Klose & Associates, P.C.

Focus and practice areas

Based in Nyack, New York, in Rockland County, this general practice law firm works with individuals and small businesses. Its published practice list runs across several distinct fields, and it reads as broad for a firm of its size. The business side covers entity formation, contracts, and business transactions. Klose & Associates also registers and litigates copyrights and trademarks, which places intellectual property next to its transactional work.

Real estate forms a second large area. The firm handles residential and commercial closings, and it takes on real estate litigation such as adverse possession claims and boundary disputes. It also works on foreclosure matters and on zoning and land use questions. In my opinion, the pairing of closings with litigation is worth noting, because the same office can draft a deal and later argue over it in court.

The firm's litigation work spans several accident and malpractice areas. It takes personal injury claims tied to auto, motorcycle, truck, and pedestrian accidents, and it handles medical malpractice and legal malpractice matters. On the coverage and defense side, the firm works on insurance coverage disputes and insurance defense. Civil litigation and appeals round out the list, and the appellate work connects to the firm's admission before the Second Circuit.

Who runs the practice

Peter Klose is the principal of Klose & Associates, and he has run the firm since January 1999. Before that, he worked as a litigation associate at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, in White Plains, from 1997 to 1999. He earned his J.D. at New England School of Law in 1993 and a B.S. at Cornell University in 1989. The site profiles Peter Klose as the single named attorney, which points to a firm built around one principal.

His admissions cover the New York State Bar, the federal district courts in all districts of New York, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. That spread matches the appellate work the firm lists, since the Second Circuit hears federal appeals arising in New York. As a reviewer, I read the mix of trial-court and appellate admissions as a sign the firm can carry a matter through more than one stage.

Public roles and local ties

Peter Klose has held two public positions in the Village of Nyack. He chaired the Village of Nyack Planning Board from 2010 to 2023, and he has been an Associate Judge for the village since 2023.

Those roles connect to the firm's zoning and planning work. Planning board service gives a lawyer a close view of how land use applications get reviewed and decided. That background reads as useful for clients who bring zoning and land use questions to the firm, since the same procedural ground shows up in both settings.

How these matters usually proceed

The firm names business, estate, real estate, and injury work among its areas. Each of these follows fairly set steps under New York procedure, and the general path is worth laying out.

Business and intellectual property

Entity formation in New York usually means choosing a structure such as an LLC or a corporation, filing with the state, and drafting the internal agreements that set out how owners share control and profit. Contract work covers drafting and review, and it can extend to disputes when a deal breaks down. Copyright and trademark registration runs through federal offices, and enforcement can move into federal court. The firm lists both the registration work and the litigation that can follow.

Estate and probate work

The firm drafts wills, powers of attorney, and health care proxies, and it represents clients in probate and estate administration. Probate in New York runs through the Surrogate's Court in the county where the person lived. The court reviews the will, confirms the executor, and oversees payment of debts before assets pass to heirs. When someone dies without a will, estate administration follows a similar path, with the court naming an administrator.

Real estate and zoning

Zoning and land use questions in New York often go before a local planning or zoning board. An applicant files for a variance or approval, the board holds hearings, and neighbors can weigh in before a vote. Boundary and adverse possession disputes move through the trial courts and turn on deeds, surveys, and the history of how the land was used. The firm handles both the board applications and the court disputes.

Insurance and injury claims

Personal injury claims in New York generally start with a demand to an insurer and can proceed to a lawsuit if the parties do not settle. Auto, motorcycle, truck, and pedestrian cases turn on proof of fault and the extent of the injury, and medical records and expert review often shape them. Insurance coverage disputes ask a different question, namely whether a policy pays for a given loss. Insurance defense puts the firm on the side of the insured or the insurer, and the firm lists work on both sides of that divide.

Reach across the Hudson Valley

The firm lists offices in Nyack, Red Hook, and White Plains, and it names Dutchess and Westchester locations available by appointment. That footprint places it in Rockland, Dutchess, and Westchester counties, three parts of the Hudson Valley north of New York City. The appointment model for the outer offices fits a small firm led by one principal who travels to meet clients. The site does not list a founding year for the firm as a legal entity, though it dates Peter Klose's work through the firm to January 1999.

Reaching the firm and the first meeting

The firm keeps its main office at 99 Main Street in Nyack and offers free consultations to people weighing whether to bring a matter forward. That first meeting costs nothing, which lowers the bar for a small business owner or an individual who wants to test a claim before paying for it. Peter Klose handles the firm's files himself, so the person a client meets at the opening consultation is the one who carries the matter through.

Three phone numbers reach the practice, at (845) 727-7727, (845) 758-8871, and (914) 948-1008. The two 845 lines sit in the Rockland and Dutchess calling area, and the 914 line covers the Westchester side. A caller can use whichever number matches the county they are closest to, which suits a practice that keeps its base in Nyack while meeting clients further out.

Where trials and appeals are heard

Civil disputes in New York begin in the State Supreme Court, which despite the name is the trial court that sits in each county. For the firm's real estate and injury matters, the county where the property sits or the accident happened usually fixes the venue, so a boundary case over Rockland land and a Westchester collision move through separate courthouses. The firm's presence in Rockland, Westchester, and Dutchess lines up with the trial courts that hear those disputes.

The firm's federal trial work is its trademark and copyright litigation. New York divides its federal caseload into four districts, and the firm can appear in any of them, which matters because such a suit is filed where the defendant sits or the infringement reached. For a Hudson Valley client, that usually means the Southern District, though the option to file elsewhere in the state stays open.

State appeals take a separate path from the federal one. A ruling from a trial court in any of these counties goes to the Appellate Division, Second Department, which covers this part of the state. That state route sits alongside the federal appellate work the firm lists, and which one applies turns on where a case began.