Firm Profile

Reilly, Like & Tenety and its predecessor firm has served the Long Island community for over 50 years. We are a full service law firm with concentrations in commercial property tax reduction and the remediation of, and compensation for, contaminated projects, both residential an commercial.

IRVING LIKE, (Founding Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, November 20, 1924, admitted to bar 1950, New York. Education: graduate of the City College of New York, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia Law School. Mr. Like is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was Special Counsel to the County of Suffolk on environmental, nuclear power, offshore oil and utility rate and energy matters and was a member of the Suffolk County Charter Review Commission, Chairman of Law Committee of Agent Orange Law Firms representing Vietnam War Veterans, resulting in $180M settlement; served as co-counsel in action challenging Nassau County tax assessment structure resulting in settlement providing for countywide reassessment; recognition in Newsday as one of the 100 most influential Long Islanders of the 20th Century. As a partner of Reilly and Like, he acted as General Counsel to the Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan Association and The Bank of Long Island. He is a past member of the Long Island Power Authority and a variety of professional, non-profit and charitable organizations. He has written various articles focusing on environmental and tax certiorari issues. He engages primarily in complex litigation, specifically in the environmental, zoning, land use, commercial, condemnation, tax certiorari and real estate areas.

VINCENT C. TENETY III, born Queens, New York, July 26, 1954, admitted to bar, 1981 Connecticut, 1983, New York. Education: graduate of Fordham University and Fordham Law School (B.S., 1976; J.D., cum laude, 1981). Mr. Tenety is admitted to both the New York and Connecticut bars and is active in the Suffolk County Bar Association. He is active in numerous charitable and community activities, and is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Great South Bay YMCA and President of St. Joseph's CYO Board of Directors. He engages primarily in the real estate, banking, land use, probate and tax certiorari areas and is head of the Mortgage and Lending Department.

BERNARD J. REILLY, (Founding Partner) 1924 -1992