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Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Dominique Albano has joined the Firm as an Associate.Dominique received her Juris Doctor from The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. A cum laude graduate of Binghamton University, Ms. Albano received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies. Ms. Albano will be practicing with the Firm’s Environmental Practice Group. Our Environmental Group has a vast [...]

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Molly Parlin has joined the Firm as an Associate.  Molly Parlin received her law degree from Texas A&M University School of Law with a concentration in Environmental Law and graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies.  Ms. Parlin’s previous legal experience includes working with the New York State Attorney General’s [...]

Philip Gitlen, Senior Counsel with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna will be presenting at the New York State Bar Association’s Brownfield and Federal Superfund Programs, featuring updates on important developments in both programs. The co-keynote speakers will be the new Environmental Protection Agency’s Region II Administrator Lisa Garcia and the Acting Regional Administrator, Walter Mugdan.  Mr. Gitlen will participate in a panel discussion on the topic of Superfund along with [...]

Scott Fein, Partner with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, is the Editor-in-Chief of the recently published book Immigration: Key to the Future — The Benefits of Resettlement to Upstate New York.   The book examines how refugees contribute to and even rejuvenate their communities by offsetting demographic and economic decline through paying taxes, rebuilding housing stock, opening new businesses, and taking unfilled jobs.  Through extensive research, the authors see refugees as [...]

The Schenectady Bar Association recently held a dedication ceremony of a courtroom in honor of Judge Howard A. Levine.  From 1993 to 2002, Howard Levine served as Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. He was previously an Associate Justice on the Appellate Division, Third Department, from 1982 to 1993. His appointment to the appellate bench came only one year after his election as Supreme Court Justice for the Fourth Judicial District, where he served from 1981 to 1982. [...]