Sarna & Associates, PC

Our Team

 

​James A. Sarna, Esq. has been practicing law since 1990 and has focused his attention on corporate formation, helping entrepreneurs form and grow their businesses, from initial ideas to success stories, to realizing the full value of their endeavors and making sure that they enjoy the fruits of their labors.  His corporate clients have included doctors and lawyers, restaurateurs, event design and production companies, trucking and warehousing businesses, and many others.  Whether you are a "Mom & Pop" enterprise or a multimillion dollar company with multiple locations, James will put his experience to work for you.

 

James has extensive experience working on financial insolvency and restructuring matters, and has worked on some of the largest and most sophisticated cases including the Rockefeller Center bankruptcy, airline bankruptcies, professional firm dissolutions and debt settlements, and complex insolvency and recovery litigations in courts in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

 

If you are an individual who needs help restructuring your financial affairs, James can put his more than 25 years of experience to work for you in a variety of ways, most often avoiding the need to file for bankruptcy protection.

 

We staff our clients' cases as leanly and efficiently as we can and always consider the true value of our services to our clients.  

Services

 

At Sarna & Associates, PC, we focus our attention on guiding our clients through the sometimes turbulent waters of their personal and business lives.  We put our 25+ years of experience with all manner of corporate and personal clients to work for you, because you have better things to think about such as building your business and getting home to your family at the end of the day. 

 

Whether you are forming a new venture, buying a new home or commercial property, entering into a lease, addressing employee management issues, or coping with the myriad legal issues that we all face every day, we are here to help.  If you want honest and candid counsel and are concerned about doing things the right way from the start, we are here to help.

 

If you are a business owner or individual and have encountered some financial turbulence and need help restructuring or settling your debt, filing for bankruptcy protection, defending against a foreclosure action, or negotiating some extra time to make your payments, we are here to help.

 

If you are a Receiver or Trustee and are looking for counsel, James has served in both of those capacities, and has served as Acting Justice for the Village of Upper Nyack, after serving as a Trustee of the Village for more than five years.

 

He has extensive experience representing debtors, creditors, and trustees and brings a rare perspective to all of his clients’ cases because he knows “how the other side thinks” and can help his clients avoid unnecessary and costly litigation.

News & Publications

James has presented continuing legal education discussions concerning the perils of metadata in our everyday lives and is currently working on several publications geared towards helping small business owners identify and address the most common sources of risk and liability.

Areas of Practice

Corporate Counsel​

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Insolvency & Restructuring Counsel​

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Debt Management​ & Recovery

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Real Estate​​​​​ Transactions

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​Asset Protection

 

Tax Liability Offers in Compromise

 

Fiduciary Appointments & Counsel

 

State and Federal Court Litigation ​​​​

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Notary Public​​​​​​​​​