Sea Cliff Lawyers

Ms. Khashmati is the founder and principal attorney at Khashmati Law, P.C., a multilingual and client-focused law firm proudly serving Queens, Long Island, Westchester and the surrounding boroughs. Ms. Khashmati earned her law degree from Girne American University in Cyprus and her Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Touro Law Center in Long Island, New York. She has been licensed to practice in the State of New York since 2011 and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She has been honored as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in immigration law for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021....

Troy A. Smith focuses his legal practice in the area of Criminal Defense in the State of New York, Federal Courts and all Military Courts. With more than 19 years of litigation and appellate experience as both a former New York City homicide prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel in the United States Army, Mr. Smith has served as lead counsel on more than one hundred trials on charges to include murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicides, armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, drug distribution, rape, child molestation, child pornography, rape and aggravated sexual offenses, grand larceny, embezzlement and fraud on the...

Skilled litigation attorney with experience in state and federal courts to appellate level, arbitration and administrative hearing settings and expertise in diverse areas, including insurance coverage, federal regulation, commercial litigation and construction law. Extensive experience in complex, voluminous cases. Excellent writing skills leading to high level of success in winning cases prior to trial or upon appeal. Proven ability to liaise effectively with clients. Admitted to: New York Bar in 1997; United States Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 1998; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2001. Reported Decisions: Technical Support Services Inc....

Ms. Singer has practiced law in Nassau County and Suffolk County for 25 years. In addition to litigating cases in the Supreme and Family Courts, her practice includes Collaborative Law and Divorce Mediation (two non-adversarial approaches to divorce where the parties and professionals work cooperatively together, in a private setting, to create mutually advantageous solutions). The parties retain the decision-making rather than deferring decisions to a Judge or third party. The collaborative and mediation processes preserve privacy, encourage the self-determination of the parties, minimize conflict and damage to the parties and their children, and resolve the issues...

Min Chan has been on both sides of the story. Having emigrated from China as a child in 1979, she strives to make her clients’ American dreams become their reality. For over twenty years, Min has been a corporate and immigration attorney in New York City. Currently, she is the Managing Partner of Chan Law Firm and is co-founder of General Counsel and Maintenance Platform, aiming to leverage the best-of-breed technology to empower women in law, finance, and real estate. Her professional and personal motto is simple: community, innovation, and kindness.

Min has traveled the world exploring the uses...

Thomas is a co-founding partner of SavicFoley and managing partner of the firm’s London office. Thomas is a dual-qualified attorney and solicitor with substantial international, litigation, and investigation experience. In London, Thomas advises clients on cross-border litigations, international dispute resolution issues, international law, US federal and state laws, UK and EU law, and assists on government investigations including advising participants. Thomas advises UK business establishing and conducting businesses and joint ventures in the US and abroad. He counsels businesses and individuals concerning contractual and business relationship disputes and is frequently sought for advice on jurisdictional questions, investigations, international law and human...

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™

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...

Mitchell J. Schroeder is a seasoned New York personal injury attorney. His practice is built on the principle that every individual who has suffered injuries due to someone else's negligence deserves a strong legal advocate to fight for their future. Mr. Schroeder earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Pace University School of Law in 2006. During his time there, he was honored as the 1st Place Winner of the Client Counseling Competition and served as a member of the Pace Law Trial Team. Before embarking on his legal career, Mr. Schroeder served as a police officer, which provided him with...

New York City ( NYC ) Criminal Defense Attorney Lance Fletcher, is a former prosecutor at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office with a practice conveniently located in midtown Manhattan. While working for the District Attorney, Mr. Fletcher handled thousands of cases, litigated hundreds of motions, and conducted numerous trials. His primary practice areas include Criminal Defense, DWI / DUI defense, and desk appearance tickets. Since leaving the District Attorney's Office, Mr. Fletcher has successfully defended over a thousand clients in the New York City area from a wide range of charges including shoplifting, burglary, grand larceny, DWI, and...

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...

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...

