White Plains, NY - The Westchester Putnam Association of REALTORS®  (WPAR) has named Don M. Cummins III, Esq. of Mahopac, as its Director of Legal Services.

Cummins will be responsible for administering the Professional Standards and Grievance proceedings for the Association members, and providing legal support for the business and contractual matters that come before the Association.  In addition, he will provide advice on all educational and training matters which have Federal, New York State or local regulation compliance.

Cummins has been practicing law for almost 15 years in New York and also holds real estate salesperson, brokers and continuing education instructors’ licenses.  Prior to joining WPAR, he had his own private practice, Law Offices of Don Cummins, specializing in real estate issues, and also dealing with wills, trusts and estates and general litigation.

Since 2000, he has been a New York State licensed real estate instructor for the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR), the Orange County Association of Realtors (OCAR), WPAR, and many real estate brokerages, mortgage brokerages and title companies.

Cummins also served as an instructor for the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, the New York Institute of technology and SUNY at Stony Brook.

Before starting his own practice, Cummins was an Associate with Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, and an Associate with Melito & Adolfsen, P.C., both in New York City.  He also worked with Lorne Michaels and Saturday Night Live as a Business and Legal Affairs Associate.

Cummins holds a J.D, cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, where he graduated at the top 10 percent of his class.  He also holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  He served as a Fellowship Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, U.S.D.J. and former U.S. Attorney General, and to the Honorable Henry B. Pitman, U.S. Magistrate Judge, both at the  U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Cummins holds many awards including the Putnam County Association of Realtors’ “Man of the Year” Award in 2009.  Other honors include:  Membership and Entrance to the Order of the Coil – Legal Honor Society; Alexander’s Fellowship, Cardozo School of Law; Graduate Assistant of the Year, SUNY at Stony Brook, Division of Campus  Residences; and many more.

He has two children, Zachary Quinn, 11 and Katherine Avery, 7, as well as a Boston Bull Terrier, Bean.  He is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and is an avid supporter of the arts, particularly Broadway musical theater.