East Meadow, NY Richard Herzbach, partner-in-charge of the Condominium and Cooperative Law Practice Group at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, has been appointed legal counsel to Long Island Home Builders Care (LIHBC), the charitable arm of the Long Island Builders Institute (LIBI).

Herzbach represents numerous developers in every aspect of condominium, cooperative and homeowner association law. He prepared the first condominium offering plan in the State of New York to be accepted by the attorney general under that office’s certification procedures. He continues to represent his clients with the procedural work required in obtaining the approvals necessary from the New York State Attorney General’s Office including offer plans, CPS-7 applications and No-Action applications for condominiums, homeowner associations and cooperatives.

Recently, he completed his term as co-president of the Long Island Real Estate Group (LIREG), for which he serves on the executive board and the board of directors. He is also a past president of the board of directors of the Long Island Chapter of the Corporate Real Estate Network (CORENET).

Herzbach graduated from Hofstra University School of Law and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati.