Julieann Calareso, Esq.

Attorney at Law

JulieAnn Calareso, Esq., honored by the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce as the recipient of its 2009 Women of Excellence award in the Emerging Professional category, focuses her practice on elder law, wills, trusts and estates, special needs planning, corporation and business succession, financial planning and taxation. She joined the firm in September 2004 after having clerked as Appellate Court Attorney for the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department.

JulieAnn’s commitment to her practice is evidenced by her involvement in the New York State Bar Association’s Elder Law section, where she serves as Vice Chair of the Committee for Special Needs Planning. JulieAnn has been chair of various continuing legal education seminars focusing on elder law issues, and has been a speaker at professional development seminars.

JulieAnn has served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New York since January 2004, and is currently serving as the chair of its Programs and Services committee. In 2006, she was honored with the organization’s Lisa Goldberg Memorial Award in acknowledgment of her outstanding commitment and service to the Board. Recently, JulieAnn joined the Senior Services of Albany Board of Directors. JulieAnn is a member of the Capital District Caregivers Coalition, where she works with other dedicated professionals to provide educational and supportive programming for persons providing care to others. She is also serving on the committee for the Capital District Senior Issues Forum’s 2010 Senior Recognition Awards ceremony.

She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, and its Elder Law and Trusts & Estates sections, and the Schenectady County Bar Association.

She is a graduate of Albany Law School of Union University where she earned her Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, having earned membership into the Justinian Honor Society. She served as an Associate Editor of the Albany Law Review, and interned at the New York State Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau. Her undergraduate degree is from Fordham University, where, in 1994, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, cum laude, while participating in the Honors Program. Prior to beginning a career of law, JulieAnn worked in television and feature film production in New York and Los Angeles.

In addition to her practice of law and her philanthropic endeavors, JulieAnn devotes herself to her husband and two small children.