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Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Named a Tier 1 Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is very pleased to announce it has been named a Tier 1 firm in Albany by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2019 in the following practice areas: Corporate Law, Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Environmental Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Trusts & Estates Law. Firms included in the 2019 Edition of [...]
Read More ›Qualified Opportunity Zones: An Exciting Opportunity to Defer Current Gains and Generate Tax-Free Growth
As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”), Congress added Sections 1400Z- 1 and 1400Z-2 to the Internal Revenue Code, creating the Qualified Opportunity Zone tax benefits. Owing in part to confusion over the provisions, the Qualified Opportunity Zone tax benefits have not been as widely publicized and discussed as most of the other provisions of the TCJA. However, the IRS has recently issued proposed regulations and a Revenue Ruling that have brought clarity and interest [...]
Read More ›ALBANY, N.Y. (November 6, 2018) – Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, announces two new Associates, Salvador (Jake) Capecelatro and James Wisniewski. Jake Capecelatro joins Whiteman Osterman & Hanna’s Real Estate Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Capecelatro worked in a small, real-estate-centric law firm in Albany and as part of a land acquisition team in service to a 125-mile natural gas pipeline project [...]
Read More ›Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Attorneys Named Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
With immigration matters figuring so prominently in the news, one might wonder, how did we get here? Many of us might think that things were always difficult, that legal entry always involved a formalized process, and that our own ancestors surely did things “the right way” after the formation of the sovereign United States of America.There were no bars to U.S. immigration until 1875, when the first exclusionary law barred convicts and prostitutes from entry. In the decades that [...]
Read More ›Immigration partner L.J. D'Arrigo was featured in a recent Times Union article titled "Worker Lottery System Vexing Local Employers." The article focuses on the lottery system in place for seasonal immigrant workers to obtain work visas. To view the entire article please click here.
Read More ›USCIS Issues New “Notice to Appear” Policy, With Significant Impacts on Applicants for Immigration Benefits
- Category: Articles Immigration
On July 5, 2018, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) published new guidance regarding its procedures and policies for issuing Notices to Appear (NTA). An NTA is a charging document that is issued to foreign nationals, placing them in removal proceedings and directing them to appear before an immigration judge. The Department of Homeland Security has long relied upon its enforcement arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to handle the issuance of NTAs in most cases. [...]
Read More ›“Not in my front yard!” is the battle cry for residents and battleground for municipalities across New York, as they prepare for the deployment of the next generation of wireless infrastructure 5G technology. Cellular services providers, with the assistance of federal law and FCC orders, have opted to deploy the latest technology - small cells and DAS systems - in municipal rights-of-way, much to the chagrin, in many cases, of local leaders and residents. By one [...]
Read More ›Robert Schofield Named to New York State Bar Association's Executive Committee
- Category: Firm News Labor and Employment Law Education
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna partner Robert Schofield was recently appointed to the New York State Bar Association's Executive Committee as Vice President, 3rd District. Robert is a partner with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna's Labor and Employment, Education, and Litigation, Aribitration and Mediation practice groups.
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