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Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 23RD, OUR NEW
ADDRESS WILL BE:
1201 RXR PLAZA,
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK 11556
Telephone and
facsimile numbers will remain the same as well as all email
addresses.
March 2010:
Christopher A. Gorman, Esq. has joined our firm as an
associate in our Litigation Department, concentrating his
practice in all phases of commercial litigation in State and
Federal Courts.
January 2010:
Continental Home Loans, one of the largest originators of
residential home loans on Long Island, recently closed a
multi-million dollar debenture agreement with Ares Capital
Partners. Continental is a residential lender in over twenty
states and has numerous offices throughout the metropolitan
area. Richard Harrison, counsel to the Firm's Litigation
Department, represented Continental Home Loans in the
transaction.
Eric G. Waxman,
III,
a partner in the Firm's
Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department, will be serving as an
adjunct professor at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law
Center, teaching UCC Article 2 (sales) during the Spring 2010
semester.
Stuart Ball, the Co-Chairman of the Firm's Real Estate
Department, and Jeffrey Miller, the Chairman of the
firm's Litigation Department, have each been selected as "New
York Super Lawyers" for 2009. Only five percent of New
York metro attorneys have been named to this list. Stuart
and Jeff were selected through an extensive process of peer
nominations, blue ribbon panel review and independent research.
Congratulations Stu and Jeff!
Mickee Hennessy, a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy &
Restructuring Department, has been re-elected as General Counsel
to the Long Island Chapter of the Turnaround Management
Association, an international not-for-profit organization of
corporate renewal professionals.
August 2009: Long Island Business News
has selected the name Partners of the Firm, John Westerman,
Stuart Ball, Alan Ederer, Jeffrey Miller and Philip
Sharfstein, to be honored as among the "Top 50 Around 50"
Business Leaders on Long Island. An event for the honorees will
be held on September 24, 2009.
August 2009: Richard Harrison, counsel
to the Firm's Litigation Department, has recently obtained a
favorable decision for one of the Firm's financial institution
clients, securing dismissal of a case commenced against the
client in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings
County. On August 20, the Honorable Jack Battaglia entered an
order dismissing a lawsuit alleging claims of fraud, conspiracy
to defraud and violation of New York General Obligations Laws,
thus protecting the client's six-figure mortgage on certain real
property in Brooklyn, New York. Congratulations, Richard!
August 2009:
Joy Phanamus, a partner in the firm's Real Estate
Department, has been listed by Long Island Business News as one
of its "Who's Who in Women in Professional Services."
Congratulations, Joy!
July 2009:
Litigation partner, William E. Vita, recently spoke on
two different topics at the Federation of Defense and Corporate
Counsel’s Annual Meeting. The FDCC is a national bar
association for both in-house corporate attorneys and outside
counsel. Bill Vita spoke to the Commercial Litigation Section
on the topic of “Recent Developments in Removal of Cases to
Federal Court.” He also spoke to the Employment Law Section on
the following topic: “New Threat on the Horizon for Employers –
Can Cyberbullying Create a Hostile Work Environment?”
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