About Our Members:
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Member Contact Information; Practice Area Information; Committee Rosters (in alphabetical order):
Name: David J. Abeshouse (ART Co-founder Emeritus; retired from practice 3/23)
Firm Name: f/k/a Law Office of David J. Abeshouse
Business Address: 1429 Garfield Road, East Meadow, NY 11554
Telephone: 516-489-4083 // Cell Phone: 516-659-2660
Email: David@BizLawNY.com
Web Address: www.BizLawNY.com (archival)
Former Practice Area: B2B dispute resolution/ADR. I represented clients as their lawyer-advocate in business disputes in arbitration and mediation; served as impartial neutral Arbitrator and Mediator on several national and international forums (e.g., Commercial Panel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution); and provided ADR consulting services to other lawyers.
Honors included: Fellow (Member) of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA). Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN), and of its NY Chapter Executive Committee. Selected to NY Metro SuperLawyers 2007 - 2023 (for ADR Law). Past Adjunct Professor of ADR Law at St. John's University School of Law. Past Chair of Nassau County Bar Assn. ADR Law Committee. Member of New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC). Member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF). Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) and the New York Bar Foundation (NYBF).
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Name: Daniel L. Abrams
Firm Name: Law Office of Daniel L. Abrams, PLLC
Business Address: 31 Penn Plaza, 132 West 31st Street, 15th Floor New York, NY 10001Phone: 646-821-4575
Fax: 646-536-8905
E-mail: Dan@LawyerQuality.comLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dan-abrams/0/493/491
www.lawyerquality.com
Practice Area: Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice
Description of Practice: Business disputes arising out of contracts, licensing agreements, business mergers,
employment agreements, business fraud, trade secrets, and corporate whistleblower allegations. Also, legal malpractice litigation and legal ethics, helping clients injured by the malpractice of other attorneys, and also helping attorneys with legal ethics issues which arise in their practice.
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Name: Jeffrey Bernstein
Business Address: 1201 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556
Telephone: 516-466-4600 Fax: 516-466-4633Email: Available upon request.
Web Address: www.BizLawSolutions.com
Practice Area: I provide corporate counsel services to closely held corporate clients on a "pay as you go"
basis.
Description of Practice: For companies with no in-house legal staff, I act in the capacity of a general counsel, handling day-to-day legal issues that arise and/or managing the work of outside counsel, whether in the area of corporate governance or in connection with contracts, financings, mergers, acquisitions and other transactions, litigation and/or other specialized matters. For companies that have a general counsel or in-house legal department, I act as an overflow attorney and/or independent legal consultant.
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Name: Ronald A. Fatoullah
Firm Name: Ronald Fatoullah & Associates
Business Address: 60 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 507, Great Neck, NY 11021
Telephone: 516-466-4422
Email: rfatoullah@fatoullahlaw.com
Web Address: www.fatoullahlaw.com
Practice Area: Elder Law
Description of Practice: Elder Law, and related areas.
Ron's firm also maintains four other office locations:
Business Address: 7 Penn Plaza, Suite 1602, New York, NY 10001 Telephone: 212-751-7600 Business Address: 100-15 Queens Boulevard, Suite 1, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Telephone: 718-261-1700 Business Address: 1861 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214 Telephone: 718-621-5300
Business Address: 466 Central Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY 11516 Telephone: 516-466-7068
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Name: Samuel D. Flatt (Member of ART Executive Committee, 2024-2025)
Firm Name: Law Offices of Samuel D. Flatt
Business Address: 147-17 Union Turnpike, Flushing, NY 11367 Telephone: (718) 544-2767
Fax: (718) 544-4590
E-mail: SamDFlatt@injury-disabilitylawyers.com
Web Address: Injury-disabilitylawyers.com
Practice Area: Workers' Compensation (claimants and uninsured employers) and Social Security Disability.
Description of Practice: Clients: Employees injured at work. Employers without Workers' Compensation coverage and with a claim against them or in receipt of a penalty letter. People previously working "on the books," who develop disabling injury or condition preventing them from working, expected to last at
least one year.
