Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP  

May 2013:  Steven R. Eichel, Esq., has become counsel to the Firm's Corporate department.  Welcome, Steven.

May 2013:  Michael Gelfand, Esq. was elected a provisional member of the Board of Directors of the American Mock Trial Association (www.collegemocktrial.org).  AMTA is the governing body for all intercollegiate mock trial in the United States.  He will be eligible for full Board membership in 2015.   

April 2013:  Frances Felice, Esq., has joined the Firm as an attorney in the Real Estate department.  Welcome, Frances!

 Thomas Draghi, Esq., Partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department, will serve as a panelist at a program jointly sponsored by The United States Trustee for Region 2 and the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York titled "Pathways to Success in Individual and Small Business Chapter 11 Cases," on May 13, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, 290 Federal Plaza Central Islip, New York 11722.

John Westerman, Esq., managing partner and chair of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Department, and Mickee Hennessy, Esq., a partner in the Department, were interviewed for the radio program  “Law You Should Know” discussing Loan Workouts and Restructuring.  The interview will be broadcast on May 6 at 4 PM, May 7 at 12 noon and May 12 at 7 AM on 90.3 FM radio and via voicestream at www.ncc.edu/whpc.

Eric G. Waxman III, a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department, will once again serve as an adjunct professor at the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College, teaching Sales, UCC Articles 2 & 2A (Leases) for the Spring semester.