Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook Names Two New Partners

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook, one of Berkshire County's largest law firms, has announced that Dennis G. Egan and Jesse Cook-Dubin have been named as partners. 
 
Both Egan and Cook-Dubin are corporate attorneys who focus their practices in business, banking and financing law.
 
Egan joined Cohen Kinne in 2012 after practicing at the largest law firm in the Pioneer Valley. In addition to being a very skilled transactions lawyer, who is very active in health law, Egan leads the firm's Real Estate Division and has been involved in many of the most complex real estate transactions and bank financings in and around the Berkshires.

Egan is the immediate past chair of the Berkshire Leadership Program and one of the leaders of the organization of 1Berkshire Strategic Alliance Inc.  He volunteers with a number of other organizations in the area.
 


Cook-Dubin worked for several years as an insolvency specialist at a large Midwestern law firm before moving back to the Berkshires in 2011. He has distinguished himself in complex business transactions, including those involving physician practices. He is also the volunteer President of Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.
 
"It did not take our clients long to realize the value that Dennis and Jesse bring to the table," said Cohen Kinne partner C. Jeffrey Cook. "Not only are they terrific attorneys and recognized community leaders, but they have quickly become trusted counselors to our clients who operate businesses, financial and cultural institutions, and medical practices throughout western New England and eastern New York.

"In all my years of practice in the Berkshires, Dennis and Jesse are the two best associates I have ever had and they have come together as a very effective team.  I am sure they will continue to be practice leaders who will assure that our firm will continue to enjoy the rapid growth we have experienced because of the talent of our younger lawyers.”
 
Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook is a firm of 10 lawyers with offices in Pittsfield, Great Barrington and Lenox.  The firm's primary practice areas include civil litigation, criminal defense, business and banking law, intellectual property, employment law, commercial real estate, education law, and health law.

 


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Toy Library Installed at Onota Lake

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Feel free to use or leave a toy at Onota Lake's newest infrastructure meant to foster community and benefit kids.

Burbank Park now has a toy library thanks to Wahconah Regional High School senior Alexandra Bills. Located along the wall at the beach area, the green and blue structure features two shelves with sand toys that can be used to enhance children's visits.

The Parks Commission supported Bills' proposal in February as part of her National Honors Society individual service project and it was installed this month. Measuring about 4 feet wide and 5.8 feet tall, it was built by the student and her father with donated materials from a local lumber company.

Friends and family members provided toys to fill the library such as pails, shovels, Frisbees, and trucks.

"I wanted to create a toy library like the other examples in Berkshire County from the sled library to the book libraries," she told the commission in February.

"But I wanted to make it toys for Onota Lake because a lot of kids forget their toys or some kids can't afford toys."

Bills lives nearby and will check on the library weekly — if not daily — to ensure the operation is running smoothly.  A sign reading "Borrow-Play-Return" asks community members to clean up after themselves after using the toys.

It was built to accommodate children's heights and will be stored during the winter season.

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