Kevin is a founding partner of Balfe Holland, the Melville-based commercial law firm he helped form following a 15-year association with Gandin, Schotsky, Rappaport, Glass & Greene, LLP, where he served as the firm’s Managing Partner. Balfe Holland now serves as counsel to the Long Island business community, and Kevin concentrates his efforts on providing the firm’s diverse commercial clientele with legal guidance and representation. While the firm has a reputation for excellence in a number of legal fields, Kevin’s practice centers on the structure and documentation of commercial transactions, the purchase and sale of businesses, and the litigation of complex matters involving banking, real estate, and other commercial issues.

A born and bred Long Islander, Kevin graduated summa cum laude from Long Island University, and with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the School’s Law Review.

Kevin has lectured over the past years on diverse topics that include the structure and utilization of limited liability companies, legal obligations and responsibilities of real estate brokers, practice and procedure of commercial foreclosure actions, commercial equity lines of credit, and structure and documentation of commercial loan transactions.

Kevin and his wife Ellen reside with their three children in St. James, where Kevin serves as Village Justice for the Village of Nissequogue.

Diane is a founding partner of the Melville-based law firm of Balfe Holland. Diane gained significant experience while serving for ten years as in-house counsel to European American Bank, and its parent corporation, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., where she was responsible for the litigation of banking matters and the re-structuring of commercial loan obligations, with extensive involvement in loan workouts. Prior to the formation of Balfe Holland, she re-entered private practice as a Senior Associate with the firm of Gandin, Schotsky, Rappaport, Glass & Greene, LLP, where she continued to handle commercial litigation and commercial loan transactions. At Balfe Holland, Diane focuses on providing commercial banks with top-notch representation in all types of commercial loan transactions and providing clients with quality representation in real property transactions. Diane also handles all types of real property and secured commercial transactions.

Diane is a cum laude graduate of Fairfield University, and received her J.D. from the St. John’s University School of Law. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, is qualified as a referee by the Office of Court Administration, and has received several appointments from the Supreme Court.

Diane is a member of the Women’s Economic Developers of Long Island, and is a past president of Head of the Bay Club Inc. She is also a founding member of Deals on Heels, a networking group created to support women in business and foster business relationships among women from a cross section of industries on Long Island.

Diane lives in Huntington with her family.