Upon graduation from law school, Michael (“Mike”) Markowitz began his legal career as an associate for a local firm and then as in-house counsel for European American Bank in Uniondale, NY. In 1991, Mike started his own law firm, Michael A. Markowitz P.C., and is presently of counsel to Berkman Henoch Peterson & Peddy, P.C. Committed to doing the public good, one may watch Mike in action volunteering his time as a chairperson for the Long Beach Board of Zoning Appeals, helping indigent litigants through the Volunteer Lawyers Project, mediating night small claims matters in the Nassau County District Court, and conducting free legal seminars through the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA). He was a recipient of NCBA’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award.
Believing in the importance of the profession, Mike was NYSBA’s Vice-President for the Tenth Judicial District, representing the lawyers in Nassau and Suffolk counties. He is the chair for NYSBA’s General Practice Section. He was on NCBA’s Board of Directors for many years, chairing the Financial Oversight and the Community Relations Public Education Committees. Mike has authored many articles for NYSBA and the NCBA on topics such as remote online notarization, legality of rent from illegal apartments, application of the New Home Warranty Law, and issues concerning 1031 (like-kind) exchanges. Grateful for the value of his service, NCBA honored Mike with the Directors Award in 2016.
Mike is an avid skier, frequently enjoying the mountains in Colorado and Utah. During his off time, Mike likes to practice Yoga, travel, attend theatre, and visit museums with his wife Sharon.
Ms. Martyn is Of Counsel to the Firm of Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy P.C.
She specializes in handling Personal Injury litigation of all types. Upon graduating law school, she went to work for a major national casualty insurance company. During her more than 40-year tenure there she was the senior trial attorney handling major corporate clients and highest exposure damage case in addition to handling all aspects of management of the firm.
Ms. Martyn has significant experience in general personal injury litigation including automobile, UM, SUM, and premises liability. Additionally, she has extensively litigated cases involving New York State Labor Law, Products Liability and Municipal Liability.
Nicholas graduated from Fairfield University, cum laude, in 2001 and earned his J.D. from Albany Law School, cum laude, in 2005 where he was an associate editor of the Albany Law Environmental Outlook Journal.
After graduating from law school, Nicholas served as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Nicholas was chosen to represent the Bronx District Attorney at the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York where he investigated large scale narcotics organizations and tried Class A felony cases.
In 2011, Nicholas joined a boutique law firm in Garden City, New York concentrating in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. There he served as counsel to a Chapter 7 trustee, litigated complex issues of bankruptcy law and represented debtors and creditors in cases under Chapter 7, 13 and 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Nicholas joined Berkman Henoch’s Litigation Department in May 2019.
Nicholas is a seasoned litigator who has extensive experience preparing pleadings, conducting pre-trial discovery, arguing motions and conducting trials before the United States Bankruptcy Courts, United States District Courts and New York State Supreme Courts.
Nicholas resides on Long Island’s south shore with his wife and their two daughters and in his free time enjoys skiing and playing hockey.
Mr. Sullivan has been a partner at Berkman Henoch since joining the firm in 1996, heading the firm’s Litigation Practice Group with Joseph E. Macy. Mr. Sullivan has acquired years of experience in both trial and appellate practice, both in state and federal courts. He has concentrated in the areas of commercial and municipal law, constitutional rights, civil rights, and, often, complex title, land use, and zoning litigation, both for private clients, businesses, as well as the Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and municipalities across Long Island.
In January 2012, Daniel J. Evers joined the Litigation Department at Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C. Daniel represents corporate and municipal clients in both federal and state courts in claims involving Municipal Liability under Section 1983, Civil Rights, Torts, Americans with Disabilities Act, Breach of Contract, Article 78 Petitions, Zoning Appeals, and RLUIPA.
Prior to joining Berkman Henoch, Daniel was the owner of two small businesses and concentrated his career in business management, operations management, and sales. After graduating from Hofstra University in May 2001 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Daniel sought real world experience to develop these business skills and decided to put his legal studies on hold. After several years of honing his management and sales skills, Daniel decided to follow his legal dreams and enrolled in Touro Law School in Fall 2007 at the age of thirty-three. After four years of working full-time, owning a small business, attending law school in the evenings, and becoming the New York State Constitutional Editor of the Touro Law Review, Daniel graduated from Touro Law School, in May 2011, summa cum laude as the Valedictorian of the Evening Division.
Daniel joined the firm shortly after graduation and has become an asset to this firm and its clients through his real world experience, drive to succeed, enhanced research and writing skills, ardent advocation of his client’s interests, and vigorous protection of his client’s assets.
Daniel is admitted in New York State and the Eastern District of New York. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, New York Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.
Ms. Malloy is of counsel to the firm. She leads the firm’s residential eviction group. The primary focus of her practice is representing banks in post-foreclosure eviction proceedings. Additionally, Ms. Malloy represents small to mid-size landlords in both residential and commercial landlord-tenant matters in the Civil Court of New York City, as well as in the District Courts in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Ms. Malloy is a graduate of Binghamton University where she earned a Bachelor of Art in both History and Political Science. She attended St. John’s University School of Law where she was the Associate Managing Editor of the Journal of Legal Commentary. She also holds a Master’s in Elementary Education from Adelphi University.
In addition to her landlord tenant practice, Ms. Malloy is serves as a Village Prosecutor in several Nassau County Villages, where she represents the villages in traffic matters and village code ordinances.
Martin Valk leads the firm’s Tax Certiorari Practice Group. He handles all aspects of real property tax certiorari on behalf of developers, owners and tenants of commercial and residential property in New York. Martin came to the firm after over 7 years of service as Bureau Chief of the Assessment Litigation Bureau of the Office of the Nassau County Attorney. Martin handles the trial, litigation and administrative disposition of real estate tax cases.
Martin received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1985 and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1988. He also received an LL.M. in Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law in 1995.
Martin is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, the State of Arizona, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, where he currently serves as co-chair of the Condemnation Law & Tax Certiorari Committee, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the International Association of Assessing Officers.
Martin is especially proud of work with Kiwanis International. He is a two time distinguished past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, and currently serves as Lieutenant Governor of the Long Island South Central Division, overseeing the work of 16 local Kiwanis clubs.
Christopher Ulto is a senior associate in the firm’s Real Estate Department and he is the REO Department Manager. The primary focus of his practice is in Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transaction, REO Transactions representing Lenders and Government Agencies on the sale and disposition of foreclosed properties, Commercial Leasing, Commercial and Residential Lending representing lending institutions and private lenders.
Mr. Ulto is admitted to practice law in the State of New York as well as in the State of Connecticut. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University where he majored in Finance and he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University Of Bridgeport School Of Law.
Ms. Kinraich is a partner in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Group. The primary focus of her practice is representing lending institutions and borrowers in a variety of commercial real estate financing.
Ms. Kinraich is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. She was named to the 2015, 2016 and 2017 New York Metro Rising Stars list.
Ms. Kinraich received her B.S., cum laude, from Excelsior College and her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law.
Mr Friedman is a partner in the law firm Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy and Fenchel located in Garden City, New York, which he joined in 1996. After graduating from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1970 with a B.A. in economics, he went on to receive his MBA from the Simon Business School of the University of Rochester. Mr. Friedman earned his J.D. from Albany Law School Union University and from 1976 to 1981 served as counsel to the deputy minority leader of the New York State Senate. Mr. Friedman is currently in private practice and represents clients the areas of corporate, real estate, health care, and trusts and estates law. A lifelong New York City resident, Mr.Friedman resides in Queens with his wife Judith, an educator.