Larry P. Schiffer is a partner in the New York office of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, practicing commercial, insurance, and reinsurance litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He also provides advice on coverage and contract wording issues for a wide variety of insurance and reinsurance relationships. He is active in legal and industry associations where he has held various leadership positions. He has lectured in the U.S. and the U.K., and has been widely published on reinsurance and other insurance, litigation, and technology topics in various national and international journals and publications. He serves as an Expert Commentator on reinsurance for...

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...

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...

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...

Ariel E. Solomon, Esq., concentrates her practice in the areas of Federal Employment Law and Civil Litigation. She has significant experience asserting rights of employees in complex litigation matters, including but not limited to, providing aggressive representation for employees in adverse action cases before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), discrimination cases before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, federal retirement and whistleblower retaliation cases. She is internationally recognized for her work representing physician whistleblowers employed with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Ariel frequently represents clients based in Asia, the European Union, and the Middle East. ...

Frank K. Mulhern, Esq., CPA, NY & NJ Bar, received his B.S in Accounting from Fordham University and his Juris Doctorate degree from New York Law School and is an experienced and successful Attorney/CPA for over 25 years specializing in the following areas:

• Real Estate and Commercial Purchases and Sales – Planning & Administration of Closings.
• Taxation - Audits/Controversies, Planning, Compliance for businesses and individuals.
• Estate Planning/Administration, Wills, Wealth Preservation & Business Succession.
• Business Law

Real Estate – Successful closing representation and planning as to the legal, tax and accounting aspects of the sales and purchases of residential real estate and...

• 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...

John Altorelli is a highly accomplished mergers and acquisitions attorney with over 30 years of experience. Over the course of his career, Altorelli has worked on numerous high-profile transactions, representing both buyers and sellers.

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....

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...

Howard Raphaelson, partner and personal injury attorney at Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm has always understood how his clients are affected by accidents and is able to bring that empathy to the courtroom and settlement table every day.

His approach, personalizing and making sure defendants and insurance companies treat each client as a person and not a file, is one of the main reasons why Raphaelson and Levine Law Firm has been able to recover verdicts and settlements that exceed industry standards in many cases.

Howard has earned a strong reputation over the past decades with his peers, judges and community...

Victor A. Nezu concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of Immigration, Divorce, Business, Entertainment and Real Estate matters. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and Boston University Graduate School of Management, having earned joint Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees. Mr. Nezu is a licensed attorney admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Our boutique Immigration law firm customizes our services according to the clients' circumstances and priorities. Our services include:

Green Cards based on Family, Asylum, Religion or Work;
U.S. Citizenship while living abroad or in U.S.; Immigration Court Interviews;
Fiance Visas (K);
Student Visas (F);
Religious Visas (R);
Visa Extensions;
Extraordinary Ability Visas;
International Executives Visas;
Political Asylum;
Deportation Process;
Detention Representation;
Work-based Visas (H, L, O, P);
Investor Visa (E);
Victims of Crimes based Visas (U);
Spousal Abuse based Green Cards (VAWA - Violence against Women Act)

Gerard Glass graduated from St. John's University School of Law, Queens, New York in 1984 and thereafter joined the Suffolk County Attorney's Office. He was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature and served two terms representing the 13th Legislative District covering the Lindenhurst and Babylon areas. At the age of 26, although the youngest member of the Legislature, Mr. Glass served as the leader of the majority caucus. In 1987, Mr. Glass joined the firm of Glass, Lazio & Glass as managing partner. The firm was renamed Glass & Glass in 1992 when Rick Lazio was elected to the United...

Over twenty years of experience assisting individuals and business in their most complex and challenging legal matters

PROFILE of Charles Kramer -- Tech Attorney Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/charleskramer Charles Kramer is a New York transactional intellectual property attorney. His experience includes: - representing hi-tech companies (including software, military, and computer game companies) in connection with negotiating and drafting (1) toolkit, enterprise, Saas, PaaS and other complex agreements and licenses with companies around the world; (2) joint-venture, sales, publishing and distribution agreements; and (3) general corporate agreements. - 5 years as General Counsel of a software company (and many more years representing it as outside counsel); - 3 years as an associate in the Wall Street law firm of Lord, Day & Lord...