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 Corey
S. Kupfer
The law firm was founded in 1991 by Corey
Kupfer, who is personally involved in the
practice areas of corporate, real estate,
intellectual property and labor and
employment law. His passion lies in advising
his business clients, structuring
transactions and negotiating deals.
A successful entrepreneur from the age of
15, Corey is a rarity among attorneys – he
both understands and appreciates how
business people think. He knows that every
business transaction has a window of
opportunity that can be missed when faced
with untimely legal delays or over-lawyering.
Corey believes his role as counselor is
to foster business dealings by assessing and
managing risk, not by restricting the
options and opportunities of his clients.
His ability to serve as a trusted advisor,
strategist, and deal maker is a rare and
valuable quality that has won the respect
and long-term loyalty of his clients.
Corey received his Juris Doctorate from
New York University School of Law in 1985,
where he was a member of the Annual Survey
of American Law. He was admitted to the Bar
of the State of New York in 1986 and within
6 years had established his own practice. In
preparation for that he was first associated
with the New York office of Chicago-based
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson
working primarily on public offerings,
private placements and leveraged buyout
transactions and labor and employment law
matters. He later gained extensive
experience in a broader range of corporate
and real estate matters through his
association with the New York law firm
Herrick, Feinstein.
Corey is active in many non-profit and
public interest organizations. For example,
he is a member of the Board of Directors of
Coro New York Leadership Center, an
organization dedicated to civic involvement
that trains future leaders in the private,
public and non-profit sectors, and chaired
its annual dinner from 2003 - 2005. He is a
co-founder and member of the Board of
Directors of 1+1+1=ONE, an organization
committed to using art and civic dialogue
for positive social change in the areas of
race relations and young women’s
empowerment. He also provides pro bono legal
services to numerous other organizations.
Corey is married, travels extensively, golfs
poorly and is in the process of writing his
first book, a race relations memoir,
tentatively titled “Race: One White Guy’s
Journey”.
Licensing and Admissions
Bar and Other Associations
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Member, New York State Bar Association
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Founder and member of the Board of
Directors, Business Acceleration
Networking Group
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Member, Professional Business Networking
Association
 Harold
Michaels
Harold Michaels joined the firm in September
2005. He is an attorney with broad and
extensive knowledge and transactional
experience in the areas of domestic and
cross border commercial, corporate, finance
and securities practice. Harold has also
represented New York City real estate
developers in the areas of real estate
finance and ground leasing.
Harold’s
significant experience and interest, gained
through law firm practice and as General
Counsel of Coburn Corporation of America,
corporate counsel for other public companies
and Vice President and Counsel for American
Bank & Trust Company, lies in structuring,
negotiating, drafting and closing
commercial, financing and corporate
transactions.
After being associated with New York City
medium size business oriented law firm Tenzer Greenblatt, LLP for more than 15
years, Harold has practiced, since 1997, as
a consultant to smaller New York law firms
requiring assistance in the representation
of their business clients, ranging from
disparate transactions to general counsel
representation of small and medium size
public companies and their subsidiaries.
Harold received his law degree from New York
University School of Law in 1960 and was
admitted to the New York Bar in 1961, after
completing military service. He has also
completed post-graduate securities and tax
courses at New York University School of
Law.
Harold is married, likes to travel and
collects tribal and American naïve art.
Licensing and Admissions
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New York State Bar (Second Judicial
Department)
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U.S. District Courts for the Southern
and Eastern Districts of New York
Bar Association
 Sharon
L. Friedland
Sharon Friedland has been Senior Real Estate
Counsel to the firm since 2002 (while also
maintaining her longtime separate practice).
She lends her talents to the firm on matters
in which her particular expertise will help
provide outstanding service to our clients.
Sharon serves a diverse, sophisticated range
of companies and individuals, both domestic
and international. She is a recognized
leader, manager and advisor, with particular
expertise in real estate matters of all
types – including equity and debt financings
and restructurings, condominium and retail
development projects, joint venture and
investment agreements, leases, and
commercial and residential acquisitions and
sales – as well as in general business
transactions (including operating,
licensing, employment and other
arrangements).
Sharon received her Juris Doctorate from
Stanford Law School – where she collaborated
on a Note for the Stanford Law Review –
after obtaining her Bachelor of Arts from
the University of Texas at Austin, Phi Beta
Kappa. She began her legal practice as an
associate with the New York firm of Willkie
Farr & Gallagher, developing expertise in
real estate transactions and general,
corporate and tax services for foreign
clients.
She joined [Shearson] Lehman Brothers in a
position created to combine her legal and
project-management skills, later becoming
its Senior Vice President and Senior Real
Estate Counsel. There she handled and
advised executives on hundreds of
transactions, and managed staff, consultants
and outside counsel, developing systems to
maximize resources and quality and minimize
costs. Also before beginning her private
practice, Sharon served as General Counsel
and Senior Vice President of The Balcor
Company (a unit of American Express
Company), where she directed all legal, risk
management and corporate affairs functions
during its wind-down and disposition of $4.5
billion in assets.
She is active in many personal development
and non-profit activities, being
particularly committed to helping expand
people’s satisfaction in their lives,
causing children’s health and literacy, and
eradicating cancer – she has raised nearly
$100,000 for Memorial Sloan Kettering’s
cancer research through her participation in
seven New York City Marathons, and is proud
to have recently begun assisting Garth
Brooks’ Teammates for Kids Foundation.
