egan, Esq. remarked, "As a young lawyer, Justice Floyd was an example to me of performing your duties as a lawyer with respect and decorum. He also inspired me that every problem has a solution, if the parties were willing to work hard together to find that solution." Egan & Golden salutes Justice Floyd on this momentous occasion.

Egan Judges Yale Trial Competition

Yale University School of Law, Wall Street, New Haven CT

Firm partner Brian T. Egan, Esq. was invited by the Yale Mock Trial Association to serve as a judge at the 2012 American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Regional Tournament held on February 11 and February 12 at Yale University, in New Haven, CT. The tournament is a highly competitive event, drawing teams from some of the best schools in the nation, including teams from the Ivy League. The top placing teams will earn bids to compete at the AMTA National Tournaments and, most importantly, the National Championship Tournament. The tournament judges are selected from experienced trial attorneys and sitting judges. This was Egan’s second stint as a judge at the tournament, this time serving as the Presiding Judge in both rounds. “It was an excellent experience to again serve as a judge at Yale, and the caliber of the students’ preparation and trial work was very high” said Egan. Egan is a partner in the law firm of Egan & Golden, LLP, with offices in Patchogue and Wainscott, NY 

Firm represents LI bank in complex financing transaction

Egan & Golden LLP represented a prominent Long Island  financial institution in the closing and purchase of a large municipal financing portfolio. The complex transaction involved the negotiation, structure and closing of the acquisition of a $5 million mortgage, which is secured by over 58 acres of land, and the assignment of an Installment Land Purchase Agreement. Justine Tocci, Esq. represented the client in the transaction. Egan & Golden LLP has extensive experience in representing corporations and financial institutions in all aspects of complex corporate and financial transactions.

Major Victory in Complex Construction Litigation

In a complex multi-party construction litigation, Egan & Golden’s litigation team obtained summary judgment for claims of breach of contract and successfully defeated all counterclaims against its client, J. Tortorella Swimming Pools, Inc. The Court awarded the full amount of the client's claim as well as a full recovery of attorneys fees.  The Court’s decision ended four years of litigation concerning a major renovation project in the Hamptons undertaken by the firm's client. Firm partner Brian T. Egan, and associates Justine Tocci and Christopher Bianco, successfully argued that the firm's client complied with the terms of its agreement and was not responsible for subsequent changes made to the construction plans. The decision can be found here (J. TORTORELLA SWIMMING POOLS vs. GANS, JIL & BERNARD, Index No. 012662-2007, Suffolk County, Supreme Court).

Vincent Candurra, Esq. Hired As New Associate

Egan & Golden, LLP is pleased to announces that Vincent A. Candurra, Esq. has joined the firm in the Family Law and Health Law practices. Mr. Candurra was graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stony Brook University. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. John's University School of Law. During law school Mr. Candurra was the recipient of multiple CALI® Awards for academic excellence in the areas of Oral Arguments and Advanced Real Estate Transactions. He also interned with the Town of Brookhaven Law Department, where he prepared legal memoranda, attended trials and conducted pre-trial conferences with residents regarding various town code violations.


Mr. Candurra has spent the last seven years working in the Medical Management and Billing field where he was an Operations Manager. He worked for practices ranging from solo practitioners to large groups of twenty-five and more doctors. His functions included setting up practice management and implementing EHR software, credentialing, contract negotiation, refund requests and auditing of medical charts.

Firm continues string of victories for father of child

Egan & Golden, LLP associate, Erin B. Kowtna, successfully completed the last act of litigation in the case of Scala v. Evanson. In this most recent matter, Ms. Kowtna obtained an order of the New York Supreme Court, (Jones, J) after a hearing, authorizing the name change of the parties' child to the father's last name, Scala, where the parties had never married, and the six-year old child had previously gone only by the mother's last name, Evanson. Last November, the Appellate Division, Second Department unanimously affirmed the Family Court's order of a change of custody, granting sole custody to the father and supervised-only visitation to the mother, after a 31-day trial, in which the mother had made numerous false allegations of abuse against the father. A link to the Order is here. The father was represented by Karen Golden and Erin B. Kowtna.