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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 [...]

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Joseph Zeitler has joined the Firm as an Associate.  Mr. Zeitler obtained his Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School of Union University and Bachelor of Science degree in Global Supply Management with a Minor in Literature from Clarkson University. Before law school, Mr. Zeitler spent three years working in the aerospace industry on the west coast. Prior to joining the Firm, Joseph [...]

Labor and Employment Partner, Erin Callahan, was quoted in the recent Business Review article “What NY employers need to know about new guidance on cannabis in the workplace.”  With the recent legalization of cannabis, it has been unclear as to what actions employers can take when employees are under the influence.   The Department of Labor provided clarification on the rights of employees and what steps employers should take if they believe an employee is under the [...]

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 [...]