Licensing, Admissions and Languages:
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New York State Bar
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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York, First Judicial
Department
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Fluent in Italian; proficient in Spanish
and French.
If
you wish to reach Sharon on a matter
unrelated to Kupfer & Associates, our office
will gladly provide her direct contact
information.
 Frank
J. Glinsky
Frank Glinsky has been handling Trust and
Estates matters for firm clients on a
referral basis since 1992 and formally
joined the firm as Trusts and Estates
Counsel in 2006. He has over twenty years
experience in the areas of pre-death
personal planning and post-death planning
and trusts and estates administration.
In
the estate planning arena, Frank combines
expertise in several areas to avoid,
minimize, or defer income, gift, estate and
generation-skipping tax. As the
considerations vary with each person, he
develops the plan most suitable for a
client’s particular situation taking into
account tax benefits but also personal and
family needs and concerns. When a person
dies and estate administration becomes
necessary, Frank provides for the probate of
wills, or, when a will does not exist, the
administration of an intestate estate. He is
highly skilled in efficient day-to-day
estate administration and planning, which
also presents opportunities for maximizing
income and estate tax savings.
Frank received his Juris Doctorate, with
honors, from George Washington University in
1984 and an M.B.A. from New York University
in 1988. He initially practiced law in
Baltimore, then joined New York City law
firm, Herrick, Feinstein. Prior to
establishing his own firm in 2002, Frank was
a partner at Feltman, Karesh, Major and
Farbman and counsel with Schnader Harrison
Segal & Lewis where he was also the editor
of various trusts and estates publications.
He
supports various homelessness organizations,
including the Bowery Mission, and a number
of non-profit advocacy groups promoting gay
civil rights and HIV awareness and
prevention.
Frank travels extensively and enjoys
history, theatre, cabaret and fine dining.
Licensing and Admissions
Bar Association
 Sharron E. Ash
Sharron Ash has been representing firm
clients in a wide range of litigation
matters since 2004, and formally became Of
Counsel to the firm in 2006. With over
fifteen years’ experience litigating
commercial, class action and civil matters,
and a business owner herself, Sharron is
able to offer our clients practical advice
to avoid litigation where possible, and
aggressive representation when a lawsuit is
the best approach.
Sharron has practiced extensively in New
York’s specialized Commercial Litigation
Divisions, Federal Court, and is well versed
in all phases of litigations, including
bench and jury trials, settlement
negotiations and the execution of swift
judgment collections. Prior to joining the
firm, she prosecuted commercial class
actions at the boutique law firm of Landy &
Seymour (formerly Brown & Seymour). One of
just four members of this prestigious legal
team, she successfully litigated
ground-breaking class actions against New
York’s largest health care insurers,
recovering millions of dollars in unpaid
health care claims for individual plan
subscribers. Utilizing her vast experience
in this area, Sharron has taught fellow
attorneys the skills and methods of
successfully challenging claims decisions of
health care insurers, as part of an
accredited continuing legal education
course; and instructed New York Bar Exam
candidates on legal writing techniques. For
the past five years, Sharron has lent her
expertise to law firms on an Of Counsel
basis, serving the litigation needs of
individuals and business owners based in the
United States and Europe, in a wide variety
of fields, including real estate
development, health club operation, jewelry
and fashion design, animal welfare, custom
furniture design and manufacturing, and
childhood education, among others.
Sharron received her Juris Doctorate from
Hofstra University School of Law in 1991,
where she was also Editor-In-Chief of the
Entertainment & Copyright Law Digest.
Sharron is married, enjoys kayaking, as well
as owning and operating On Target Homes,
LLC, a unique home staging and real estate
marketing firm.
Licensing and Admissions
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New York State Bar
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New Jersey State Bar
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U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York
 Sandra
Honegan-Pounder
Sandra Honegan-Pounder joined the firm as an
associate in 2008. Her practice focuses on
general corporate and business transactions,
stock and asset acquisitions, private
financings and real estate. Sandra prepares
a wide variety of transactional documents,
financing documents, commercial agreements,
and personnel-related agreements. Sandra
also routinely assists clients with general
corporate, regulatory and compliance issues
and advises clients regarding commercial
transactions.
After graduating from New York University
School of Law in 1997, Sandra joined the
firm of Thelen Reid and Priest. There, she
gained extensive experience in corporate,
transactional and securities law
representing public and private, domestic
and multinational corporations in connection
with mergers, stock and asset acquisitions
and dispositions, securities offerings,
tender offers, going private transactions,
and bank financings. Sandra also represented
large utilities in regulatory matters as
well as debt offerings and tax-exempt
financings.
After leaving Thelen Reid and Priest, Sandra
practiced as a solo practitioner and as a
consultant to several firms including
Skadden, Aarps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP where she
utilized her skills and experience
representing a wide range of clients in a
variety of transactional matters and
providing general corporate advice. Sandra
also worked at UBS Financial Services where
she served as a compliance officer in the
anti-money laundering group.
Sandra is originally from Jamaica and
immigrated to the United States in 1979. She
lives in Englewood, New Jersey with her
husband, son and daughter.
Licensing, Admissions and Languages:
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New York State Bar
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New Jersey State Bar
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