Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP

Philip Sharfstein, co-chair of the Firm's Real Estate Department, is co-chair of the UJA Federation of New York's Summerfest Event that will take place on July 27, 2010.

Stuart Ball, co-chairman of the Firm's Real Estate Department, will be honored by the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County at its Second Annual Golf Outing on August 2, 2010.

June 2010: Alan Ederer, Partner and Chair of the Firm's Corporate Department, was featured in the Long Island Business News June 18 issue of "Who's Who in Corporate Law." Congratulations, Alan!

May 2010:  Mickee M. Hennessy, a partner in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Workout Department of Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP located in Uniondale, New York, has been selected to be the in-coming Vice Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee for the Nassau County Bar Association.

March 2010: Christopher Gorman has joined the Firm as an attorney in the Firm's Litigation Department. Chris concentrates his practice in all phases of commercial litigation in State and Federal Courts. Chris has served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Gabriel W. Gorenstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Chris is admitted to practice in New York State, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Welcome, Chris!

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.