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The Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC), a regional planning and resource center, will hold its Spring Webinar Series weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays from May 4 to June 8.   Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Land Use Partner Terresa Bakner will present on Planning Case Law Update on Wednesday, June 8.   The goal of this session is to provide guidance on how to prepare an administrative record to withstand an Article 78 challenge to a decision by a legislative body or by [...]

The HalfMoon Education Live Webinars is offering a session on Federal Wetlands Science, Law, and Compliance on Friday, June 3.  The program is designed to provide an understanding of wetland identification and federal law impacting wetlands and much more.   Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Land Use Partner Terresa Bakner will present on Wetlands Law in Practice:  Cases and Case Studies providing an overview of cases interpreting federal wetlands law.  If you would like to attend [...]

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Oriana Kiley has joined the Firm as Of Counsel. Oriana Kiley received her Juris Doctor from Albany Law School and graduated, cum laude, from SUNY New Paltz.  Prior to joining Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Ms. Kiley served as a consultant in Title IX matters for clients of higher education.  Prior to this role, Ms. Kiley served as Associate Counsel to the Bureau of Labor [...]

This week, members of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna’s Women’s Forum participated in the Junior League of Albany’s Little Black Dress Initiative (“LBDI”).   LBDI is a week-long, social media-driven fundraising campaign to raise poverty awareness and its effects on women and children in the Capital Region.  LBDI is designed to harness the power of social media platforms to raise donations to support JLA’s work and mission of promoting voluntary [...]

With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the horrific impact on Ukrainians, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna held a fundraiser to raise funds for humanitarian relief efforts.   This crisis hits particularly close to home as several members of the Whiteman Osterman & Hanna team have family members currently in Ukraine.  In the past, the Firm has rallied and supported a variety of different charitable organizations and efforts, and this ongoing crisis is no different.Because we [...]