Kusmaul, Jaclyn

Ms. Trepel graduated from Vermont Law School and received her Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1982 and admitted to the United States Supreme Court in 1996. She is listed in Who''s Who of American Women.

Mindy J. Trepel, Counsel to the law firm of Sweeney, Gallo, Reich & Bolz LLP, devotes her practice primarily to Trust and Estates. This includes all aspects of estate administration and legal issues in both contested and uncontested matters. Ms. Trepel also assists the Counsel to the Public Administrator of Queens County in all aspects of the estates handled by the Public Administrator.

She served as a legislative aide to the New York State Assembly in 1981. She was formerly a law assistant to Justice William D. Friedmann. As his law assistant, her duties included legal research and writing, conferencing and assisting in the settlement of cases. In 1984 she became the Principal Law Clerk to the Surrogate of Queens County, Louis D. Laurino. During her tenure in the Surrogate''s Court, her responsibilities included legal research and writing, conferencing estate matters and presiding over various hearings, including those of guardianship and kinship. In 1992, Surrogate Robert L. Nahman appointed her as the Public Administrator of Queens County. She served as Public Administrator for ten years during which time she was responsible for the administration of hundreds of estates annually.

She has lectured at several seminars held by the New York State Bar Association on such practical skills as accountings and obtaining letters of administration and letters testamentary. She has also lectured for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn''s annual Wills and Estates Planning Program. Her articles, ""Public Administrator''s Office and the Fiduciary''s Responsibilities"" and ""Wrongful Death Compromises"" have been published in the Queens County Bar Association Bulletin.

Ms. Trepel is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association and is the representative of the Eleventh (11th ) District on its Executive Committee. She has served as President of the Queens County Chapter of the Woman''s Bar Association of the State of New York and is presently on its Board of Trustees.