WBEMZ&S Attorneys at Law

Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP is a full service commercial law firm with offices headquartered in Nassau County, New York.  We offer a wide range of legal services in the areas of corporate and partnership law; litigation and alternative dispute resolution; construction law; real estate leasing, acquisition, sale, development and finance; bankruptcy, restructuring and workouts, labor and employment law, and all related practice areas.  Our clients include public and private companies, financial service firms, institutional and private lenders, governmental entities, foreign and domestic investors, retail and restaurant chains, and owners, developers and managers of real estate. Our attorneys provide sophisticated legal advice, expertise and innovation with personal attention and responsiveness, and maintain close lines of communication with our clients. These attributes are the cornerstone of effective representation and the foundation of our success. 

The Firm is committed to working on the cutting edge of the law affecting our clients. Our corporate and partnership practice is broad based, ranging from general matters to complex public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, leveraged buy-outs and the acquisition and disposition of closely and publicly held businesses. Our litigation practice is dedicated to providing expert and practical legal advice with respect to all matters of commercial litigation throughout the country in federal and state courts as well as in arbitrations and mediations. Our real estate practice represents a variety of national, regional and local clients in connection with the leasing, acquisition, sale, development and finance of real property. Our restructuring and workout group represents a diversity of interests in bankruptcy and other court proceedings and out of court workouts. We pride ourselves on innovative approaches to structuring all types of transactions and the ability to resolve difficult commercial situations on an economic basis.

Our attorneys are encouraged to actively support the community. Many of our attorneys serve on the boards of local and national charities and provide services to not-for-profit, educational and religious institutions. 

In short, our objective is to provide expert legal services to assist our clients in achieving their business objectives on an economic and practical basis and to support the local community to ensure its continued viability as a premier place to live and work.