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Hiscock & Barclay offers clients a rare combination of sound legal counsel, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit. Our depth of experience, insightful thinking and combination of legal expertise and business acumen help clients deal with complex issues in today's transformative business and economic climate. Regardless of where a legal matter arises or where a client is based, we provide the team and resources necessary to get results, efficiently and cost-effectively.

With 210 attorneys, 29 practice areas and eight offices, Hiscock & Barclay has adopted an aggressive Northeast corridor strategy that enables clients to access exceptional talent in the most effective way possible. With a core platform of well-established offices in Upstate New York, the firm has developed strategic offices in a number of nearby major metropolitan hubs, including New York City, Boston, Toronto and Washington, D.C. The expanded platform is perfectly situated to connect extraordinary legal talent with the needs of our clients, passing along a lower cost structure for the services we provide. Whether it is local market insights, coast-to-coast transactions, or international business issues, we pride ourselves on our unyielding commitment to delivering service that exceeds expectations.

Our clients range from multi-national Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and high net worth individuals. We are one of the leading firms in our market for clients in a number of key industries, such as energy and utilities, insurance and media/publishing, start-up and established technology-based businesses, family-owned and mid-sized public companies, and both talent and management in the field of sports and entertainment. Our clients recognize that we have what it takes to succeed in the most complex business transactions, tough regulatory challenges, and contentious litigation battles.

The firm's diverse group of attorneys has an astute industry knowledge that can only be fostered from earlier careers working with a wide array of companies, industry groups, governmental entities and as elected officials. We continually attract top talent from every sector and strive to be a workplace of choice, founded on principles of diversity and guided by a commitment to professional excellence.

While some law firms focus on their own growth and profitability, Hiscock & Barclay focuses on its clients' growth and profitability. While many firms can make solid presentations about their own backgrounds, Hiscock & Barclay also listens ¿ understanding that it's about the client. While many lawyers talk about service, Hiscock & Barclay considers it a core value and demonstrates a true commitment to service every day. We are an organization of extraordinary people achieving extraordinary things for our clients and for our communities.

Statement of Practice

General Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Appellate and Trial Practice. Banks and Banking, Business Law, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Creditor's Rights, Election, Campaign and Political Law, Communications and Media, Copyrights, Eminent Domain, Energy, Environmental Law, Finance, Government, Health Care, Immigration, Indians and Native Populations, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, International Law, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Media and First Amendment, Municipal Law, Occupational Safety and Health, Patents, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Securities, Taxation, Telecommunications, Torts, Toxic Torts, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Utility Law, Wills, Workers Compensation and Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Clients

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS INCLUDE: Energy & Utility companies
Fortune 500 companies
regional and small businesses
municipal and government entities
individuals.

Rate Information

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Address

Seven Times Square
New York, NY 10036, (New York Co.)

Phone

Phone: 212.784.5800
Fax: 212.784.5777

Website

http://www.hblaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

M. Cornelia Cahill (Managing Director of the Albany Office) born Troy, New York, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York. Education: Siena College (B.B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1979); Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1986). Former Assistant Professor, 1991-1994 and Visiting Associate Professor 1993-1997, University at Albany School of Business. Member: Capital District Forum for Executive Women; New York State Government Finance Officers Association. Board of Directors, Schenectady County Catholic Charities. Member: New York State Bar Association (Chair, Legislative Committee of the Municipal Law Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers. (Also at Albany Office). Reported Cases: Bond counsel to a broad spectrum of New York State bond issuers, including State and local authorities and agencies and numerous school districts, cities and towns; Underwriters' counsel to national investment bankers. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance; Corporate Finance; Real Estate Development; Taxation; Business Law.Email: M. Cornelia Cahill

