Sills Cummis & Gross Promotes Three Attorneys

Sills Cummis & Gross is pleased to announce that Steven M. Gellerstein, Lucas F. Hammonds and Vincent R. Lodato were named Of Counsel to the Firm.

Steven M. Gellerstein practices in the areas of commercial real estate and business law. His commercial real estate practice covers the acquisition, sale and financing of real property. He has extensive experience in the closing of commercial mortgage loans in New Jersey and New York, representing borrowers and lenders. He also has extensive experience in representing clients in the closing of securitized loans in the CMBS market. He is admitted in New York and New Jersey. He received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and his B.A. from the State University of New York, Albany.

Lucas F. Hammonds practices in the areas of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy reorganization. He represents creditors, creditors’ committees and other parties in complex Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases and related proceedings. He is admitted in New Jersey and New York. He received his J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and his B.A., with distinction, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Vincent R. Lodato practices in the areas of litigation and product liability. His practice concentrates on defending product liability matters involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products and class actions. He has also litigated various types of personal injury matters and commercial matters involving patents, trade secrets, contract disputes and employment matters. He is admitted in New Jersey and New York. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Delaware.