Work & Focus: All aspects of the representation of the injured and disabled in Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits claims. As a solo practitioner in an industry dominated by larger firms, I offer clients greater continuity of representation and more personalized service than the big firms can deliver.
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Name: Saundra M. Gumerove
Firm Name: Law Office of Saundra M. Gumerove
Business Address: 42 Marian Lane Jericho, New York 11753
Telephone: 516-822-3397
Fax: 516-822-3516
Email: smg@smgesq.com
Web Address: www.smgesq.com and www.advokidsblog.com
Practice Area: Special Needs including 17A Guardianships, life planning, supplemental needs trusts, special needs settlement planning, and Special Education
Description of Practice: Clients: Families of individuals with special needs, individuals with special needs Work
and focus: Resolution of issues facing families with individuals with disabilities, including guardianship, life planning, supplemental needs trusts, special needs settlement planning, special education issues, housing. Also, training of professionals, including service coordinators, insurance agents, and other professionals, on
issues facing families with individuals with special needs.
Memberships and honors: Elected SouthEastern Regional Vice President of NYSARC; Elected VP of AHRC-Nassau County Chapter of NYSARC.
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Name: Rona Gura (Member of ART Executive Committee, 2024-2025)
Firm Name: Law Offices of Rona Gura, PC
Business Address: 377 Oak Street, Ste. 104, Garden City, NY 11530 Telephone: 516-539-7900
E-mail: Rona@NYFamilyLegal.com
Web address: https://nyfamilylegal.com
Practice area: Matrimonial/Family Law
Description of Practice: We handle any case involving divorce, custody, spousal/child support, equitable distribution, pre-nuptial agreements, neglect/CPS matters, and orders of protection. My firm can handle any aspect of a family law matter whether it be a mediation -- as I am a certified mediator – or a collaborative negotiation, or litigation, either at the trial level or in the Appellate Division. I regularly appear on family law matters in the Appellate Division, both First and Second Departments, Supreme Courts and Family Courts in Nassau, Suffolk, and all five boroughs of New York City.
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Name: David B. Katz
Firm Name: Law Office of David B. Katz
Business Address: 45-17 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, New York 11362-1253
Telephone: 718-228-1900
Cell Phone (optional): 516-448-6581
Fax: 718-228-9910
Email: dkatz@katzlegal.com
Practice Area: Real estate transactions, acquisitions, management and lending
Description of Practice: Engage in all aspects of real estate transactions including purchase or sale of commercial and residential properties; and refinances of coop and condo buildings, single family homes, multi-family homes, individual coop and condo apartments, and other properties. I am a principal involved in the acquisition and operation of multi-family properties, construction, development and sale of commercial and residential properties. Preferred clients are single owners or investors. Preferred work is transactions -- purchases, sales and refinances.
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Name: Kevin T. Kearon
Firm Name: Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco LLP
Business Address: 666 Old Country Road, Suite 700 Garden City, New York 11530
Telephone: 516-745-1500
Cell Phone (optional): 516-850-0750
Fax: 516-745-1245
Email: kkearon@barketepstein.com
Web Address: www.barketepstein.com
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Description of Practice: My firm concentrates in the defense and representation of individuals and corporations facing existing or potential criminal charges. We represent professionals and businesses in typically high-consequence white collar and other matters who find themselves facing indictment or as recipients of federal or state grand jury subpoenas evidencing law enforcement interest in their activities. I am a former prosecutor and defend a wide variety of fraud cases including: insurance fraud; Medicare/Medicaid fraud (usually provider/MD side); mortgage fraud; no-fault fraud, etc. We have considerable experience representing individuals in connection with the full gamut of Penal Law offenses including murder, vehicular manslaughter, DWI, narcotics trafficking, possession of child pornography and other sexual crimes. We have a very strong appellate capacity as well. Additionally, we prosecute federal civil rights claims against municipalities for false arrest, malicious prosecution, excessive use of force, etc. Our ideal client is anyone facing or worried about facing a criminal charge or who has suffered unjustly on account of law enforcement actions.
