Beattie Padovano, LLC Expands Team, Naming Gabrielle G. Drillich and Maggie Minas its Newest Attorneys

Beattie Padovano, LLC announced today that Gabrielle G. Drillich and Maggie Minas have been added to its team of attorneys. 

Based in Montvale, New Jersey (Bergen County), Beattie Padovano offers a wide range of legal services, including but not limited to the following areas of practice: Commercial Real Estate and Lending; Corporate, Commercial, and Banking; Land Use, Development, Redevelopment, and Affordable Housing; Commercial Litigation and Appeals; Health and Employment Law; Environmental Law and Permitting; Estate Planning, Administration and Litigation; and Community Associations, Local Government & Tax Appeals. 

Gabrielle G. Drillich will be practicing in the area of estate planning, trusts, estate administration, and elder law matters, along with counseling clients on Medicaid planning, trust administration, and guardianship proceedings. Drillich earned her law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2018, with concentrations in Family Law and in Alternative Dispute Resolution, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Science Society and Policy (minor in Journalism) from Brandeis University, where she was also a member and two-year captain of the Swim and Dive Team. Prior to joining Beattie Padovano, Drillich worked in trust administration, and at a boutique law firm in Manhattan specializing in Trusts and Estates and Elder Law. 

Maggie Minas will serve as an associate in the firm’s land use, development, redevelopment, and affordable housing practice group. She earned her J.D. in 2024 from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Journalism, with a minor in Legal Studies from Rutgers University-Newark. Minas is fluent in Arabic. Before joining Beattie Padovano, Minas served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable David V. Nasta, J.S.C., in the Civil Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey. In that role, she gained extensive experience in motion practice, conducted in-depth legal research, assisted in settlement conferences, and drafted judicial opinions. 

Said Antimo Del Vecchio, Co-Managing Member of Beattie Padovano, LLC, “Maggie and Gabby each bring a wealth of knowledge to Beattie Padovano, and we are very pleased to welcome them to our team. We all feel very confident that the work they do in their respective areas of practice will yield excellent results for our clients.” 

Drillich is a member of the Trust and Estates Law and Elder Law & Special Needs Sections of the New York State Bar Association and the Probate and Trust Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.  Minas is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Bergen County Bar Association, Young Lawyers’ Division.