Island Park Lawyers

Zachary J. Liszka, Esq. founded his firm after winning his own case of employment discrimination. For nearly ten years he has been providing legal services to people facing unlawful discrimination, harassment, and unpaid wages in New York City

Lawrence Cohen represents clients in all aspects of elder law, estate planning, crisis Medicaid planning and probate matters. His practice also includes over 25 years of experience working hand in hand with clients and families to successfully resolve their catastrophic accident or personal injury matter.

A caring and experienced legal adviser who strives to simplify the complex legal process for his clients, Lawrence sets himself apart as a compassionate and thoughtful attorney with large law firm credentials.
Within the legal arena, Lawrence is known as a goal-oriented strategic thinker, who works tirelessly to gain a deep understanding of his client’s overarching...

Jan P. Joachim is an attorney admitted to practice in both New York, USA, and Quebec, Canada. He has over twenty years of legal experience advising both Canadian and American clients in immigration law, transactional matters, and commercial and residential real estate transactions. Mr. Joachim is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and Brooklyn Law School. He has also earned a Master in International Law from Tulane University. He is admitted to practice in the Federal Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of International Trade.

David attended high school at Poly Prep, located in Brooklyn. Upon graduating college at SUNY Albany, David was proud to attend Brooklyn Law School. During law school, David worked as a law clerk at a well-known personal injury law firm, Queller & Fisher. After graduating law school, David worked at two law firms that specialized in personal injury and bankruptcy matters. In 1997, David established his law firm, David I. Pankin, P.C. Since that time, he has represented over fifteen thousand clients on bankruptcy, personal injury, foreclosure defense, and consumer protection matters. David prides himself with providing high quality legal...

Founding partner Leo Glickman has a long track record of holding the powerful accountable and fighting for progressive candidates and causes. While serving as the NY State Chair of Common Cause, he spearheaded legal efforts to force the Republican-led New York State Senate to open their financial books. The case resulted in a landmark decision by the Court of Appeals, Weston vs. Sloan, that requires the State Senate to disclose its taxpayer-funded budget to the public. Mr. Glickman is an experienced civil rights litigator, representing clients whose constitutional rights have been violated by members of the Police Department and the Department...

Shane Rios was raised in the Fordham Road area in the Bronx, New York. Mr. Rios graduated from Fordham Law School in 2004. At Fordham, Mr. Rios was a member of the American Constitution Society and aggressively advocated for the preservation of civil liberties. Upon graduation Mr. Rios was awarded the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award for his outstanding work in the community. After graduating from Law School, Mr. Rios worked as an attorney for the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Democratic Presidential campaigns. Mr. Rios...

Michael P. Kushner devotes his practice to criminal defense, appeals and civil rights litigation. As a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Kushner has successfully represented defendants in all types of proceedings, ranging from high-profile federal drug trials to simple prosecutions in the New York City Criminal Court. As an appellate attorney, Mr. Kushner has represented clients with issues ranging from inappropriate sentencing, ineffective assistance of counsel and discreet civil rights issues before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. As a civil rights attorney Mr. Kushner advocates for those individuals whom the police have violated either by excessive force,...

Hashim Rahman, Esq. has more than ten years of legal experience in a wide range of matters, including consumer, corporate, and landlord-tenant litigation. Mr. Rahman is rated by Super Lawyers, and is highly experienced in matters arising under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and other consumer laws.

Mahir S. Nisar is a founding partner of Nisar Law Group, P.C.. He is a trial-tested litigator who has successfully litigated a wide range of cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, including those involving business litigation, personal injury litigation, and other matters pertaining to civil law. Mr. Nisar is known by his colleagues and clients for being able to provide strategic, aggressive litigation counsel. He has conducted numerous jury trials and bench trials, and is skilled at arbitration, mediation, and negotiation as well. He has been included in the list of New York Metro Super Lawyers® Rising Stars™

Annie Causey is a Partner at Woods Lonergan PLLC and directs its business litigation and corporate practice. Prior to joining Woods Lonergan PLLC in 2017, Annie served as general counsel to a national litigation firm headquartered in NYC where she also chaired its complex commercial litigations and class actions. Annie concentrates her practice at Woods Lonergan PLLC in business litigations involving directors and officers, LLCs and corporate structurings and financings, business fraud, commercial paper, other business contracts and complex transactions, partner, member and shareholder disputes, trade secrets, deceptive trade practices, professional malpractice, insurance defense, and other varied commercial interests. Annie also...

James Woods, Managing Partner of the firm, holds more than 25 years of broad experience in corporate, real estate and business matters. His expertise in handling negotiations, litigation, jury trials and all forms of alternative dispute resolution spans multiple areas, including corporate, real estate and commercial litigation. James actively represents dozens of Cooperative and Condominium Boards and serves as counsel to many Corporate Boards. Prior to founding the firm, James proudly served as an Assistant District Attorney for Nassau County and handled both jury and bench trials. With experience that also covers sophisticated transactions, complex acquisitions, James also serves as counsel...