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Name: Russell I. Marnell
Firm Name: Marnell Law Group, P.C.
Business Address: One Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 1N10, Melville, NY 11747
Telephone: 516-542-9000
Cell Phone: 516-220-5941
Fax: 516-542-2039
Email: info@marnelllaw.com Web Address: www.nyfamilydivorcelawyer.com and www.marnelllaw.com
Practice Area: Divorce and Family Law
Description of Practice: Divorce, custody, support, equitable distribution, prenuptial agreements, trials, appeals, CPS matters, neglect/abuse cases.
Memberships and honors: Martindale Hubbell AV - Preeminent rating 2014; SuperLawyers; Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; New York Family Law Inns of Court; Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.
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Name: Michael J. Meehan (Member of ART Executive Committee, 2024-2025)
Firm Name: Law Office of Michael J. Meehan
Business Address: 73 Sackett Street Hicksville, New York 11801
Telephone: 516-822-4142
Fax: 516-620-6843 Email: mjmeehan@meehanlawoffice.com
Web Address: www.meehanlawoffice.com
Practice Area: Immigration Matters: Removal and Deportation Hearings; Family based green cards; Asylum; Naturalization of Citizenship; Criminal Aliens; Airport/Border Detentions
Description of Practice: Persons who have been placed in removal/deportation proceedings who have family members eligible to petition for them, or have an employer eligible to petition for them, or who are seeking asylum, to apply for citizenship, or who already have green cards but have a serious criminal charge making them deportable, or persons who are stopped at airport when arriving into the United States.
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Name: Steve Millon
Firm Name: Shapiro-Millon
Business Address: 675 Third Avenue, Suite 3005 New York, New York 10017
Telephone: 212-779-9100 Fax: 212-684-4923
Email: smillon@jeffshapirolaw.com or smillon@millonlaw.com
Web Address: www.jeffshapirolaw.com
Practice Area: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability
Description of Practice: We represent plaintiffs in all types of accident/injury cases in Metropolitan Area, Upstate and Florida
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Name: Thomas A. O’Rourke
Firm Name: Bodner & O’Rourke, LLP
Business Address: 425 Broadhollow Road, Suite 108, Melville NY 11747
Telephone: 631-249-7500 Fax: 631-249-4508
Email: torourke@bodnerorourke.com
Practice Area: Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law, including practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and litigation in the U.S. federal and state courts.
Description of practice: The attorneys at Bodner & O'Rourke, LLP have expertise in a variety of areas including: Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Biotechnology, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Software, and Business Methods.
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Name: Brad H. Rosken
Firm Name: Law Offices of Brad H. Rosken, PLLC
Business Address: 1772 East Jericho Tpke., Suite 2 Huntington, New York 11743
Telephone: 631-379-9569
Fax: 631-270-4729
Email: brad@specialedcounselor.com Web Address: www.specialedcounselor.com
Practice Area: Education Law, Representing Students with Disabilities and Defending Students at Superintendent Hearings
Description of Practice – My firm concentrates in the area of representing students with disabilities in their struggle to obtain the proper and necessary services from their local school districts. The main goal of representing children with disabilities is to ensure that these children receive a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) possible. I am also a certified New York State Impartial Hearing Officer and I hear cases in New York City against the Department of Education as well as in Rockland and Westchester Counties. I am admitted to practice law in all courts in the state of New York as well as in the U.S. District Court for both the Eastern and Southern District of New York.
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Name: Faith Getz Rousso
Firm Name: Law Office of Faith Getz Rousso, P.C.
Business Address: 377 Oak Street - Suite 104, Garden City, NY 11530
Telephone: 516-500-9292
Cell : 516-880-3311
Fax: 516-299-9314
Email: Faith@RAdopt.com
Web Address: www.privateadoptlaw.com and https://www.calendly.com/faithgetzrousso/
Practice Area: All facets of adoption law, including private domestic adoption, representation of both adoptive parents and expectant parents; step-parent adoption, second parent adoption; and agency adoption. In addition, I serve on the foster care panel in Nassau County Family Court, representing foster parents in their adoptions.
