Practice Areas:
Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions;
Personal Injury; Insurance Coverage and Litigation;
Commercial and General Litigation; Estates Practice

Admitted: 
1988, New York and New Jersey, 1987 Connecticut;
U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
and District of New Jersey

Law School:
University of Bridgeport, J.D., 1987

College: 
State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1984

Member:
New York County Lawyers Association

Born:
Bronx, New York

Admitted:  
2008, New Jersey; 2008, New York;
2011 U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Law School: 
Pace University of Law, J.D. 2007

College: 
Pennsylvania State University, B.S. 2004

Member: 
New York State Bar Association; New Jersey State Bar Association; American Bar Association

Biography:
Formerly of O’Connor Redd in White Plains, New York. Interned during Law School at the Securities Arbitration Clinic at Pace in White Plains, New York and also in Mumbai, India at Singhania & Partners. Alak also interned at Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, New York.  At Pace Law School, Alak received the Alumni Achievement Award, was named a Dean’s Scholar and was on the Dean’s List.  He served as the President of the Gaelic Society and the Treasurer of the Student Bar Association.  At Penn State, Alak was awarded a Dean’s Scholarship and was also on the Dean’s List.  Alak is a Member of MENSA and Phi Alpha Delta.

Born:  
Gujarat, India

Admitted:
2015, New York;
2014, New Jersey and District of New Jersey

Law School:
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2014

College:
College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 2010

Biography: 
Patrick Knowles first joined us as a Summer Associate in May 2013 while studying at Fordham University School of Law.  While enrolled, Patrick was a member of the Dean’s List and International Law Journal.  Additionally, he interned at Fordham’s Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic, and clerked for the Honorable Mr. Justice Daniel Herbert of the Irish High Court in Dublin, Ireland. Prior to entering Law School, Patrick worked full-time as a paralegal in the New York County District Attorney’s Office.

Born:
New York, New York

Admitted:
2016, New York

Law School:
Pace University School of Law, J.D., 2016

College:
Pace University, B.S., 2012

Biography: 
John Kolesar joined FNM after attending Pace University School of Law. Mr. Kolesar was the New York State Pro Bono Scholar and an Editor of the Pace Environmental Law Review and a Research Assistant at Pace Energy & Climate Center and also interned in the Pace Land Use Law Center and the Chambers of the Hon. Magali M. Francois, Superior Court of New Jersey Bergen County. John is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Fordham Law Alumni Association.

Born:
Nyack, New York

Admitted:
2017, New York

Law School:
Fordham University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2016

College:
St Joseph’s College, B.S., 2012

Member:
Order of the Coif
New York State Bar Association
Fordham Law Alumni Association

Biography: 
Judicial Intern to the Honorable John F. Keenan, U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y., May 2014
U.S. Marine Corps, Sergeant, Honorably Discharged from Active Duty in 2011; Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran (2007-2008, Fallujah, Iraq)
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 31, Walden, NY

Born:
Englewood, NJ
Native of Town of Montgomery, Orange County, NY

Admitted:
1998, Connecticut;
1999, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York

Law School:
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1998

College:
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, B.S., cum laude, 1994

Biography:
Senior Court Attorney, N.Y. Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, 2000-2006

Born:
Suffern, New York