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LIBN Readers Voted Certilman Balin as Winner in 12 Categories in 2023 Rankings Survey

Every year, Long Island Business News asks readers to rate Long Island based companies in a variety of categories and announces them in a comprehensive list each summer. Certilman Balin has won in 12 categories, including Top Winner in the category of Overall Law Firm. The other categories include: Best Trust…

Certilman Balin Establishes Two New Scholarships at Hofstra Law

Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, a longstanding supporter of The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University for more than 30 years, has established of two new named scholarships at the Law School. The Certilman Balin Endowed Scholarship and the Certilman Balin Annual Scholarship will be awarded…

Certilman Balin’s Build Day for Habitat for Humanity

On Wednesday, May 24, some of our Certilman Balin attorneys and staff from a cross-section of our practice areas spent the day building a home in Riverhead, New York, as part of the Habitat for Humanity of Long Island's program. Our build team (l to r): Erica Tortora, Jennifer Appel,…

Nine Attorneys Named to Top Women NY Metro Super Lawyers List

Carrie Adduci, Kimberly Barresi, Kathleen Farrell, Heather L. Gauweiler, Lisa S. Hunter, Donna-Marie Korth,  Samantha Seter, Rebecca Sklar and Penni Stathakos have been named to the 2023 Women's Edition of Super Lawyers list for the New York Metropolitan area. Donna-Marie Korth and Lisa Hunter were named to the 2022 New York…

David Lieser Talks About Estate Planning on “Five Minutes With Fried”

David Lieser, Partner in our Trust and Estates, Elder Law and Litigation Practice Groups, appeared on the show "Five Minutes With Fried." Mr. Lieser is well-versed in the development and implementation of estate plans ranging from wills and advanced care directives to more complex trusts and tax concerns for high net worth individuals.  His practice also includes Medicaid and special needs planning, and Article 81 guardianship proceedings, enabling clients to qualify…