Greg Tarone | Mount Kisco Sports Lawyer

Gregory J. Tarone, Esq. has been active in the New York Bar since 1979.

Besides both professional and amateur athletics, including international competitions, his practice has included residential and commercial real estate matters,including negotiations, contracts, zoning applications, easements, subdivisions, condominiums, mortgage finance and closings; general and international business contracts and transactions; limited liability companies and corporate finance; and, wills, trusts and probate.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Gregory J. Tarone, Attorney & Counselor at Law	SPORTS LAWYERS INTERNATIONAL PLLC	Mount Kisco, New York	Since 2020
Associate	Hill, Betts & Nash	New York, NY	N/A
Attorney	Gregory J. Tarone, P.C.	Southampton, NY	N/A
Attorney	Gregory J. Tarone, P.A.	Palm Harbor, FL	N/A
Attorney	Gregory J. Tarone, Attorney at Law	Lake Placid, NY	N/A
Attorney	Gregory J. Tarone, Attorney & Counselor at Law	Newburgh, NY	N/A
General Counsel/Executive V.P.	First Federal Mortgage Corporation	St. Petersburg, FL	N/A

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	Law School	1977
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota	M.B.A.	Executive (not completed)	1994
Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences	A.B.	English	1973
Stanford University	Summer Trimester	Latin	1971
University of Maryland	None	Business Administration	1970
C.W. Post College	Long Island University	Business Administration	1969
Friends Academy (Locust Valley, NY)	College Prepatory Diploma	N/A	1968
Hofstra University	None	Summer Reading Program	1964

State / Court	Date
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	2020
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut	2017
U.S. District Court, Southern District NY	2015
Colorado (Inactive)	1992
Massachusetts (Inactive)	1991
United States Supreme Court	1987
Florida (Inactive)	1986
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida	1986
U.S. District Court, Northern District NY	1980
New York	1979

• Currently representing Noriana Radwan in her lawsuit against the University of Connecticut and its former athletic director, Warde Manuel, head women's soccer coach, Len Tsantiris, and student-air director,  Mona Lucas, for breach of contract and violation of NCAA By-Laws and Title IX, violations of the Civil Rights Act protections under the U.S. Constitution's 1st, 5th, and 14th Amendments, as well as negligent infliction of emotional distress. U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut Docket No. 3:16-cv-02091. Follow Noriana's case on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/norianasvoice
  
  Founding Member, Executive Council of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of The Florida Bar; former Member of the Florida Bar Section on Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law and national Sports Lawyers Association.
  
  Former manager and agent of a dozen Ladies Professional Golf Association touring players, and a National Basketball Association draftee. Consultant for entertainment, arts and sports endorsement and sponsorship contracts.
  
  Former Member of Board of Directors and General Counsel, Pinellas County (Florida) Chamber Music Society, Inc.; former Member of the Palm Harbor (Florida)Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, British American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay, the Tampa Bay International Trade Council Scandinavian Task Force, and Swedish American Chamber of Commerce of New York.
  
  Former Member of the Board of Directors, Lake Placid-Saranac Lake (New York) Chapter of the American Red Cross and Member of the Vestry, St. Eustace Church, Lake Placid, New York.
  
  Student Body President-appointed Georgetown University Law Center representative to the University Building and Planning Committee.
  
  Brother, Sigma Alpha Epsilon national fraternity and Sigma Beta Epsilon local fraternity at C.W. Post College of Long Island University.

• Who's Who In America 1995, 49th Edition, Who's Who In American Law 1996-1997, 9th Edition, and Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1993-1994, 23rd Edition, Marquis Who's Who, a division of Reed Reference Publishing.
  
  Board of Editors, Law & Policy in International Business law journal, Georgetown University Law Center, 1977.

• Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees et al.
  Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees et al., USDC D.Conn 3:16-cv-02091.

• "Florida Athlete Agent Registration Law," The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, Volume 3, Number 3 at 47 (1989).
  
  "Advising the Amateur Athlete to Preserve Eligibility," The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 62, Number 2 at 23 (1988), reprinted in adapted form as "Amateur Athletes and Eligibility" in Case & Comment, Volume 93, Number 3 at 3 (1988) and in The Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, Volume 2 Number 4 at 60 (1989).
  
  "Intermodal Tariffs: A Problem of Conflicting Jurisdictions," Law and Policy in International Business, Volume 9, Number 2 at 613 (1977).
  
  Q: Is a completely handwritten will that is witnessed and notarized without a lawyer, still a holographic will?
  
  A: No, not because it is handwritten. That is style, not substantive. New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Law Sec. 3-2.1(b) addresses the informality of statutory execution, acknowledgement, attestation and notarization, which must be strictly fulfilled in their policy substance as recognized under New York law but not prohibiting handwriting instead of a typed document. What is called a "holographic" will is one that is handwritten and signed but does not meet all the attestation and verifying...

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By Appointment.

• MICLE Sports Law Part 2
• MICLE Sports Law Part 4
• MICLE Sports Law Part 1
• MICLE Sports Law Part 3
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