Seven Certilman Balin attorneys named to 2013 New York Super Lawyers List

Allan Hyman, Jason Kurland, Jaspreet Mayall, Douglas Rowe, Howard Stein, Paul Sweeney, and Brian Ziegler, all partners at Certilman Balin have been named to the 2013 New York Super Lawyers List. Hyman practices in the litigation, real estate tax certiorari, and condemnation law departments. He earned his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and his Juris Doctorate from St. John's University Law School. Kurland practices in our Real Estate Group, and he also practices with the estate & tax planning group. Known as "the lottery lawyer," Kurland has represented the largest Powerball jackpot winner in the state of Connecticut and the largest Powerball jackpot winner in Rhode Island. Kurland earned his bachelor of arts degree in Business/Government from Skidmore College in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from The Hofstra University School of Law in 2000. Mayall practices in the telecommunications group and the debtor/creditor rights and bankruptcy group. He earned his bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University in 1988 and his Juris Doctorate from the Hofstra University School of Law in 1991. Mayall was also named to the 2010 New York Super Lawyers List. Rowe practices in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. A seasoned litigator at the state and federal level, Rowe has significant appellate experience. He earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1981 and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland. Stein heads the real estate practice group where he concentrates on matters related to real property acquisitions, sales, leasing, real estate finance and loan workouts. Sweeney practices in the litigation practice group and represents clients in a broad range of commercial litigation matters before state, federal and appellate courts. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 1992 and his bachelor of arts from the University of Vermont in 1987. Ziegler heads the corporate/securities law practice. He represents clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, finance, private placements, license agreements, executive compensation and employment agreements, taxation and general business counseling. A cum laude graduate of the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, he holds both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Laws degree in taxation from the University of Miami School of Law. Mr. Ziegler is the Village Justice for the Village of Woodsburgh, NY. This is the third year in-a-row that Mr. Ziegler has made the Super Lawyers list. For further information, please visit the attorneys' biographies on www.certilmanbalin.com (search alphabetically by partners) or contact Debra Scala-Giokas, Director of Marketing, at Certilman Balin at (516) 296-7087. Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP has grown into Long Island's second largest full-service law firm with offices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Its 14 practice areas include: real estate, real property tax certiorari and condemnation, cooperative and condominium, land use, environmental law, corporate/securities, litigation, commercial lending, labor relations/employment law, bankruptcy and debtor/creditor rights, trusts and estates, elder law, telecommunications law, and criminal law.