Member, Board of Directors, Nassau County Women's Bar Association.
Clients: Prospective adoptive parents (Traditional married couples, single individuals, same sex couples); step parents, pregnant women (expectant parents), Same Sex couples in 2nd parent Adoptions, and counseling prospective adoptive parents working with adoption agencies.
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Name: Nancy B. Schess (Member of ART Executive Committee, 2015-2024)
Firm Name: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
Business Address: 1350 Broadway, New York, NY 10018
Telephone: 212-574-0310
Fax: 315-512-4510
Email: nschess@tarterkrinsky.com
Web Address: www.tarterkrinsky.com
Practice Area: Labor/Employment Law Representing Management
Description of Practice: Helping small and large businesses in multiple disciplines proactively develop and implement preventive personnel policies and practices. We provide compliance training, policy development and counseling in an effort to avoid workplace claims. We also handle all types of litigation arising from the workplace, including before administrative agencies and federal and state courts.
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Name: Karl Silverberg, P.E., Esq.
Firm Name: Silverberg P.C.
Business Address: 320 Carleton Ave., Suite 6400 Central Islip, New York 11722
Telephone: 631-778-6077
Fax: 631-778-6078
Cell: 516-661-5254
Email: ksilverberg@silverbergpclaw.com
Web Address: www.silverbergpclaw.com
Practice Area: Construction Law
Description of Practice: Serving the construction industry with respect to contract disputes and commercial litigation. Represent owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and sureties. Handle change order disputes, such as differing site condition claims, delay claims, and extra work claims; warrant and defect claims; mechanic's liens, payment bonds, and Lien Law Article 3-A trust fund claims. Matters in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts, and administrative proceedings.
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Name: Scott A. Steinberg
Firm Name: Law Offices of Scott A. Steinberg Business Address: 167 Willis Avenue, Suite 1, Mineola, New York 11501
Telephone: 516.739.9600
Cell Phone: 646.319.7711
Fax: 516.739.9609 Email: ssteinberg@saslawfirm.net Web Site: www.ssteinberglawfirm.net
Practice Area: Representing debtors, creditors and parties in interest in all aspects of business bankruptcies, reorganizations, liquidations and out of court restructurings and workouts.
Description of Practice:
Clients: Businesses, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, lenders, equity holders and investors, landlords and buyers and sellers of assets in a bankruptcy or out of court workout scenario. Services: In a nutshell, I am a business bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer. I represent all parties in a debtor/creditor relationship or potential debtor/creditor relationship in bankruptcy, liquidation and reorganization cases, workouts, single and multi-asset real estate restructurings and all aspects of bankruptcy litigation. Practice is predominantly in the Southern and Eastern districts of New York.
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Name: Andrew M. Thaler, Partner
Firm Name: Cullen and Dykman, LLP
Business Address: 333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Uniondale, New York 11553
Tel.: 516.357.3786 / Fax: 516.357.3792
E: athaler@cullenllp.com
Practice Area: Bankruptcy All aspects of commercial and consumer bankruptcy and insolvency including chapters 7 (liquidation), 11 (corporate reorganization), 13 (individual wage earner reorganization) filings; representation of chapter 7 trustees in all aspects of liquidation of estates; prosecution and defense of avoidance actions including fraudulent conveyance and preference actions; representation of banks, secured creditors and landlords; out of court workouts; representation of parties negotiating Asset Purchase Agreements purchasing assets from bankruptcy estates; motions to vacate the automatic stay to recover real and personal
property and pursue insurance carrier coverages in personal injury cases; prosecution and defense of objections to debtors’ discharge and/or discharge of debts; federal bankruptcy and state law exemption optimization planning; represent creditors’ committees in chapter 11 cases; expert witness in bankruptcy attorney malpractice cases.
