About Us

Sandra Stern

Admitted: Massachusetts; Minnesota; New York;
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; U.S. Court of Appeals,
Eighth Circuit

Law School: Harvard Law School, LL.B.

College: Goucher College, B.A., highest honors

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Uniform State Laws, 1999-2005); New York State Bar Association (Chair, Business Law Section, 1998-1999; Chair, Banking Law Committee of Business Law Section, 1990-1994); New York County Lawyers' Association (Chair, Banking Law Committee, 1986-1989); New York State Bankers Association (Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee on Legislation and Regulation, 1990-1993).

Biography:
In private practice since 1994, concentrating in commercial finance, including secured transactions and letters of credit, loan participations, and electronic commerce issues. Ms. Stern counsels commercial banks and nonbank lenders as well as corporate borrowers.

Previously: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Banco Santander, 1993-1994. First Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Republic National Bank of New York, 1980-1993.

Author: Author: "Structuring and Drafting Commercial Loan Agreements, A.S. Pratt & Sons, 1999;
"Structuring Loan Participations," Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1992;
"Structuring Commercial Loan Agreements," Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1990.

Appointments:
Commissioner; New York State Uniform State Law
Commission, 1992-; Drafting Committee to Revise Uniform Commercial
Code Article 5, Letters of Credit, 1993-; Drafting Committee to Revise
Uniform Commercial Code Article 7, Documents of Title, 2000-; Drafting
Committee to Revise Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, Secured
Transactions, 1994-; Joint Review Committee, UCC Article 9, 2008-;
Drafting Committee on Uniform Money Services Act, 1996-1999;
Chair, Study Committee on Payment Systems, 2006-;
Uniform Commercial Code Committee, 2010-.

Expert Witness testimony in: Subaru Distributors Corp. v. Subaru of America, Inc., United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 98 Civ. 5566, 2002 Westlaw 413808, March 18, 2002 and In re CRIIMI MAE INC., et. al., United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Maryland, Bankruptcy Case No. 98-2-3115-DK.

Fellow: American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, 1995-.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Uniform State Laws, 1999-2005); New York State Bar Association (Chair, Business Law Section, 1998-1999; Chair, Banking Law Committee of Business Law Section, 1990-1994); New York County Lawyers' Association (Chair, Banking Law Committee, 1986-1989); New York State Bankers Association (Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee on Legislation and Regulation, 1990-1993).

Allen S. Joslyn

Practice Areas: Commercial and Complex Litigation, including defense of state and federal litigation involving antitrust laws, accountants’ liability, securities laws, class actions, product liability and mass torts. Co-lead counsel in National Schools Asbestos Class Actions (E.D. Pa.).

Admitted: 1964, New York; 1965, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; numerous federal Courts of Appeal.

Law School: Harvard Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1963; College Haverford College, B.A., with honors, 1958; Oxford University, England, B.A., 2nd Class Honors, 1960

College Haverford College, B.A., with honors, 1958; Oxford University, England, B.A., 2nd Class Honors, 1960

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Associate, 1963-1971 and Partner, 1971-1997, Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

Born: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1936