Attorneys


Christine M. Ford 


Christine Ford is a member of Ford Law Firm LLP and chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department.  Christine is a seasoned litigator with over a decade of experience representing corporate clients in state and federal courts throughout the country.  Christine has extensive experience counseling clients in telecommunications law, real property disputes, insurance matters and advertising issues.  Prior to forming Ford Law Firm LLP, Christine served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Joseph J. Longobardi in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and spent ten years as a litigator in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.   


Christine is a summa cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law, where she was Articles Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review.  She has published on several topics including securities litigation, healthcare law and copyright issues.  Christine is admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. 


Ph:  (914) 925-0404, cford@fordfirm.com


Patrick A. Ford
  

Patrick Ford is a member of Ford Law Firm LLP and chair of the Firm’s Corporate and Real Estate Departments.  Patrick’s practice focuses on the representation of telecommunications clients in all areas of their corporate and commercial interests.  Since starting his career in the legal department of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile (now Verizon Wireless), he has counseled telecommunications clients on all facets of network growth, including leasing issues, zoning matters, and mergers and acquisitions. 


Patrick has lectured on telecommunications leasing matters and is a board member of the New York State Wireless Association.  He is admitted to practice in the state courts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of New Jersey.


Ph: (914) 925-0707, pford@fordfirm.com


Vincent Reres


Vincent Reres is Of Counsel to Ford Law Firm LLP, focusing on the representation of telecommunications clients.  Vincent drafts, reviews, and negotiates documents and agreements related to site acquisition, site maintenance/upgrades, leasing, licensing and co-location for telecommunications facilities of all sizes and for all purposes.  Prior to joining the Ford Law Firm, Vincent was external regional telecommunications counsel to Verizon Wireless.  Having served as external counsel to Severn Trent/Kelda, Globecomm Systems, Inc., Farmland Dairies, and ThorLo, he has acquired significant experience in the areas of international and domestic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and distribution, general corporate, and joint ventures.  Vincent has practiced law in New York and Milan, Italy, and was awarded with a Certificate to Practice International Law by the Center for International Legal Studies.  


Ph: (914) 954-1225, vreres@fordfirm.com

 

Regina A. Beechert


Regina Beechert is Of Counsel to Ford Law Firm LLP where her practice focuses on the representation of telecommunication clients in connection with their leasing and litigation matters.  Regina began her law career as an intellectual property litigator and specialized in pharmaceutical patent litigation.  Regina’s litigation experience includes participation on trial teams that successfully defended patents involving a well-known medication.  She was also a named attorney on a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States involving another pharmaceutical product.


Regina is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law and is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.  She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and is a registered patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Regina is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Westchester Women's Bar Association. 


Ph:  (914) 954-5452, rbeechert@fordfirm.com



Corinne Fleming

 

Corinne Fleming is an Associate of Ford Law Firm LLP, where she centers her practice on the representation of telecommunication clients. Corinne graduated cum laude from New York Law School and was an affiliate of the school's Justice Action Center and served on the board of directors for the Unemployment Action Center. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Policy and Management from Providence College.


Previously, Corinne was an associate at Gorlick, Kravitz, P.C., where she focused her practice on residential real estate, including purchases, sales, refinances and loan modifications as well as landlord/tenant matters. Prior to working at Gorlick, Kravitz, P.C., she began her legal career at Ford Law Firm LLP first as a legal intern then as an associate.


Corinne is admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars as well as the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.


Ph:  (973) 722-7005,  cfleming@fordfirm.com