Background
Cea, Richard J. was born on October 7, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Cea, Richard J. was born on October 7, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Fordham University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Worked at Wingate, Kearney & Cullen (Brooklyn, NY) specializing in General charitable organizations and religious institutions practice, general financial institutions practice with emphasis on secured transactions, banking regulation, tax-exempt finance, creditors' rights, consumer financial services, administrative law, general corporate and commercial law, labor and employment law, tax law, real estate and construction finance, trust and estate planning and administration, and corporate, construction, real estate and commercial litigation in all state and federal courts. Admitted to the bar, 1978, New York. 1979, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York.
1982, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New York. 1984, United States. Supreme Court. Vice-President, Belle Harbor Property Owners Association, Inc., 1987.
Member: Brooklyn, New York State and American Bar Associations. Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn. National Catholic Cemetery Conference.
The Catholic Lawyers Guild (Director, Kings County Chapter, 1990). Wingate, Kearney & Cullen combines the practices of Wingate & Cullen founded 1864 and Hurley, Kearney & Lane founded 1892, two of New York's oldest firms. The firm serves a client base of charitable organizations, religious institutions, financial services institutions and private and corporate clients, in the areas of corporate and commercial law, real estate, religious and charitable organizations law, banking, tax law, labor law, estate planning, trust and estate administrative, and litigation.
Member: Brooklyn, New York State and American Bar Associations. Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn. National Catholic Cemetery Conference.
The Catholic Lawyers Guild (Director, Kings County Chapter, 1990).