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The Women’s Forum at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna held a firmwide fundraising effort to support the Unity House.   The Unity House is a Rensselaer County-based human service agency providing services in our community to those living in poverty, adults living with mental illness or HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence, and children with developmental delays.  Contributions were collected to help the Unity House’s Domestic Violence Program, Children’s Program and [...]

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 [...]

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Rafalik has joined the Firm as an Associate.  Mr. Rafalik obtained his Juris Doctorate with a concentration in Tax Law from Albany Law School of Union University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Siena College.  Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Rafalik founded his own firm focusing on estate planning, elder law, and business succession planning. [...]

With the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in August, an impact personally felt by one of our colleagues, the Whiteman Osterman & Hanna team banded together to raise funds to assist the Little Footprints Big Steps Emergency & Recovery Response Fund (“LFBS”) to provide aid to Haitian families.  Located in Les Cayes, one of the regions hardest hit by the earthquake, LFBS is providing emergency kit distribution, supporting local child protection authorities in their [...]

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 [...]