Nolan & Heller, LLP

39 North Pearl Street-Third Floor
Albany, New York 12207View Map


 
Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Loans, Construction Law, Creditors Rights, Land Use, Legislative Rights, Municipal Finance, Real Estate, Trust Law.
 
Firm Size: 16
 
MEMBERS OF FIRM
 
Francis J. Brennan (Member) admitted to bar, 1998, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Union College (B.A., 1989); College of Saint Rose (M.B.A., 1995); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate.
 
Justin A. Heller (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, New York; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1985); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Banking Law; Business Law.
 
Madeline H. Kibrick Kauffman (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Union College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Banking; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation.
 
Mark E. Watkins (Member) admitted to bar, 1971, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (A.B., 1967); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1970). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Law; Environmental Law; Municipal Finance.
 
Richard H. Weiner (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Union University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Stanford University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa.
 
David H. Wilder (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Commercial Litigation; Trust Law.
 
ASSOCIATES
 
John V. Hartzell (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, February 6, 1962; admitted to bar, 1999, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Clarkson University (B.S., 1984); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Justinian Honor Society. Director and Vice President County Attorneys, Associates of New York. County Attorney, Jefferson County New York, 2000-2006. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Litigation; Commercial Real Estate.
 
Marco B. Koshykar (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York. Education: Ithaca College (B.S., cum laude, 2001); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights.
 
Shannan Collier Krasnokutski (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2003, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2001). Law Clerk, Hon. Paul R. Matia and Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley, District Judges, Northern District of Ohio, 2001-2004. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Insolvency; Business Reorganization.
 
OF COUNSEL
 
Howard C. Nolan, Jr. (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1958, New York; 1965, U.S. Tax Court; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.S., 1954); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1957). New York State Senator, 42nd Senatorial District, Albany County, 1974-1994.
 
Mark L. Heller (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1958, New York, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., 1955); Harvard University (LL.B., 1958).
 
Terence J. Burke (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1972, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1995, U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 1960); Union University (M.S., Physics, 1968); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1971). [First Lt., U.S. Army Artillery, 1960-1962]. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Bond Finance; Legislative Representation; Corporate Law; Banking Transactions.
 
David A. Engel (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1976, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Education: Union College (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1975). Deputy Counsel for Enforcement NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 1984-1988. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Utility Regulation Law; Land Use Planning Law.
 
Richard L. Burstein (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, December 6, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New York; 1982, Florida. Education: Union College (B.A., 1970); Albany Law School (J.D., 1974). William Saxton Scholar; National Merit Scholar. Member, Albany Law School Journal of International Law. Practice Areas: Securities; NASD Arbitration; Corporate; Intellectual Property; Labor.
 
Howard M. Koff (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, July 25, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1966, District of Columbia; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and U.S District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: New York University (B.S., 1962); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1965); Georgetown Law Center (LL.M. in taxation, 1968). Editor-in-Chief, Brooklyn Law Review, 1964-1965. Listed: Marquis, Who's Who in American Law; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Charter Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Real Estate Taxation. Appellate Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department Justice, Washington, 1965-1969. Tax Supervisor, Chrysler Corp., Detroit, 1969-1970. Chief Tax Counsel, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Hartford Connecticut, 1970-1977. Chief Tax Counsel, Rohm & Hass Co., Philadelphia, 1977-1978. Partner, Dibble, Koff, Lane, Stern and Stern, Rochester, N.Y., 1978-1981. Recipient: Founders Day Award, New York University, 1962; Lawyers Cooperative Award for General Excellence, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., 1965. Chairman, Public Advisory Council, New York State Ethics Commission; Governor appointed position, 1998—. Member: Albany County, Federal (Past President, Hartford County Chapter) and American (Past Chairman, Subcommittee, Committee on Partnerships, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: IRS and New York State Collection; Federal and State Tax Audits; Tax Appeals and Litigation; Criminal Tax Defense; Tax Collection; New York State Gains Tax; State Agency Practice.
 
SPECIAL COUNSEL
 
Steven B. Steinhardt (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1972, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1968); New York University (J.D., 1971). Practice Areas: Health Care Regulation.
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