ATTORNEY PROFILE

Linda M. Toga earned her law degree from Hofstra University School of Law, graduating with distinction among the top ten students in her class in 1998. During law school Ms. Toga interned in the Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court for the Hon. A. Gail Prudenti, currently the presiding justice in the Appellate Division, Second Department, and for the Hon. Arlene R. Lindsay, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District NY. After graduating from Hofstra, Ms. Toga became an associate at one of the largest full-service law firms in Suffolk County where she honed her legal skills in both the transactional and litigation departments for seven years. In 2005, Ms. Toga opened The Law Offices of Linda M. Toga, P.C. so that she could provide her clients with personalized service in an intimate client-focused setting. In her practice Ms. Toga not only provides her clients with creative solutions to their problems, but she is a resource to other attorneys who frequently call with questions on various legal issues. In addition, Ms. Toga presents continuing legal education classes to attorneys and educational seminars to the community through local adult education programs, libraries and senior centers.

Ms. Toga is admitted to practice in New York State courts, as well as the Federal District Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Before embarking on a career in law, Ms. Toga earned her BA in Biology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine and her MS in Biology with a concentration in Electron Microscopy from Boston College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences which she attended on a full academic scholarship. Ms. Toga worked in the field of biomedical research for a number of years and then raised two children. She started law school after moving to Long Island in 1995.

• Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association where she is the current President and the co-chair of the Estate Planning and Elder Law Committee
• Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York where she is on the Executive Committee
• Suffolk County Bar Association where she is a member of the Surrogate’s Court Committee, the Elder Law Committee, the Solo and Small Firm Practitioners Committee, and the Women & the Law Committee
• Three Village Chamber of Commerce where she is on the Membership Committee
• Three Village Educational Foundation Board of Directors

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