East Meadow, NY Jake Butera, Farrah Faraci, and John Charles Stellakis joined Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP as associates. Butera and Faraci are based in the East Meadow office, and Stellakis is based in Hauppauge.
Butera practices in the Corporate/Securities Law Practice Group. He earned his Juris Doctor from Touro College Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center and his Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University.
Faraci practices in the Banking and Commercial Lending Practice Group,. She earned her Juris Doctor from Touro College Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center and her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in history.
Stellakis is an associate in the Land Use and Zoning Practice Group. Prior to joining Certilman Balin, Stellakis was an associate in the Land Use, Municipal and Environmental Group at Farrell Fritz where his federal and state motion, trial and appellate practice encompassed an array of matters including Article 78 litigation, municipal and zoning issues, environmental protection and liability, real property and riparian rights, and NYSDEC and NYSDOH regulatory compliance.
Stellakis earned his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Philosophy and Political Science from Villanova University. He is a member and the Vice President of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of New York Chapter, and previously chaired the Young Lawyers Division. He is the former Co-Chair of the New Lawyers Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and volunteers with the Nassau Suffolk Law Services’ Volunteer Lawyer Project, representing indigent tenants in landlord-tenant court. He is admitted to the states of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the District of New Jersey.
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