Jean S. Everett (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, January 1, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts; 1995, District of Columbia; 1996, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., with distinction, 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Former Assistant General Counsel, Shopping Center Developer. Member: National Economic Development Association; New York State Economic Development Council. Member: New York State (Member, Real Property Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office). Reported Cases: Bond counsel for City of Syracuse Industrial Development Agency DestiNY USA project tax exempt PILOT revenue — green bonds to finance development and construction of large scale retail/entertainment tourism destination in Central New York and counsel to DC Housing Enterprises in connection with a HOPE VI project to revitalize blighted public housing involving PILOT Revenue bonds secured by a District of Columbia PILOT note; Bond counsel in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the New York State Housing Finance Agency and various industrial development agencies to provide financing for construction and equipping of a New York State charter school facilities in Onondaga County and Erie County, construction and equipping of assisted living, hospitals, dormitories and other facilities owned or operated by 501(c)(3) entities, construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing projects and manufacturing facilities; New York State industrial development agency transactions providing financial assistance to local for profit and not-for-profit employers; Bank counsel in connection with issuance of letters of credit to secure variable rate demand revenue bonds and other liquidity facilities; Underwriters counsel to national investment bankers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Leases and Leasing; Finance; Real Estate.Email: Jean S. Everett

Richard S. Fischbein (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1965); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1968). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Richard S. Fischbein

David P. Glasel (Partner) admitted to bar, 1970, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., cum laude, 1966); Cornell University (J.D., 1969). Selected Best Lawyers in America, Health Care Law. Author: "The Importance of Compliance Planning," Behavioral Healthcare, May 2007. Speaker: "Trends in Federal/State Criminal Enforement & Health Care Compliance Planning," 11th Annual Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of NYS Conference, January 2009; "Envisioning the Future," CNY MedTech Annual Meeting, October 2005; "Medicaid, Medicare and Medical Assistance," Lorman Education Services, July 2004; "Advance Internal Investigations," American Health Lawyers Association and Health Care Compliance Association's Fraud & Compliance Forum, 2002. Member, Board of Directors: Mental Health Association in New York; Board of Directors and Past President, NDRI, Inc. (National Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Research and Training Agency). Former Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, New York State Department of Social Services. Former Associate Director and Counsel, National Council on Alcoholism. Member: American Health Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Counsels health care providers regarding enterprise development, capital financing and project development, certificate of need and licensing, mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations; Drafts corporate documents and develops health care regulatory compliance programs; Advises health care providers regarding state and federal laws and regulations on fraud and abuse, anti-trust, labor and employment and reimbursement; Counsels health care providers involved in state and federal surveys and investigations, Medicare and Medicaid enforcement investigations, professional licensing disciplinary and criminal proceedings. Practice Areas: Health Care; Government Procurement Law; Administrative Law; Business Law.Email: David P. Glasel

Todd V. Lamb (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Connecticut; 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1989); New York Law School (J.D., 1994). Author: "New York Real Property Service," Three chapters on summary proceedings and landlord-tenant law, Thompson West, 2001. Member: Association of Small Claims Court Arbitrators; Jewish Lawyers Guild; Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York (LeGal); New York County Lawyers' Association. Member: American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Cases handled include, without limitation, holdover proceedings, lease construction disputes, unit owner disputes in condominiums and cooperative apartment buildings, construction disputes with developers, non-primary residence proceedings, owner occupancy proceedings, demolition applications, certificates of no harassment, horizontal multiple dwelling cases, rent disputes, overcharge disputes, illusory prime tenant cases, non-payment proceedings, licensee proceedings, squatter proceedings, tenancy at sufferance matters, commercial landlord-tenant disputes of every kind, Yellowstone injunctions, partition actions, quiet title issues, foreclosure actions, disputes between purchasers and sellers of real property, boundary line disputes, environmental disputes and all aspects of issues raised by the Rent Stabilization Law and Code, Rent Control Law, the Emergency Tenant Protection Law and the Loft Law; Nestor v. Britt, 16 Misc.3d 368 (Civ. Ct. NY Co. 2007) aff'd 19 Misc.3d 142(A) (App. Term, 1st Dep't 2008); Morris Heights Health Center, Inc. v. Dellapietra, 38 A.D.3d 261 (1st Dep't 2007); Traders Company v. AST Sportswear, Inc., 31 A.D.3d 276 (1st Dep't 2006); 13315 Owners Corp. v. Kennedy, 4 Misc.3d 931 (Civ. Ct. NY Co. 2004); Excel Graphics Technologies, Inc. v. CFG/AGSCB 75 Ninth Avenue, L.L.C., 1 A.D.3d 65 (1st Dep't 2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Labor and Employment.Email: Todd V. Lamb

