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SEARS & CO. has been established as a law firm since 1992. The two partners who are also admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, Jamaica and the United Kingdom of the firm provide legal expertise in Insolvency, Banking, Corporate and Commercial law, Trust Law, Mutual Funds and Securities, Real Property, Estate Planning and Probate, Immigration, Civil and Commercial Litigation. The firm is experienced in deploying a variety of legal skills to complex multinational transactions. The firm is committed to providing our clients legal service of the highest caliber. The Senior Partner of the firm is a repeated provider of information to several journals and speaks at conferences and seminars.
The office's of Sears and Co. are located on the Island of New Providence in the Capital of Nassau one block away from the Bahamas Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of the Bahamas, in #10 Market St. Building.General Practice - Commercial Law, Companies, Trusts and Estate Planning, Conveyancing and Real Estate, Admiralty, Insurance, Probate, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Administrative Law, Company Insolvency and Liquidation, Banking and Finance, Resorts and Leisure, Tourism, Citizenship and Immigration.
Attorneys
Alfred M. Sears (inactive)
Born Nassau, Bahamas, January 1, 1953; admitted to Bar, 1989, New Jersey, New York and District of Columbia; 1991, Bahamas; 1992, Jamaica. Education: Columbia University, New York (B.A., Political Science, 1977; M.I.A., International Law, 1978; M. Phil., International Relations, 1984; Certificate of African Studies, 1981); New York Law School (J.D., 1987); Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica (Certificate of Legal Education, 1991). Judicial Clerkship, Hon. Seymour Schwartz, Civil Court of the City of New York. Member: Bahamas Bar Association (Chair, Legislative Reform Committee, 1991 - 1993 ), Honorary Secretary 1997-1999) ; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, International Law Committee, 1988 - 1990). Language: English.
Marion Bethel-Sears
Born Nassau, Bahamas, July 31, 1953; admitted to Bar, 1985, England and Wales; 1986, Bahamas. Education: McGill University, Montreal (B.A., Spanish, 1975); Columbia University, New York, U. S. A. (M.A., 1976); Cambridge University, England (B.A., Law, 1984); Council of Legal Education, London, England (Certificate of Legal Education, London, 1985). Crown Counsel, Chambers of The Attorney-General, Nassau, Bahamas 1985-1994. Member: Gray's Inn; Bahamas Bar Association; Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1997-1998
Language: English, French and Spanish.email: mbethel@searschambers.com