Allan Hyman
		Special Professor of Law
		B.A., Syracuse University J.D., St. John’s University

Biography

Allan Hyman is a senior partner and practices in the firm’s litigation, real estate tax certiorari, and condemnation law departments. He has successfully obtained millions of dollars of tax refunds and savings for clients during his 30 year professional career. Additionally, he has handled condemnation proceedings in New York and other jurisdictions that resulted in awards significantly in excess of initial offers to purchase made by condemning authorities.

Mr. Hyman has lectured extensively in his field at Hofstra University Law School, the Nassau County Bar Association Academy of Law, the Institute of Property Taxation, and the Columbia Society of Real Estate Appraisers. He is the author of numerous articles on tax certiorari and condemnation issues in both legal periodicals and the business press.

Active in civic affairs, Mr. Hyman serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of the Education and Assistance Corporation, a social service organization that offers counseling to non-violent offenders as an alternative to incarceration.

Governor Eliot Spitzer recently appointed Mr. Hyman to the State Judicial Screening Committee that will review candidates for the Court of Claims.

A graduate of Syracuse University, Mr. Hyman holds a Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York State and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and serves on the Tax Certiorari and Condemnation law committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.