BARBIE LIEBER, ESQ. REPRESENTS CONSUMER DEBTORS AND CREDITORS IN CORPORATE AND CONSUMER BANKRUPTCIES. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER 23 YEARS AGO, CLERKING FOR BANKRUPTCY JUDGE CORNELIUS BLACKSHEAR. BARBIE WAS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE AT WHITE & CASE, WHEREIN SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK FOR ALAN GROPPER, WHO IS CURRENTLY A BANKRUPTCY JUDGE. BARBIE HAS REPRESENTED CORPORATE AND CONSUMER DEBTORS, UNSECURED AND SECURED CREDITORS AND CREDITORS' COMMITTIEES IN CHAPTERS 7 AND 11. SHE ALSO HAS REPRESENTED LENDERS AND DEBTORS IN FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AND OUT-OF-COURT WORK-OUTS. BARBIE USES HER 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE HER CLIENTS WITH A...

I have been practicing law in New York for approximately 25 years and specialize in trust and estates, an area which includes proceedings to probate a will, administration (when the the decedent had no will)and accounting proceedings brought by an executor or a trustee and other types of cases that are commenced in the New York State Surrogate's Court. I also practice divorce, personal injury and real estate law.

As a former D.A. in Brooklyn, I've seen it all when it comes to fighting traffic violations, reckless driving charges, and criminal proceedings in New York. I am not going to say things like "I will represent you zealously" -- every attorney should do that. What I will promise you transparency, trust, and a prompt response to any questions you have as I represent your case. I understand that fighting a criminal case or traffic violation in New York City can be stressful, time-consuming, and difficult to manage. I make sure to respect the needs of my clients. I will...

The goal of Alejandro Gutierrez, Esq., is to make permanent residents of United States. He limits his practice to United States Immigration Law including the related criminal matters. He practices before the Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. Immigration Courts throughout the United States, including appeals before the Department of Homeland Security, the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Courts of Appeals. He is admitted to practice in the courts of the State of New York, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

Mr. Munawar graduated from Hofstra Law School and is admitted to practice law in New York State. He has been admitted to practice in the Federal Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York State. An outstanding advocate, Mr. Munawar served as an administrative law judge of The Human Rights Commission of Nassau County.

Mr. Munawar is a member of National Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and New York City Bar Association.

A strong believer in giving back to the community, Mr. Munawar has been honored with a...

James H. “Jim” Shenwick graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Undergraduate Division in 1979, the Boston University School of Law in 1982 and the New York University School of Law Graduate Tax Program in 1983. He is admitted to the bar in the State of New York and admitted to practice law in the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York. He has practiced law for 34 years and has a practice limited to real estate and bankruptcy law. He is “of counsel” to Littman Krooks (a firm with corporate/securities and elder...

• Represent Spanish, Portuguese and English speaking clients • Family-based immigration: attend interviews at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices; consular processing for immigrant and non-immigrant visas • Employment-based immigration: I-140, PERM, L visas, E-2 visas, H-1B visas, J visas • Removal defense and litigation experience: represent clients in immigration court at master calendar and individual hearings for bond, cancellation of removal, asylum, and adjustment of status • Immigrant and non-immigrant waivers: 212(d)(3), 212(e), 212(h), 212(c), I-601 and I-601A • Research and writing: write briefs on appeal before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the...

Attorney Steven R. Sutton is a New York City litigation attorney dedicated to helping clients resolve their real estate and business litigation issues. He earned his B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1973 while receiving Magna Cum Laude honors. He continued to receive his J.D. from the New York University School of Law in New York, New York in 1976 while receiving honors once again. Attorney Steven Sutton has decades of experience in the legal field. He was a Law Assistant to the Justices of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department for two years after graduating from law school. From 1978-1982...

Aaron M. Zeisler, founding member of Zeisler PLLC, is a trial and appellate lawyer who counsels clients on litigation matters, dispute resolution, trade secrets, real property and intellectual property law. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes, trade secret claims, business torts, real estate disputes and claims of copyright, libel and slander. Mr. Zeisler has represented clients in numerous state and federal courts throughout the country, both at the trial and appellate level, and has handled arbitrations and mediations before the AAA, ICDR, private mediation services and court-assisted mediation programs. He has specific experience in disputes...

Steven Schiesel, a founding partner of Pecoraro & Schiesel, was born in New York City in 1960. He received a B.A., cum laude, from Columbia University in New York, a J.D. from Fordham Law School,and an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple Law School. While a student at Columbia University, he was elected to the Psi Chi National Honor Society and was regularly on the Dean's List. Steven is admitted to the bar in New York and Connecticut. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern...

Peter G. Siachos is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Class Action practice groups and is Managing Partner of the firm's Charleston office. An experienced trial attorney, Peter has taken 74 trials to verdict. He routinely handles class action and individual matters nationwide, many of which are high-exposure with media coverage, before federal and state trial and appellate courts, administrative and regulatory agencies, and arbitration panels (domestic and international). Peter is licensed in numerous jurisdictions (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, and South Carolina) and utilizes creative dispositive motions, innovative deposition tactics, well-crafted trial strategies, and...

Brian Heller, a Partner with Schwartz & Perry LLP, has been with the firm since his graduation from Fordham Law School in 2001, where he served on the Fordham Urban Law Journal and as a mediator in the Bronx Small Claims Court. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Penn State University, Mr. Heller has an impressive background in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, sexual harassment, fraudulent inducement, contractual disputes, stock options and benefits and workplace torts. Mr. Heller is an experienced litigator, having Co-Chaired numerous trials, including jury and non-jury trials in both the Federal and state courts. Mr....