Top Corporate Lawyers Near Me in Garden City Area

Michael C. Barrows practices in all areas of matrimonial law at the trial and appellate levels, with a particular emphasis on complex contested divorce litigation. In addition to his divorce litigation practice, Mr. Barrows represents clients in uncontested divorce matters, divorce mediation and the negotiation of separation and pre-nuptial agreements.. As an experienced trial attorney and appellate advocate, Mr. Barrows has successfully prosecuted and defended complex civil, criminal and commercial actions on behalf of clients located in the New York City, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island and Nassau and Suffolk Counties in Long Island.. Mr. Barrows’ commercial litigation experience includes State and Federal matters involving actions for breach of contract, shareholder disputes, fraud and fraudulent inducement, mismanagement, theft, unlawful transfer of assets, breach of fiduciary duty, employer/employee disputes, and commercial collections.

Mark R. Blaustein, CPA, Esq. joined Futterman Lanza, LLP as Of Counsel in December of 2023. Mark is known as a creative tax advisor and problem solver. Mark has a diversified practice where he assists clients in developing tax planning strategies that preserve wealth for his clients, formulates tax planning strategies for his clients that may sell a family business or assist clients in transferring a family business to the next generation. On the corporate side, Mark concentrates on commercial transactions, including the purchase, sale or restructuring of businesses, stock transactions, mergers and corporate agreements as well as advising clients on the tax aspects of such transactions. Mark is a dedicated advocate who resolves tax controversies before federal, state, and local tax authorities at all stages of the administrative process, from audit, administrative appeals, and litigation, if necessary. Mark advises clients on estate planning that involves wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives. Following a death, Mark advises families on estate and trust administration issues including the related estate and trust administration and litigation that may follow in a contested estate or trust matter. Mark also assists clients with commercial and residential real estate transactions.. Prior to affiliating with Futterman Lanza, LLP Mark served as the founder and managing partner of his own law firm (Mark R. Blaustein, P.C.) in Garden City, New York. Prior to that, Mark was a partner in Blaustein & Weinick, Esqs in Garden City, New York. Mark started his legal career with Katz and Bernstein, Esqs. where he was a law clerk during law school, an associate after graduation from law school and then a partner at the firm. Mark also gained valuable experience at Peat Marwick Mitchell, a Big 8 accounting firm during college and thereafter. Mark has been called upon by members of the federal judiciary and the federal government to assist and represent them with personal matters involving their families’ estates.. With extensive and a broad range of experience over many years of practice as both a Certified Public Accountant and Attorney, Mark has successfully married these two professions in accounting and law to deliver exceptional guidance and service to his diversified clientele. Mark prides himself on his long-term and meaningful relationships with the individuals, families, and businesses with whom he works and often finds himself advising them on all aspects of their personal, business, and related estate planning and estate matters for generations.. Mark is an active member in both the legal and accounting communities and is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mark is also a former Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Adelphi University, his alma mater where he taught for more than a decade. Mark works primarily in the firm’s Garden City office.

Andreas Papantoniou is a principal and founder of Bashian & Papantoniou, P.C. Andreas heads up the business department. He is engaged in a general legal business and corporate practice that encompasses a broad range of corporate and financial matters covering diverse industries. He has represented companies and individuals in the banking, financial, real estate, venture capital and private equities, entertainment, medical, dentistry, manufacturing, apparel, restaurant, and eSport (electronic gaming) industries in joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, intellectual property licensing, and other commercial transactions. Many of these business transactions have had both domestic and international components. Andreas also serves as outside counsel for certain clients and their board of directors. Andreas was selected as a 2014 Rising Star bySuper Lawyers.. Andreas represents clients in the software, automotive, restaurant, medical, security surveillance, logistics, and distribution and warehousing industries in strategic acquisitions and general corporate matters, including drafting and negotiating executive employment agreements. He has represented leading international apparel retailers and wholesalers in multiple strategic acquisitions totaling over $1.5 billion in acquisition purchases, as well as general corporate matters. Andreas also represents many professionals in the medical and dentistry industries, providing sound assistance and guidance with respect to the formation, creation and management of their practices and with the negotiation and drafting of employment related agreements.   Additionally, he represents Not-for-Profit organizations, including advising such clients through the 501(c)(3) application process, car wash owners and prospective car wash buyers, and clients in fashion and entertainment industries in connection with contract negotiations and intellectual property issues.. Andreas, a Cornell Law graduate and International Law Journal member, has had the opportunity to practice law for 10 years at some of the biggest corporate law firms in the world, leading on mergers and acquisitions of multimillion dollar deals for large companies, and working on complex transactional deals for large firms.  Andreas has chosen to bring his expertise in law into the small business market because seeing small business grow and helping entrepreneurs is what excites him.  Andreas has a competitive edge, he enjoys nothing more than to help a company’s best interest, provide the best counsel and sound business advice to  small businesses and their owners and watch them thrive and grow into prosperous businesses. "Your success is our success" is what we practice by.  Andreas is able to apply his Big Law experience, and pass his knowledge on to smaller businesses and entrepreneurs. Andreas believes that great representation is everything, and has seen first hand what can happen when law matters are not dealt with by a qualified attorney, even if they are well-meaning - if you do not have the knowledge you are powerless to help people the right way.