Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP is a One-Stop-Shop for Complex Legal Issues

Clients today face legal issues that require an integrated team with extensive expertise to address them effectively. From new, untested issues to existing public controversy topics, our goal is always to deliver result-focused solutions.

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna (WOH) and Nolan Heller Kauffman LLP (NHK) have joined forces to offer Capital Region businesses exceptional legal, banking and lending, commercial real estate, and commercial litigation services.

About Us

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP (WOH) is one of the Capital Region’s premier law firms, while their government solutions division, WOH-HHS, is widely recognized for providing consulting and lobbying services related to health and human services. With 196 professionals and 113 attorneys on staff, this firm stands firm in its commitment to clients, their communities, and a longstanding history of service within its region. WOH welcomed Nolan Heller Kauffman LLP’s (NHK) highly respected business law, banking, creditors’ rights and business reorganization/bankruptcy practices into its expanding practice areas in 2025. Together the firms provide businesses with both intangible and tangible assets a one-stop-shop – each member taking responsibility for every matter to prevent duplicative effort at client’s expense.

Clients range from local agribusiness companies to food and alcohol beverage producers who sell to domestic, European, and Latin American markets.

Practice Areas

Our lawyers provide insightful counsel and strategic litigation skills to public corporations, emerging companies, financial and insurance institutions, private businesses and governmental agencies in all matters pertaining to bankruptcy and creditor’s rights; complex financial structures; intellectual property; corporate law; securities; environmental land use issues and compliance matters as well as white collar crime and compliance matters. Members of the firm’s IP Group are recognized worldwide as providers of premium IP services such as patent prosecution/assessment portfolio development/litigation litigation.

Clients

Business owners, private individuals, and public institutions all trust us for advice in traditional law practice areas as well as complex ones spanning various sectors with intricate legal and ethical questions that need balancing. Our mission is to deliver services and solutions that surpass their expectations while meeting or exceeding their needs.

Clients today demand top-tier legal service from their attorneys and expect transparency, responsiveness and market experience from them. In particular, clients want their lawyers to possess expertise and technology which enables them to streamline processes, reduce billable hours and improve efficiencies.

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About Our Firm

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Goldberg Segalla understands the challenges food and beverage businesses face, from complying with complex commercial regulations to product liability issues. They can handle the legal technicalities so you can concentrate on running your business successfully while leaving Goldberg Segalla to handle the legal technicalities – giving you more time and focus for what matters most!

WOH is committed to helping its clients safeguard their investments and business operations in the US by offering professional visa evaluation. They assist companies and entrepreneurs from multiple industries assess all available visa possibilities – such as Treaty Investor and Treaty Trader visas – while representing foreign nationals facing removal proceedings. Albany’s largest law firm and an internationally recognized business, real estate, bankruptcy and litigation firm joining forces will further increase WOH’s ability to offer integrated, comprehensive legal counsel across multiple practice areas.