Clients: Small to medium sized businesses; bankruptcy trustees, banks, landlords, consumer debtors, insurance carriers; secured and unsecured creditors; equipment lessors; professionals including lawyers and accountants and financial advisors.
Memberships and Honors: Martindale Hubbell AV-Preeminent rating; Selected to New York Metro SuperLawyers 2012 to Present; Pulse Magazine Long Island “Top Legal Eagle”; Past Chair Nassau County Bar Association Bankruptcy Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees; Past Dean of Nassau Academy of Law;
Past President of Theodore Roosevelt Inn of Court; Mediation Panel E.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court and Nassau County Supreme Court Commercial Division Mediation Panel; Nassau County Bar Association Mediation
Panel; Chapter 7 Panel Bankruptcy Trustee E.D.N.Y. since 1990.
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Name: Seth M. Weinberg
Firm Name: Law Offices of Seth M. Weinberg
Business Address: 2150 Joshuas Path, Suite 52, Hauppauge, New York 11788
Tel.: (631) 815-1814 Fax: (631) 815-2774
Email: sweinberg@appellatestrategy.com
Website: www.appellatestrategy.com
Practice Area: Civil Appeals and Litigation Strategy
Description of Practice: Seth is dedicated to supporting civil litigators in achieving optimal outcomes for their clients. Boasting a remarkable portfolio of over 100 published appellate decisions spanning diverse legal issues, Seth brings a wealth of knowledge to aid litigators in shaping the legal facets of their cases. Beyond crafting compelling appellate briefs and motions, he plays a crucial role in helping attorneys pinpoint pivotal legal issues that can strategically enhance settlement negotiations. Seth's expertise not only lies in his ability to navigate the intricacies of appellate law but also in his knack for identifying leverage points that can significantly impact the trajectory of a case. His commitment to excellence and nuanced understanding of legal complexities make Seth an invaluable asset for litigators seeking comprehensive support in the pursuit of favorable outcomes for their clients.
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Name: Stewart Wurtzel (Member of ART Executive Committee)
Firm Name: Tane Waterman & Wurtzel, P.C.
Business Address: 120 Broadway; Suite 948 New York, New York 10271
Telephone: 212-766-4000
Cell Phone (optional): 516-816-9362
Fax: 212-766-4022
Email: swurtzel@tww.nyc
Web Address: www.tww.nyc
Practice Area: Real estate litigation, co-op and condo representation
Description of Practice: General counsel to co-op and condo boards throughout metro area. Landlord-tenant and all real estate litigation.
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Committee Rosters:
Executive Committee (Personnel changes periodically: elected to
initial two-year term 1/07; second EC term commenced 1/09 following
nomination process; third EC term commenced 1/11 following nomination
process; fourth EC term commenced 1/13 following nomination/election
process; fifth EC term commenced 1/15 following nomination/election
process; sixth EC term commenced 1/17 following nomination/election
process; term de facto extended) -- D. Abeshouse; J. Bernstein; N. Schess; J. Silver; S. Wurtzel
Current Executive Committee -- EC Term Commenced January 2024:
Samuel Flatt, Rona Gura, Michael Meehan, Nancy Schess, Seth Weinberg
Program* -- Co-Chairs: S. Wurtzel and J. Silver (Exec. Comm. Liaisons), S. Millon, S. Flatt, A. Thaler, N. Schess, S. Weinberg
Membership -- Co-Chairs: J. Silver and N. Schess (Exec. Comm. Liaisons)
Special/Social Events -- S. Wurtzel (Exec. Comm. Liaison), D. Katz
Financial/Treasurers -- J. Bernstein (Exec. Comm. Liaison), A. Thaler
Website/Blog/Online Social Media -- M. Meehan (Exec. Comm. Liaison), D. Abeshouse, S. Wurtzel
Advertising Committee -- Co-Chairs: J. Bernstein (Exec. Comm. Liaison)
Charity Committee -- D. Abeshouse
Luddite Webmaster: M. Meehan
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