John P. Langan (Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1984); St. John's University (J.D., 1987). Recipient, Super Lawyer 2008 for Business Litigation, Construction/Surety, Energy and Natural Resources. "Forum on Practice Management: Enhancing Group Performance," Guest Speaker, National Consultant's Seminar, New York, NY April 2008. "Corporate Fraud Investigation and Prosecution," ACC Docket, Co-Authored with Vice President and General Counsel of Welch Allyn, Inc., April 2007. "Law Firm Leadership: Taking Your Knowledge to the Next Level," Guest Speaker, National Consultant Seminar, New York, NY, May 2007. "Evolving from Management to Strategic Leadership," Guest Speaker, National Consultant Seminar, New York, NY, May 2006. "Secrets of Successfully Managing a Law Firm," Lead Speaker, Network of Leading Law Firms Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, June 2005. Corporate Counsel & Litigation Management Course, Annual Guest Speaker, Syracuse University College of Law. "Basic Civil Trial Practice," Speaker, New York State Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Series. Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York, Inc. Board of Directors, Cazenovia Lake Association, 1996-2000. Board of Directors, Madison County Sewer District, 1996-2003. Former Associate, Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan (formerly Whitman & Ransom). Former Associate and Summer Associate, Hawkins Delafield and Wood. Member: Onondaga County (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2000) and New York State (Member, Insurance Committee, 2000-2003) Bar Associations; Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association (Judicially Appointed Organizing Member and Founding Trustee / Officer; Treasurer); Merit Selection Panel for appointment of U.S. Magistrate Judge (Judicially Appointed Chair); Merit Selection Panel for reappointment of U.S. Magistrate Judge (Judicially Appointed Member). (Also at Syracuse Office). Reported Cases: Lead counsel in a number of high profile cases of fraud and employee theft for publicly traded companies; Obtained a permanent injunction on behalf of a State Power Authority against a real estate developer; Successfully prosecuted a breach of contract claim on behalf of the State of New York against a Nation of Native American Indians; Successful defense of an Indiana corporation against Lanham Act claims, in a trademark and trade dress infringement case; Successful defense of a local municipality in an Article 78 challenge to the issuance of a special permit for hospital siting and construction; Pursued civil claims and criminal referral for premium theft and conversion on behalf of a national insurance company; Successful representation of a well-known entertainment company in prosecuting claims of copyright infringement; Successfully defended a British company against product liability claims in a South Carolina jury trial; Extensive work representing majority and minority shareholders in hotly contested corporate shareholder disputes. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Complex Litigation; Civil Fraud; Contract Litigation; Election and Campaign Finance.Email: John P. Langan

Robert J. Lanza (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, New York and California. Education: University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., cum laude, 1985); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Labor, 1986). Frequent Speaker and Author on current issues relating to labor and employment law. Author: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Co-Author: Sage Publications, Inc., 2006; "Employment at Will Prevails Despite Exceptions to the Rule," SHRM Legal Update, October/November 2005; "Most Employees are Protected from Dismissal by Statute or Contract; SHRM Legal Update, October/November 2005 (United Kingdom); "Legal Status of Contingent Workers," Compensation and Benefits Review, Vol. 35, 2004. President, Hemofarm Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, NPlay. Transactions: Representation of Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and individual executives; High profile labor arbitrations; Negotiation of a $200 million licensing agreement with NBA and WNBA players for the National Basketball Players Association of New York. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation.Email: Robert J. Lanza

