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Nora joins Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP’s Banking/Commercial Lending Group as partner

Karen Nora,
Certilman Balin Adler
& Hyman

East Meadow, NY Karen Nora joined the Banking and Commercial Lending Practice Group at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP as a partner.

Prior, she was a partner at Smyth Nora in Huntington. She concentrated in all aspects of real property law including contract drafting, residential and commercial finance, land use, foreclosure and condemnation, landlord/tenant litigation, leasing, and all matters of civil litigation. Before she embarked on her career as an attorney, Nora was a processor and title closer for title companies in Florida.

Active in her local community, Nora serves on the Board of Trustees of the Huntington Fire Department, is a member of the Huntington Lawyers Club and taught Sunday School at St. John’s Episcopal Church where she was a member of its vestry. She was also an adjunct instructor at Briarcliff College.

Nora earned her Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University and her Bachelor of Science in Communications from Florida State University.

A member of the New York State, Suffolk County and Florida Bar Associations, she is admitted to practice in the states of New York and Florida, and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

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