Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  A recent decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals highlights the boundary between environmental law and corporate law. US v Sterling Centercorp Inc., 2020 WL 5885920 (10/5/20). The case arose out of a Superfund Site in California that was the subject of a number of corporate transactions. Defendant Sterling was the corporate parent of Keystone Copper Corporation, a corporation that owned the site from…

Employment Law

• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment
  Lisa M. Casa is a partner in the Employment and Labor Practice Group at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP in Uniondale. Casa concentrates her practice in the areas of employment and labor law; sexual harassment and discrimination law, overtime and failure to pay wages law, union/management issues, and litigation. Employers throughout the state should be prepared for New York's new pay transparency law. which takes effect…

Property Law

• Eminent Domain
  Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) announced today the launch of a Condemnation practice group. Condemnation, or eminent domain, is the taking of private property by the government for public purposes. The practice group handles proceedings on behalf of clients with any interest in the property taken. The Condemnation practice group is chaired by Jason M. Penighetti, a partner and also a member of the firm’s…
• Land Use and Zoning
  The Firm was formed more than 40 years ago as a three-lawyer, general practice law firm representing local businesses and individuals. Over the years, the practice of law became more complex; as did the needs of our clients. While the Firm’s roots were originally in Real Estate and Land Use and Zoning, our clients quickly started to look to us for other matters and almost immediately we needed to add other disciplines.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP congratulates Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Tax, Trusts & Estates practice group, Stephanie M. Alberts on recently being appointed as a Vice-Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Law Section. In addition to the New York State and Nassau County Bar Association memberships, Ms. Alberts is a member of the…
• Trusts
  As the Firm’s reputation grew, so did our clients and we began to attract bigger ones whose needs were more diverse and complex. We embraced these developments and set a course to establish the Firm as one of Long Island’s finest. We recruited the best attorneys we could find in disciplines such as Litigation, Tax Certiorari, Corporate, Banking, Employment and Labor, and Tax, Trusts and Estates. We designed and built out a world-class office and equipped it with state-of-the-art technology. As our clients demanded more, we added sub-specialty and cutting edge practices such as Construction, Bankruptcy, IDA Benefits, and Renewable Energy. Each of these moves was made simply to better and more fully serve our clients.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  "Lenders will need to think carefully before unequivocally accelerating a loan so that the statute of limitations does not start running to their disadvantage." Click here to read Lindsay Mesh Lotito and Zachary J. Manasia’s article, “Foreclosure Exposure.” The article originally appeared in the 2023 Best Lawyers – Real Estate & Infrastructure Issue on pages 48-49.
• Tax Law
  Jeffrey D. Forchelli and John V. Terrana, Co-Managing Partners of Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”), are proud to announce that the attorneys and staff of Koeppel Martone & Leistman, L.L.C. (“KML”), a regional power in real estate tax law, have joined the firm. The addition of KML to FDT’s existing Tax Certiorari practice group establishes FDT as the preeminent real estate tax law firm in…