LORRAINE NADEL, admitted to the bar in 1989, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (B.S., cum laude, Business Administration, 1983); Benjamin Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1989). Articles Editor, Cardozo International Law Journal, 1989. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers' Association, Brooklyn Bar Association. Ms. Nadel, who was an accountant with a big eight accounting firm prior to entering law school, began her legal career as a commercial litigation attorney with the law firm of J. Michael Gottesman in New York City. Thereafter, she was a founding partner of the law firm of Shay & Nadel, which was re-named Nadel & Associates, P.C. in 1996. Ms. Nadel is a skilled and accomplished litigator. As examples, 1) Her success in a trial was covered on the front page of the New York Law Journal on November 20, 2000; 2) Another winning decision in a real property case Chatwin v. Chatwin was published on the front page of the Court Decisions Section of the New York Law Journal on April 11, 2001; 3) On April 23, 2002 she was the guest speaker at the Manhattan Brownstone Revival Coalition's 15th Annual Brownstone Market Seminar on the topic of Landlord/Tenant & Real Estate Litigation. MICHAEL J. CIARLO, admitted to bar; 1999, New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Education: Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1998). Mr. Ciarlo joined our firm in November 1999 and specializes in real estate litigation, commercial litigation, and landlord tenant litigation. DAVID VAN LEEUWEN, admitted to bar; 2007, Union University Albany Law School (J.D. 2006). Mr. Van Leeuwen joined our firm in August of 2008 and specializes in landlord tenant litigation, real estate law, wills and estates.