Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP

ERIC G. WAXMAN, III, a partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Group, will be teaching Debtor/Creditor Law at Hofstra University School of Law in Spring 2009.

GREG ZUCKER, a partner in the firm's Litigation Department, was recently quoted in the New York Law Journal, as part of the Realty Law Digest article discussing a brokerage commission case. The featured case in the August 27, 2008 article described a favorable result obtained by Greg Zucker and litigation partner DAN LYONS on behalf of the firm's client. Congratulations to Greg and Dan for the great result!

August, 2008: Jeffrey A. Miller, co-chair of the Firm's Commercial Litigation Department, ahs been selected for the 2008-2009 "Honors Edition" of the Madison Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals.

Eric G. Waxman III, a Partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Department, is teaching Secured Transactions (UCC Article 9) at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center during the Fall Semester.

William Vita, a partner in the litigation department, is moderating a panel discussion on August 1, 2008, at the Federation of Defenses and Corporate Counsel's Annual Meeting.  Mr. Vita will be joined by a distinguished group of panelists from both national and international corporate legal departments and law firms.  The presentation is entitled: "60 Marketing Tips In 60 Minutes" and will center on how attorneys can successfully build their practices.

Charles Bilich, of counsel to the firm’s Corporate Department, will be teaching Securities Regulation during the Fall semester at Touro Law School.

Michael Gelfand, an attorney in the firm's Litigation Department, has joined the coaching staff for the Iona College Undergraduate Mock Trial Team. The team will compete in a number of invitational tournaments in advance of a regional competition in February 2009.

June, 2008: Alan C. Ederer, a partner and chairman of the Firm's Corporate and Securities Department, was featured in the Long Island Business News June feature titled "Who's Who in Corporate Law."

Eric G. Waxman III, a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Group, has co-authored a chapter entitled "Client Strategies in Bankruptcy-Related Matters" in the recently published Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring, Client Strategies (Aspatore Books 2008).

Stuart S. Ball, the Co-Chairman of the firm's Real Estate Department, represented Deer Park Enterprise LLC in connection with a lease transaction with The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. for premises located at The Arches Tanger Outlet Center in Deer Park, New York. This lease transaction was awarded as the "Top Retail Lease" by Long Island Business News among its 2008 Real Estate Awards for Deals of the Year. This lease transaction brings the first Neiman Marcus retail store to Long Island.

March, 2008: Tom Draghi, Esq., a Partner in the firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Department and Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association's Bankruptcy Committee, led a four-person CLE/CPE panel titled "Deciphering Financial Statements and Analyzing Current Legal Issues," for an audience including a number of the bankruptcy judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York and several bankruptcy and turnaround professionals, at the Coral House in Baldwin, New York. The event was jointly presented by the Nassau County Bar Association, the Turnaround Management Association, LI Chapter, and the New York Institute of Credit.

February 29, 2008, William Vita, a partner in the litigation department, will moderate a panel discussion at the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel's Winter Meeting.  The topic is Alternative Billing Arrangements.

February 7, 2008:  William Vita, a partner in the litigation department, spoke at the Defense Research Institute's 2008 Product Liability Conference.  Mr. Vita and Mark Hickok, Principal Engineer at Milwaukee Electric Tools Company made  joint presentation on Harmonizing American Product Standards with International Standards.  The conference was attended by over 1,000 attorneys from around the nation.

January 2008: Richard Gabriele, counsel to the Firm's Litigation Department has been appointed by Governor Eliot Spitzer to join the Board of Trustees for the Interest On Lawyer Accounts Fund (the IOLA Fund). For over twenty years, the IOLA Fund has used accumulated interest on IOLA accounts to help fund not-for-profit programs that make civil legal assistance available to nearly three million poor New Yorkers.

January 2008:  John Westerman, Managing Partner and Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Group, has graduated from the Inaugural Class of the prestigious Energeia Partnership.  The Energeia Partnership is a leadership academy dedicated to identifying and addressing the serious, complex, and multi-dimensional issues challenging the Long Island region.  Mr. Westerman has also been invited to remain involved as a member of the Board of Advisors for the Energeia Partnership.

January 2008: Jeffrey Silver, of counsel to the Firm in the field of corporate tax and other tax law, will be the featured speaker at the January 24th NCCPAP (National Conference of CPA Practitioners) meeting at a seminar titled "Introduction to International Tax Issues".

Eric G. Waxman III, a partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Group, is an adjunct professor, teaching 'Sales - UCC-Article 2' at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip, New York for the Spring 2008 semester.

January 1, 2008: Edward J. Bullard, Jr. has been promoted to Partner in the Firm's Real Estate Department. Ed represents owners, buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders and tenants in a variety of real estate transactions and matters. He has significant experience with drafting and negotiating commercial leases, with substantial expertise in leases governing the operation of restaurants and retail businesses. Ed also has experience in corporate transactions and real estate commercial litigation.

January 1, 2008, Mickee M. Hennessy, a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy Workout and Restructuring Department, has been elected as Vice President, Legal Counsel for the Long Island Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, an international not-for-profit organization in the corporate renewal industry.

December 2007: Jay Levinton, a partner in the firm's Real Estate Department, was featured in the Long Island Business News December feature titled "Who's Who in Commercial and Residential Real Estate Law."

October 2007 - Jeffrey Miller, partner and co-chair of the Firm's Litigation Department, has been featured in the Long Island Business News publication of "Who's Who in Commercial Litigation."

August 15, 2007 - Thomas Draghi, a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy Workout and Restructuring Group, was quoted in Newsday, in an article titled "IndyMac Seeking American Home Mortgage Branches," discussing the sale of assets in the American Home Mortgage Corp. bankruptcy case.

August 2007 -- Congratulations to the Firm's Women's Team for placing first in the "Legal Challenge" category of this year's Marcum & Kleigman Long Island Workplace Challenge!

August  2007 - Eric G. Waxman III, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Group.

August 2007 - Richard Harrison has joined the Firm as counsel to the Litigation Department.

June 2007 - Phil Campisi, Esq., a partner in the Firm's Commercial Litigation Department, has been featured in the Long Island Business News publication of "Who's Who in Intellectual Property and Labor Law."

May 2007 - Mickee Hennessy, Esq., a partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Department, participated as a panelist in the Nassau Academy of Law's continuing legal educational seminar titled: "They Filed Bankruptcy!  What Do We Do Now?," speaking on the treatment of secured transactions in bankruptcy.

April 2007 - Jeffrey Miller, Chairman of the Firm's Litigation Department, has been selected for registration in the Continental Who's Who of Attorneys 2007.

April 2007 - Mickee Hennessy, a partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy Workout and Restructuring Department, was admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court at a ceremony held in Washington D.C.