Crush & Varma Law Group P.C.

Business Law | Serving Goshen, NY
845-615-9010Need help with Business Law in New York? Crush & Varma Law Group P.C. helps clients in the Goshen area.
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A Law Firm for the Present and Future
Crush & Varma Law Group PC is a boutique law firm that services the legal needs of a wide spectrum of for profit and not-for-profit businesses and individuals – and does it in a unique way. The firm’s talented and respected lawyers have combined experience exceeding 35 years in the legal field. We strongly believe that our team is among the most skilled that our profession has to offer. The trusted client relationships we have developed speak to our commitment to knowledge, excellence, teamwork, and constant innovation.
Crush & Varma Law Group provides efficient and effective legal services, with integrity and a level of personal commitment that exceed the expectations of our clients. We aim to take care of our clients’ interests and provide a sophisticated level of service like no other firm in the region. The firm offers both comprehensive general practice and specialized legal services in New York and surrounding counties with a significant footprint in Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Westchester Counties. Our attorneys, with their global experience, extensive training and drive to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction, will supplement and surpass the services of its peer group. The firm regularly provides legal services to both national and international clients on a myriad of matters. Looking to discuss value-based billing, deferred-fee arrangements for start-up businesses, fixed fee billing and non-traditional collaborations with your lawyers? You will find the attorneys of Crush & Varma Law Group willing to talk.
Contact us today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate, Contractual and Commercial Transactions
- Health & Healthcare Law
- Information Technology, Intellectual Property – License and Franchise
- Liquor Licensing – Breweries, Distilleries, Restaurants and Stores
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Cross Border Transactions & Foreign Investments
- Not-For-Profit Corporation Law
- Real Estate – Commercial and Residential
- Wills, Trusts & Estates, Business Succession Planning
Call 845-615-9010 today to arrange your initial consultation.
Attorney Vikas Varma
Mr. Vikas Varma received his Masters of Laws (LL.M.) degree, with concentration in International Business Practice, from Boston University School of Law. At Boston University, he was the recipient of the "Sebastian Horsten Prize for Academic Achievement". Mr. Varma's clients cover a wide variety of businesses including technology companies, professional practices, breweries, distilleries and wineries, restaurants, liquor stores, transportation companies, farms, minority and women owned businesses (MWBE) and not-for-profit corporations. Mr. Varma's practice includes representing clients with interest in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage industry, and he regularly advises his clients on start-up issues structuring, formation, financing and licensing (including liquor licensing with New York State Liquor Authority and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau [TTB]) and intellectual property issues. Mr. Varma has been the lead counsel in numerous acquisition and joint venture transactions for various US, Indian and multinational corporations. Mr. Varma regularly advises clients on start-up ventures and private placements. He has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating share-purchase agreements, joint ventures and cross-border business transactions, operating agreements, private equity investment agreements, licensing agreements and commercial leases.
Mr. Varma is the recipient of the "40 Under 40" Shaker Award from the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, and "Rising Star" Award from Orange County Chamber of Commerce. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Bar Association. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of New Hope Community, Inc., and Board of Directors of Leadership Orange.
Bar Admissions:
- New York
- California
- India
Education:
- LL.M., Boston University School of Law
- LL.B. (Bachelors of Law), Campus Law Centre, Delhi University
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honors), S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, Delhi University
- Company Secretary, Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Sebastian Horsten Prize for Academic Achievement, 2007.
- "40 Under 40" Shaker Award from the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
- "Rising Star" Award from Orange County Chamber of Commerce.
- American Bar Association
Languages Spoken:
- Hindi
- Punjabi
Attorney Maureen Crush
Maureen Crush heads the corporate and commercial practice group of the firm and practices primarily general corporate and business transaction law, and trusts and estates. She also has extensive not-for-profit corporate law experience providing advice to her clients throughout the Hudson Valley on governance, compliance, formation, mergers and affiliations.
Ms. Crush worked for four years at the accounting firm of KPMG. She then began her legal practice at a boutique New York City Wall Street firm where for seven years she concentrated on corporate law, commercial transactions, commercial and institutional financing and trusts & estates law. Maureen’s clients cover a wide variety of businesses including technology companies, manufacturers (large and small), professional practices (physicians, nurse practitioners, physical therapists and accountants), minority and women owned businesses (MWBE), not-for-profit social service agencies, charities, museums, and religious and social benefit organizations. She counsels her clients on negotiation and drafting of complex mergers and acquisitions, transaction structuring, due diligence and corporate governance, employment issues, contracts, leases, loans and financings, shareholder and member operating agreements, business succession planning and the admission/termination of partners. She also frequently provides estate and succession planning services for the key employees and owners of her business clients.
Ms. Crush is a frequent lecturer on corporate and not-for-profit law issues for the New York State Bar Association, National Business Institute and many local bar associations and organizations.
Attorney Alexander M. Fear
Alexander M. Fear has been engaged in the practice of law for more than twenty years. Initially practicing real estate litigation in 1996, Mr. Fear accepted a position as a law clerk working in Housing Court for the New York City Housing Court Judges. After three years clerking for judges, Mr. Fear became an associate at one of New York City’s preeminent boutique real estate firms in New York City handling real estate litigation and transactions for some of the City’s largest real estate players including Durst, Solow, Forest City Ratner and the Related Companies, just to name a few. After five years with the private firm, Mr. Fear took a position as Director of the Legal Department for a real estate corporation engaged in the acquisition, ownership and management of more than 150 commercial and residential buildings in the metro area.
Following this position, Mr. Fear transitioned to become General Counsel for a multi-site, Article 28 Federally Qualified Health Center where he became certified in healthcare compliance and was able to add extensive healthcare operational and compliance experience to his solid foundation of real estate, business and employment knowledge. During this time, because of his strong real estate background, Mr. Fear was tapped by the New York State Senate to serve as Special Counsel to the Senate Housing Committee, a position in which he provided advice to the committee members on many of the real estate and housing bills that were being proposed.
Mr. Fear left the medical center in 2011 and returned to private practice where he strives to provide high quality, cost effective legal counsel to all his real estate, corporate and healthcare clients.
Attorney Christina Randazzo
Ms. Randazzo earned her undergraduate degree from Fordham University in Bronx, New York, majoring in International Political Economy with a Global Business concentration. She earned her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Ms. Randazzo’s practice focuses on matrimonial and family law, general corporate laws, real estate laws, trusts and estate laws. Christina is a member of the New York State Bar Association. She has also been actively involved in the Women's Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties (WBAOSC), serving on the board as Recording Secretary for 2014-2015, Vice President for 2015-2016, President-Elect for 2016-2017, President for 2017-2018, Immediate Past President for 2018-2019, and Delegate to the Women's Bar Association for the State of New York for 2019-2020. She currently co-chairs the Awards Committee for WBAOSC, and is a member of the Matrimonial Committee for the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. She also co-runs the WBAOSC Mentorship Program.
Christina has four times been named to the list of Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 and has been named to the list of 10 Best Female Attorneys for Client Satisfaction for 2016 by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys.
Christina also sits on the Board of Trustees for the Nora Cronin Presentation Academy in Newburgh, New York.
Since 1997, the "Lead Counsel Verified" status has been granted to attorneys who possess:
- The Right Professional Experience
- A Spotless Record
The following attorneys at this firm are Lead Counsel Verified:

Vikas Varma
This attorney practices in New York and is Lead Counsel Verified in the following practice areas:
Practice Area | Year |
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Business Law | Since 2022 |
Real Estate | Since 2022 |