Michael Martone

Michael R. Martone

Admitted to Practice

New York State Bar, 1959.
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1968.
Florida State Bar, 1983.
U.S. Tax Court, 1983.
District of Columbia Bar, 1984.

Senior Deputy Nassau County Attorney in Charge of Condemnation and Tax Certiorari and Real Estate (1969-1971); Commissioner of Public Safety of the City of Glen Cove (1970-1972); Deputy Nassau County Attorney (1962-1969); Special Attorney for the Office of Urban Renewal for the City of Glen Cove (1973-1980).

Secretary and Vice President to the Board of Directors of the Nassau County Legal Aid Society; Board of Fire Commissioners of the City of Glen Cove (1959-1970) – Chairperson (1968-1970); Regional Aide to Congressman Lester L. Wolff (1967-1969); Advisory Committee to the Joint Legislative Committee on Condemnation and Appropriation of the State of New York (1967-1969); Vice Chairperson of the Glen Cove Urban Renewal Agency; Chairperson of the Community Development Advisory Committee of the City of Glen Cove (1975-1980); Legal Advisor and Member of the Glen Cove Charter Revision Commission (1978-1980); Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors of the Community Hospital at Glen Cove (1980-1989); Associate Trustee of North Shore University Hospital – Cornell University Medical College (1989-1994); Member of the Nassau County Board of Ethics (1983-2006); Chairperson of the County Executive’s Transitional Committee on Tax Certiorari (2002).

Education

Lehigh University (B.S. 1956).

New York Law School (L.L.B. 1959, J.D. 1968).

Adelphi University (Qualified – Real Estate Appraising and Valuations 1963).

Nassau County Bar Association Committees

  • Committee on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari (1964-present)
  • Professional Ethics Committee (1963-1966)
  • Chairperson of the Young Lawyers Section (1964)
  • Judiciary Committee (1976-1978, 1983-1985)
  • Construction Committee (1979-1982)
  • Building Committee (1980-1982)
  • Committee on Specialization (1982)
  • Board of Directors (1980-1983)

Professional Associations

Nassau County, Suffolk County, New York State, Florida State, District of Columbia, and American Bar Associations. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers; the International Association of Assessing Officers; Columbia Society of Real Estate Appraisers; American Property Tax Counsel; Institute of Property Taxation; National Association of Review Appraisers and Mortgage Underwriters; Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation; Knights of Columbus; Order Sons of Italy in America; BPO Elks; New York State Association of Chiefs of Police; Board of Directors of the Nassau County Museum of Art (2002-2008); Honoree at the 26th Annual Swing for Kids Golf and Tennis Tournament benefiting Arts Education at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.

Military Service

Honorable Discharge – Army National Guard of the State of New York and the U.S. Army Reserves (1962).