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:
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (2017)
United States District Court, Southern District of New York (2015)
New York State (2015)
New Jersey State (2014)
District of New Jersey (2014)

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

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

Biography: 
Mr. Knowles is an associate of the firm’s litigation practice. He regularly participates in the representation of individuals, businesses, and municipalities involving complex litigation proceedings in a variety of state, federal, administrative, and alternative dispute resolution forums.

Patrick has diverse litigation experience in both state and federal trial and appellate practice. He has advocated in courts throughout New York, and has successfully handled a variety of appeals before the Appellate Courts of New York State and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Patrick, a native of New York, graduated in 2014 from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Dean’s List, International Law Journal, and Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic. Prior to joining the firm as a summer associate in 2013, Patrick clerked for the Honorable Mr. Justice Daniel Herbert of the Irish High Court in Dublin, Ireland, and worked full-time 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:
Education: Pace University, B.A., 2013

Member:
New York City Bar Association; Sport Lawyer Association.

Biography: 
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.

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, New Jersey
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