BETH M. GAZES, ESQ.

Beth M. Gazes, a partner at Taylor, Eldridge & Endres, P.C., concentrates in general and complex litigation and community association law.

Ms. Gazes zealously advocates for her clients, consistently winning favorable outcomes in Supreme Court and Federal actions. Most recently, she was victorious in obtaining a court order extinguishing a mechanic’s lien, and successfully won a complete dismissal of a shareholder derivative action. She regularly prevails in collections matters for her community association and private lender clients.

Ms. Gazes is a board Member of the Long Island Chapter of the Community Association Institute (CAI-LI), and served as the CAI-LI Trade Show Committee Chairperson in 2023 and 2024.  Ms. Gazes is also a member of the Advisory Board of Touro’s Institute For Land Use And Sustainable Development Law, appointed to that position by Touro’s Dean Elena Langan in February 2020.  She is a volunteer attorney with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and Nassau Suffolk Law Services assisting transgender individuals effectuate name changes on a pro bono basis.  Ms. Gazes recently volunteered with Nassau Suffolk Law Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Project representing indigent tenants in Nassau County District Court eviction proceedings, and as an Ambassador for Pride For Youth, Inc.

Ms. Gazes has presented continuing education lectures to the Suffolk County Bar Association on topics related to real estate law, including Mechanic’s Liens and Neighbor v. Neighbor disputes.  She also presents educational seminars to CAI-LI community association boards on an array of matters including the business judgment rule, corporate governance, and board succession plans, to name a few.

Ms. Gazes is a graduate of Touro Law Center. While in law school, she served as a Board Member of the Moot Court Honors Board, as well as a member of the Touro Law Center Honors Program, Trial Advocacy and Practice Society, and Journal of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity. She was her class representative of the Student Bar Association, and was the founder of the school’s Public Speaking Club. She also served as research assistant in areas of both land use and environmental crimes. Off campus, Ms. Gazes served on the NYSBA Commercial and Federal Litigation Section’s Publication Committee and coached a Brentwood High School Student Mock Trial Team. She also served as intern to the Honorable C. Randall Hinrichs.

While studying at Touro, Ms. Gazes received CALI Awards for Academic Excellence in Land Use and Zoning, Legal Research, NY Civil Procedure, and her pro bono work at the college’s Small Business and Not-for-Profit Clinic. She received the ABA State & Local Government Section Recognition for Academic Performance in Land Use, and was honored at graduation with the Touro Law Pro Bono Service Award: Special Service to the Public & Community.

Publications:

“Tiny Homes And New York: Making Way For Housing Options,” an examination of alternative housing options across the state.   Published in New York Zoning Law and Practice Report, a publication of Thomson Reuters. (https://bit.ly/3fNH8zC)

“Modification Requests in Community Associations: Do We Know What’s Reasonable?,” Touro Law Review: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 4.

Admissions:

• New York State, Second Department
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Bar Associations:

• New York State Bar Association
• Suffolk County Bar Association
• Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association