Thomas I. Mandelbaum (Partner) born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1985, New York. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1979); University of Denver (J.D., 1983). Staff Member, University of Denver Tax Law Journal, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law.Email: Thomas I. Mandelbaum

Mark Peroff (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1975, District of Columbia; 1979, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1973). Author: "'Conditional Functionality': The New Standard for Evaluating Aesthetic Functionality Established by the Second Circuit in Wallace International Silversmiths, Inc. v. Godinger Silver Art Co.," Fordham Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law Forum, Spring, 1991. Co-Author: "Branding," McMillan & Sons, 1987; "The Charter of the French Language," U.S.T.A.; "Executive Newsletter," 1979. Guest Lecturer: Korean Patent Law Association; Swedish Patent and Trademark Association. Member, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1984—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State, Ohio State and American (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section) Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association; La Asociacion InterAmericana de la Propriedad Industrial; International Trademark Association; Pharmaceutical Trademark Group; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys, U.S.; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; International Law; Life Sciences; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Mark Peroff

Anthony N. Portera (Partner) born Lyndhurst, New Jersey, February 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1993); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: New York State Bar Association. Transactions: Clients represented include a national gas company, commercial retail/office tenants, and owners/developers of multifamily housing properties and office buildings. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Anthony N. Portera

Darren W. Saunders (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, New York and Connecticut. Education: Union College (B.S., 1982); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1988). Member, Brooklyn Law Review. Contributing Author: "U.S. Trademark Law," Third Ed., International Trademark Association; "Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions," Lex Med Publishing. Speaker: "Understanding the Nuts and Bolts of Transactional Practice in an Uncertain Market," Intellectual Property Transactions, Practicing Law Institute, 2002; "Valuation of Intangible Assets," American Bankruptcy Institute New York City, Bankruptcy Conference, 2002. Member: International Trademark Association; Brand Names Foundation. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Licensing; UCC; Securitization.Email: Darren W. Saunders

Monika A. Tashman (Partner) born Florida; admitted to bar, 2000, New York. Education: New York University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1994); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Music Law; Music Publishing; Copyright Law; New Media Law.Email: Monika A. Tashman

Samuel C. Watkins (Partner) born Queens, New York; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1981); Princeton Theological Seminary (M.A., Christian Education, 1983); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Listed, "Who's Who in American Law," 1996-1997. Board of Directors, United Way of New Rochell. Trial Attorney and Assistant to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York, N.Y. Vice President, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance. Senior Associate, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, N.Y. Deputy Director, Banking Regulatory Compliance, Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup, New York, N.Y. Associate: Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, New York, N.Y.; Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, N.Y.; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York, N.Y.; Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York, N.Y. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction and Surety Law.Email: Samuel C. Watkins

COUNSEL

Keith E. Danish (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1985, New Jersey (inactive). Education: New York University (B.A., 1973); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1977); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1982). Author: "Toward an EEC Trademark," Intellectual Property Law Review, 10th ed., 1978. Contributor: "Remarks - Trademark News for Business," 1993; "Client Times," 1997-2000. Member: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts "Counsels' Council": pro bono services in the field of intellectual property law; Pro bono legal services to Jazzmobile, Inc.; Jazz Foundation of America in the field of intellectual property law. Member: New York State Bar Association; International Trademark Association; European Communities Trade Mark Association; Marques; New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Trademark; Unfair Competition; Copyright; Internet Domain Names.Email: Keith E. Danish

ASSOCIATE

Alpa V. Patel (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, New York and Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2005. Education: Dickinson College (B.S., magna cum laude, 2001); State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (J.D., 2004). Former Law Clerk to: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Syracuse, New York; Honorable Thomas P. Franczyk, Buffalo, New York; Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Syracuse, New York. Intern, United States Attorney's Office, Washington, D.C. Former Legal Director, CAR-FRESHNER Corporation. Member: New York State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; International Trademark Association; American Intellectual Property Law Associations; Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Alpa V. Patel