Austerlitz Business Lawyers

DiPasquale & Summers is a preeminent full service law firm specializing in business, hospitality and cannabis law.

Corporate & Business Services
• Corporate Formation
• Partnership, Shareholder & Operating Agreements
• Structuring of Capital Investment
• Contract Negotiation & Drafting
• Licensing Deals
• State Application Preparation or Review

Real Estate
• Commercial Leasing
• Landlord/Tenant Issues
• Waste Management

Litigation
• State Agency Appeals
• Partnership and Business Disputes
• Breach of Contract
• Product Liability
• Insurance Coverage Disputes
• Intellectual Property Infringement

Intellectual Property
• Copyright & Trademark
• Enforcement, Infringement & Disputes
• Licensing Agreements
• Strategic Branding
• Trade Secrets

Regulatory Compliance
• Compliance with State Licensing Regulations
• FDA, FDCA, & Industrial Hemp Farm Bill Compliance
• Product Labeling and...

CONCENTRATION: Telecommunications, Transportation, Land Use, Litigation & Administrative Proceedings. Representation of businesses before NYC Agencies. 
EDUCATION: Univ. of Chicago Law School, J.D., 6/1981. Honors:1980 Hinton Moot Court Champion. Princeton Univ., A.B., 6/1978. Honors: Graduated Magna cum laude; Recipient, R.W. Van de Velde Prize, Wilson School, 1977. Major: The Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. Thesis: The Lessons and Relevance of Nuremberg for American Policy Makers in the 1970's and 1980's.
COURT APPOINTMENTS: Arbitrator, Small Claims Part, NYC Civ. Ct., 2006 to date. Receiver and Counsel to Receiver, NYS OCA, Part 36, 2003 to date. Referee in Foreclosures,...

The Wright Law Firm represents Owners and Tenants in the drafting and negotiation of Retail, Office, and Commercial Leases. It has also handled many Purchases and Sales of Businesses.

HAROLD A. STEUERWALD, LLC., Bellport, New York 11713 January 2004 to Present PARTNER TO THE FIRM OF AUGUSTINE & STEUERWALD, LLP. June 1995 to December 2003 DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, Town of Riverhead, New York February 2006 to February 2010 DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, Town of Brookhaven, New York October 2002 to February 2006 SENIOR ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY, Town of Brookhaven, New York September 1998 to October 2002 ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY, Town of Brookhaven, New York January 1998 to March 1991 October 1993 to September 1998 VILLAGE ATTORNEY, Village of Patchogue, New York June 2000 to February 2004 ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, New York March 1991 to October 1993

Mr. Herrick has over nine years of corporate law experience working as in-house counsel for established and growing technology companies; outside counsel to startups, software development companies, and software developers; and as an associate in a large New York City law firm.

His experience spans the tech industry and IP law spectrum, including:

- representing an online social media company, a global automotive business, and an online real property rental company in matters ranging from large-scale software development projects to drafting the company's website agreements and nondisclosure agreements,
- negotiating cross-border collaborative research and licensing agreements with various world-renowned universities,
- negotiations with...