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William Gartland and Max Sender of the Firm’s Corporate and Business Practice Group negotiated and closed a $13,000,000 Receivables Purchase Agreement for a global manufacturer and distributor of private label products.

The Firm and its employees continued their annual tradition of participating in a Suburban Housing program through which the Firm and its employees provide less fortunate families with holiday presents.  Suburban Housing is a not-for-profit organization that provides housing and services for low income families in Suffolk County.  This remarkable gift program enables volunteers, such as the Firm’s employees, who donate their own funds (which are then matched by the Firm), to purchase, wrap and deliver presents to each family based on “wish lists” provided by the family.  The Firm’s employees enthusiastically and generously support this yearly tradition as an opportunity to give back to our Long Island community.

Six attorneys from the Firm have been re-selected to the “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” lists in the 2018 Super Lawyers, New York Metro Edition. Re-selected for inclusion on the “Super Lawyers” list are the following attorneys: David Lazer (Business Litigation); Zachary Murdock (Business Litigation); Russell Penzer (Business Litigation); and Samuel Yedid (Real Estate). Also selected for inclusion on the “Super Lawyers” James Devine (Real Estate). Re-selected to the “Rising Stars” list is Giuseppe Franzella (Business Litigation). Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process involves peer nominations followed by peer evaluation and independent research of candidates. No more than 5% of the lawyers in a state are represented on the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list.

William Gartland, a partner in the Firm’s Corporate and Business practice group, represented a privately held global apparel manufacturer in the acquisition of a private label apparel company designing/selling women’s and juniors’ sleepwear, leisurewear, robes, daywear and innerwear for brands including Disney®, Nickelodeon®, Warner Bros®, Harry Potter®, Star Wars® and others.

Giuseppe Franzella of the Firm’s Litigation practice group has been appointed as the President-Elect of the Federal Bar Association’s Eastern District of New York Chapter. The EDNY Chapter has been serving federal practitioners of Long Island and the New York City Metropolitan Area since February 2007 and holds CLE programs, activities and social events to bring the Chapter together to educate attorneys and foster camaraderie and professional relationships amongst colleagues of the bar and the bench.