Tyre & DeThomas: Westchester County, NY: ATTORNEY PROFILES

150 Purchase Street
Rye NY 10580
Tel 914-967-2114
Fax 914-967-0574

Margaret H. Tyre, former Senior Partner of the firm, and now Of Counsel to Tyre & DeThomas, P.C., she has practiced law in Westchester County since 1979. She formed her own firm in Rye, New York in 1980. Margaret has concentrated her practice in the areas of Matrimonial Law, Trusts and Estates and Real Estate Law. Margaret is a founding member of the Association of Collaborative Lawyers of Rockland-Westchester, which was formed to offer an alternative process for divorce. Margaret is also trained in Matrimonial Mediation, and she is a former member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals. She served on the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District and served by appointment as a Special Referee for Disciplinary Proceedings. Margaret is a former member of the House of Delegates for the New York State Bar Association and has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Westchester County Bar Association and the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and is a former member of the Board of the Westchester County Bar Foundation. Margaret was admitted to the New York Bar in 1979 and is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1978.

Frances A. DeThomas leads the firm’s matrimonial litigation practice. Frances has handled numerous matters in both Supreme and Family Court and she has represented clients in all phases of matrimonial and family law litigation involving issues of equitable distribution, maintenance, child custody and child support. She is also a certified mediator, receiving a post graduate certification in mediation from the Center for Mediation in Law and a collaborative divorce attorney and a member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals. Frances also practices in the real estate field, handling residential as well as commercial closings and she has been appointed Special Referee in real estate foreclosure actions in Westchester County Supreme Court. Frances is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section and a member of the Executive Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association Family Law Section. Frances is a former Vice President and Co-Chair of the Matrimonial Committee of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and former member of the Executive Committee of the Rye YMCA. She is a Past President of the Rye Rotary Club. Frances was admitted to the New York Bar in 2000 and the Connecticut Bar in 1999. She received her J.D. from Pace University School of Law in 1999.