Joe Harrington, who chairs the Commercial Finance group, joined the firm in 1971. Since then he has represented many institutional lenders, including savings banks and commercial banks, life insurance companies and other public financial services institutions-structuring construction, interim and permanent mortgage loans on office buildings and parks, apartment buildings, hotels, marinas, residential and commercial condominium projects, industrial complexes, shopping centers, golf courses, municipal parking facilities, affordable housing projects, mixed use developments and residential subdivisions. Many of these transactions have involved sophisticated financing techniques, such as sale and leaseback, leasehold, mezzanine and industrial bond financing. Joe also advises clients on loan restructures, workouts and, if necessary, mortgage foreclosures.

In addition to his real estate expertise, he has extensive experience in secured and unsecured corporate lending transactions, including revolving credit facilities, term loans and lines of credit.

During his career, Joe has also represented private companies and individuals in the development, financing, leasing, sale or exchange of raw land, office buildings, apartment buildings and residential subdivisions. He has also assisted two Fortune 500 companies in assembling land for future corporate purposes in the region.

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A member of the title advisory board of First American Title Insurance Company of New York, Joe is a frequent lecturer on commercial mortgage transactions. He is a former director and officer of the Westchester County Bar Institute, has served as president of the White Plains Bar Association and as a co-chairman of the Law Office Management Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association.

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A past director of the Westchester Philharmonic, Joe has served both as a trustee and counsel for the 52 Association for the Handicapped, Inc., a not for profit organization dedicated to aiding the physically challenged, which honored him in 1994 with its Medal of Honor. In 1993, he was honored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 1999, he and his wife, Katherine, were honored by the Dominican Sisters Family Health Care Services.

•	LL.B., Boston College, 1965
•	B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1962

•	New York 1972
•	Massachusetts 1965