Business and Commercial Law

Business decision makers need attorneys who understand the bottom-line impact of their advice. For over sixty two years, business owners and managers have relied on Bousquet Holstein for legal advice and analytical tools to plan for and assess business opportunities and transactions throughout the enterprise life cycle, from formation and operations through transition by succession, sale, or dissolution. Read More »

Michael W. Tyszko

“I believe in building trust by learning each client’s goals and objectives and placing those considerations at the foundation of the relationship.” Michael Tyszko practices in the firm’s business and tax practice groups, where his practice focuses on economic development incentives, including brownfield and other tax credits, in addition to a broad range of business Read More »

Tax Planning and Advocacy

Most significant personal and business decisions have tax consequences, and the laws governing these consequences frequently change. Our Tax Planning and Advocacy Group understands the complex tax rules at the federal, state and local levels, which enables us to help clients avoid undesirable and possibly detrimental tax consequences when undertaking significant lifetime decisions in their Read More »

Susan R. Katzoff

Sue currently serves as the Corporation Counsel to the City of Syracuse (the "City") providing counsel on all matters of municipal law including negotiating contracts, assisting with property disposal, managing claims and litigation, governance and compliance issues and working with executive directors and boards on day-to-day issues. In addition, Sue has extensive experience with and Read More »

Tax Challenge – Certiorari

Let’s face it:  everyone wants to lower their real estate taxes.  However, to successfully reduce property tax, one needs skilled legal representation from a law firm with experience in real property tax grievances and procedures, as well as one familiar with real property tax exemptions. Our team approach involves checking every aspect of a property’s Read More »

Aaron C. Records

Aaron Records is an attorney in the firm’s Brownfields Practice Group and assists clients with an assortment of tax and business matters. Aaron extensively guides clients and their accountants in preparing and filing tax credit claims through the Brownfield Credit Program (BCP), and can thoroughly defend claims through the New York State Department of Taxation Read More »

Maria C. Zumpano, MBA, CPA

Maria represents businesses and the individuals that run them in the areas of business formation and structure, transactions and compliance, tax planning, strategy and advocacy, and business succession planning. Maria's accounting and business background enables her to identify unanticipated problems and offer unique solutions to meet her clients’ needs within the confines of the legal, Read More »

Jean S. Everett

For more than 30 years, Jean has devoted her legal career to representing borrowers, developers, lenders and issuers in financing transactions.  Most recently, she has focused on the federal tax analysis relating to tax-exempt bonds including financing and refinancing transactions involving healthcare, educational and cultural facilities owned by 501(c)(3) organizations; single family housing revenue bonds; Read More »

Aging Infrastructure and Unemployment: The Erie Canal and WPA

Public Finance Attorney Jean S. Everett Deteriorating infrastructure and job creation are costly problems that have long plagued many communities.   Local governments in New York State faced shrinking revenues and increasing demands for public works projects and services prior to the onset of the pandemic and the outcry for policing reform and equity.  Loss of Read More »

Laurence G. Bousquet

"We often touch many different aspects of our clients' lives – representing them in both their business and personal lives. We are enthusiastic about the work we do and the connections we develop with the other professionals we work with. Together, we strive to bring our clients' aspirations to life and provide counsel to them Read More »