Michael Patestides is a founding member of the firm. He has a broad range of experience in business law, immigration, estates and trusts, real estate sales, acquisitions and leases, and matrimonial disputes.

Mr. Patestides earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College in 1948 and an LL.B. from New York Law School in 1951. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In addition to English, he is fluent in French and Greek.