Uniondale, NY, March 19, 2018 – John V. Terrana, partner-in-charge of the Tax Certiorari practice group of Forchelli Deegan Terrana, has been named to the Advisory Board of the Mattone Family Institute for Real Estate Law. The Mattone Family Institute for Real Estate Law is the focal point for real estate law at St. John’s University School of Law.  The Institute features real estate curricular…

Uniondale, April 1, 2018 – Partner Andrea Tsoukalas Curto was recently appointed to serve on the Planning Board in the Village of Roslyn Harbor which has jurisdiction over all site plans and subdivision applications in the village. Andrea Tsoukalas Curto joined the Firm in 2005 and became Partner in 2011.  She serves as Co-Chair of the Renewable Energy practice group.  She concentrates her practice in…

Uniondale, NY, March 29, 2018 – Partner Joseph P. Asselta of Forchelli Deegan Terrana was selected as Most Unbeatable Legal Eagle for 2018 on Long Island by LI Pulse Magazine.  Asselta, co-chair of the firm’s Construction Law practice group, has successfully represented clients in all segments of the construction industry for more than 25 years.  “A construction project typically involves a multitude of contracts between…

Uniondale, NY, March 28, 2018 — The law firm of Forchelli Deegan Terrana has received the Top Hotel Hospitality Award from Long Island Business News.  FDT partners Daniel P. Deegan and William F. Bonesso attended the newspaper’s Architecture, Engineering & Development Awards ceremony held at the Crest Hollow Country Club to accept the award. Deegan and Bonesso represented the owners of a new Residence Inn…

Uniondale, NY, March 27, 2018 —The Uniondale-based law firm of Forchelli Deegan Terrana has received the Top Public/Private Partnership Award from Long Island Business News.  FDT partner Daniel S. Dornfeld attended the business newspaper’s Real Estate Awards ceremony at the Crest Hollow Country Club to accept the award. Mr. Dornfeld and Partner Frank Davis represented the owners of 1025 Old Country Road in Westbury, a…

Uniondale, NY, March 23, 2018 – Jane Chen, an associate in the corporate & commercial and real estate practice groups of Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP, has been named to the Executive Board of the Hofstra University Law School Alumni Association.  She was also named co-chair of the Board’s Diversity Committee. The more than 12,000 alumni of Hofstra’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law make up…

Uniondale, NY, March 7, 2018 —   Associate Robert L. Renda presented a lecture on developments in tax certiorari law in New York State to members of the Asian American Bar Association, the Korean American Lawyers Association, Flushing Bank and Macgregor Abstract Corporation.  Mr. Renda’s lecture was part of a larger panel presentation on avoiding tax pitfalls in real estate transactions. Robert L. Renda is an…

Uniondale, February 27th, 2018 – Dan Deegan presented on the Benefits of the IDA to the Commercial Network of the Long Island Board of Realtors (CNLIBOR). Daniel P. Deegan specializes in Real Estate Development Law, Zoning Law, Municipal Incentives/IDA Law, and Government Relations/Municipal Law. He is experienced in representing companies before the IDAs in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Dan has a reputation for "getting things…

Uniondale, NY, February 26th , 2018 — Robert L. Renda, Esq. was part of a panel which discussed the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts on homeowners as well as the real estate tax grievance process in Nassau County. The audience included brokers from Daniel Gale Sotheby’s. Robert L. Renda is an associate at the Firm concentrating his practice in the areas of…

Uniondale, NY, February 26th, 2018 — Frank W. Brennan was interviewed for the Who’s Who in Labor Law by the Long Island Business News. He was asked to identify one employment issue companies should be aware of as we enter 2018. Mr. Brennan noted employers should expect that employees will feel a sense of empowerment in raising sexual harassment claims due to the #MeToo movement. …