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Certilman Balin Named to National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll

March 14, East Meadow, NY — MENTOR has announced the 2022 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll, and Certilman Balin has once again made its list. Brian Ziegler and Fred Skolnik, attorneys in the Corporate/Securities Group at the Long Island law firm of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, through their…

Zapson to Present at National Business Institute

Our Partner Michael Zapson will present at National Business Institute’s upcoming course, “Tax and Accounting Basics for Trusts and Estates Attorneys” on Monday, March 28, 2022. Mr. Zapson is a Partner in our Real Estate Group and Trusts and Estates Group. He advises real property owners, national companies, developers, purchasers, REITs, lenders…

Chowdhury Joins Banking and Commercial Lending Group as an Associate

Nandini Chowdhury joined the Banking and Commercial Lending Group at Certilman Balin as an Associate. Prior to joining the firm, she was an Associate at the Manhattan-based law firm, Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, where she represented multi-family residential landlords and commercial landlords in landlord/tenant disputes. Prior to…

Can A Retirement Plan Have Liability For Offering Participants Too Many Investment Choices?

By Thomas J. McNamara, Esq. Yes, says the United States Supreme Court in a recent decision.  In Hughes v. Northwestern University, 142 S. Ct. 737 (2022), three current or former employees of Northwestern University sued it for breach of fiduciary duty with respect to its management of its retirement and…

Goldstein Elected as Secretary of the New York State Bar’s Business Law Section

David Goldstein, Partner at Certilman Balin, LLP, was elected as Secretary of the State Bar’s Business Law Section, effective June 1, 2022, at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association. David has served five consecutive terms as Chair of the Business Law Section’s Not-For-Profit Corporations Law…