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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
 Karla
A. Olivier
Prior to joining the firm, Karla A. Olivier
had her own successful real estate practice
as a solo practioner for five years. Seeing
the opportunity to continue to grow her
practice she joined the firm in 2007.
Karla focuses on addressing the unique and
demanding needs of individual clients in the
purchase and sale of residential real
estate, including single and multifamily
homes, condominiums and cooperative
apartments. She has also assisted clients in
the negotiation of commercial leases on
behalf of tenants and landlords and
represents various institutional lenders in
connection with their residential and
commercial financings.
For nine years following her graduation from
Columbia Law School, Karla enjoyed the
challenges of practicing corporate law at
some of New York’s most prestigious and
well-recognized law firms, most recently
with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Her corporate practice focused on servicing
new media and technology companies, in
addition to mature companies in the
software, biotechnology, manufacturing, and
fashion industries. Specifically, she
advised such companies on a wide range of
matters including formation, corporate
governance, corporate finance, intellectual
property, and employment and compensation
matters. Karla brings her years of corporate
experience to assist the firm’s corporate
clients as well.
Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Karla
has aided her fellow countrymen (and women)
and other foreign nationals with immigrant
visas, adjustment of status and
naturalization applications. She met her
husband during a preliminary asylum hearing
for her client, a Somali refugee (her client
won). She and her husband have a son, Owen.
Karla is a member of the Boards of Directors
of BRIC/ Brooklyn Information and Culture, a
non-profit organization that presents arts,
media and educational programs reflective of
Brooklyn's diverse communities, and Columbia
Law School Alumni Association. In addition,
Karla is an elder at her church, First
Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn where she
assists in the governance of church as well
as furthering its service to the community.
Licensing and Admissions
Bar Association
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Member, New York State Bar Association
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Member, Association of the Bar of the
City of New York
 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
 BeeSian
Yap
BeeSian Yap is an associate at the firm
handling general corporate and business
transactions, real estate matters and
intellectual property. Her practice focuses
on the organization of business entities and
ventures; the development, management and
operation of businesses; real estate; and
trademark, licensing and other intellectual
property needs and assets.
In
particular, BeeSian routinely handles the
drafting of operating and partnership
agreements, stock and asset acquisitions,
mergers, IP and proprietary licensing
agreements, employment, non-competition,
trademark registrations, and all related
federal and state consent and compliance
requirements.
Prior to joining the firm in 2004, BeeSian
lived in San Francisco, California, where
she practiced with Cooper, White, and
Cooper, LLP and worked with clients from
industries such as ecommerce, high
technology venture capital, information
technology, telecommunications, and cable
and broadcast television and radio.
BeeSian, who has been practicing in the U.S.
since 1996, received her LLB from the London
School of Economics and has worked and
practiced in Singapore. She has successfully
represented political asylees on a pro bono
basis and for 3 years was on the Board of
Directors of the Immune Enhancement Project,
a non-profit traditional Chinese medicine
clinic providing care for HIV/AIDS patients.
Licensing, Admissions and Languages:
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New York State Bar
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California State Bar
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Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore
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Barrister-at-law, England and Wales
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Fluent in Malay and proficient in
Mandarin.
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