Heinrich, Marjorie J

JOHN C. SCHNAUFER, started his legal career as a real estate associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. During John's stay at Milbank, Tweed, he worked on sophisticated real estate transactions for a major commercial bank and other corporate clients. John's experience on Wall Street enabled him to be lead counsel for a world-renowned educational corporation in its acquisition of air rights over a heavily traveled thoroughfare in New York City.

After John left Milbank, Tweed in the early 1970s. He became a member of Doran, Colleran, O'Hara, Pollio & Dunne, P.C., in Garden City, New York, then one of the larger law firms in Nassau County. John's experience at Doran, Colleran included administering the closing of residential loans for a major lender. In 1975, John started his own practice. In dealing with the many and varied problems that confront a solo practitioner, John was able to apply his Wall Street training and professionalism to make his solo practice a successful one. In 1994, John joined with John W. Dean, a former partner at Milbank, to start the firm of Dean & Schnaufer. After John Dean's retirement in 2002, John teamed up with Peter Metis to form Schnaufer & Metis, LLP. Since John's days at Milbank, Tweed, he has become an experienced litigator. He has successfully tried cases in the federal district court, the New York State Supreme Court and before various state and city agencies, and argued appeals before the Court of Appeals, the Appellate Division and the Appellate Term.

John earned his B.A. at The Colorado College and his L.L.B. at Brooklyn Law School. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester and Wiltwyck Golf Club.