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06/09/2026

Pride Month: Warshaw Burstein's Family Law Practice Celebrates and Supports the LGBTQ+ Community

This Pride Month, Warshaw Burstein's Family Law Practice reaffirms its longstanding commitment to the LGBTQ+ individuals and families it is proud to serve. From fertility law and adoption to matrimonial matters and estate planning, our attorneys provide comprehensive, compassionate legal guidance through every meaningful milestone.

06/08/2026

Marvin J. Fortgang Featured Speaker at NYU Alumni Event

Marvin J. Fortgang, Partner and Chair of the Banking and Finance Law Group, recently was a featured speaker at an alumni event for New York University.

05/22/2026

Your Non-Compete Agreements Might Already Be Worthless — And What You Should Be Doing Now.

Featured Attorneys

Martin S. Siegel

Mr. Siegel is a partner in our firm’s litigation department. He specializes in complex commercial, business, securities and bankruptcy litigations.
Steve R. Graber

Steve R. Graber is a partner in our Trusts and Estates Group and our Tax Group.
Russell W. Rosen

Mr. Rosen focuses his practice on complex commercial, real estate, partnership and corporate matters, including business litigation.
Meryl E. Wiener

Ms. Wiener advises financial institutions, investment managers and hedge funds on a broad range of regulatory, compliance, securities, registration, inspection, organizational and structural matters.
Grant R. Cornehls

Mr. Cornehls has broad experience representing clients in financial services and other industries in litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations.
Sarah A. Steckler

Sarah A. Steckler is a partner in our Trusts and Estates Group.
Ally Hack

Mr. Hack is a member of the firm’s real estate and litigation groups.
Marshall N. Lester

Mr. Lester has over 50 years experience in the corporate arena, concentrating primarily in the areas of joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and international), corporate finance and securities law matters.
Peter L. Lese

Mr. Lese has focused his practice on trusts and estates law since 1988.
Patrick Calella

Patrick Calella practices in the firm’s real estate department negotiating and closing commercial real estate transactions on behalf of purchasers, sellers, joint venture participants, landlords, tenants, borrowers and lenders.
Peter Figdor

Mr. Figdor concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and banking and finance.
Marvin J. Fortgang

For the past 50 years, Mr. Fortgang has practiced real estate law, concentrating his practice in the areas of real estate secured lending and commercial leasing.
Thomas Filardo

Mr. Filardo represents clients in a wide variety of complex commercial matters as both a seasoned litigator and corporate advisor. He takes a hands-on, creative approach and enjoys developing practical strategies to achieve client objectives.
Kevin M. Hirson

Mr. Hirson has extensive experience representing developers, owners & investors in a wide variety of real estate transactions throughout the U.S. He represents clients in connection with the acquisition, sale, financing, leasing and licensing of real property and remains a corporate advisor to clients.
Felicia S. Ennis

Ms. Ennis has worked on cases involving discrimination, sexual harassment, breach of contract, retaliation, wage/hour laws, family medical leave laws, wrongful discharge, misappropriation of trades secrets, business/shareholder disputes and partnership dissolutions.
Marc A. Lavaia

Mr. Lavaia represents clients in a broad range of real estate and corporate transactions across industries. He counsels his clients on mergers, acquisitions and corporate formations, and oversees the expansion of established businesses.
Alan M. Pollack

Mr. Pollack is a partner in the firm's litigation department. His practice focuses on federal and state court commercial and civil litigation, including business disputes, partnership dissolutions, class and shareholder derivative actions, stock fraud and manipulation cases, wage and hour and labor and employment matters.
Harvey I. Krasner

Mr. Krasner has over 30 years of broad based experience in complex transactional real estate matters advising developers, owners and investors in all aspects of real estate transactions, including purchases, and sales and financing.
Allison Simmons Prouty

Ms. Simmons Prouty concentrates her practice in real estate law.
Robert Fryd

Since joining the firm in 1981, Mr. Fryd has concentrated his practice on complex commercial litigation.
Michael Zukerman

Mr. Zukerman practices real estate law, concentrating in the areas of real estate secured lending, from both the lender and the borrower side, and real estate development and acquisitions. He has experience in private offerings of securities with emphasis on real estate.
Slava Hazin

Mr. Hazin concentrates his practice in commercial and real estate litigation, including trial and appellate practice.
Bruce H. Wiener

Mr. Wiener has been a practicing lawyer and litigator for over 45 years, and remains actively engaged in all aspects of real estate and general commercial litigation.
Chaya R. Shafran

Ms. Shafran has been involved in the practice of real estate law for over 35 years.
Frederick R. Cummings, Jr.

Mr. Cummings has in depth experience in a wide variety of corporate and business matters for individuals and both publicly and privately owned entities, ranging from start ups, to family held, to Fortune 500 clients, involving jurisdictions across the United States and around the world.
BoBi Ahn

Ms. Ahn specializes in immigration and nationality law and focuses on various corporate and employment related immigration issues and on strategic immigration planning for U.S. and international companies in connection with the international relocation of personnel coming into the U.S.
Robert P. Wittes

For more than 50 years Mr. Wittes has concentrated his practice on estate and trust planning and administration, using a variety of techniques to reduce estate and gift taxes and to assure that assets are transferred by his clients to their beneficiaries with minimal cost and delay.

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