Blodnick Fazio & Clark

How the firm took shape

The firm began in 2010. In that year, Edward K. Blodnick and Thomas R. Fazio each ran a separate law firm, and the two joined forces. The firm's own account traces the current name to a merger of Blodnick Fazio & Associates PC and Clark's Laws, PC.

That history gives the firm a clear starting point on Long Island. The 2010 date sits on the firm's own pages, so a reader can take it as the firm's stated origin. The two predecessor names, Blodnick Fazio & Associates PC and Clark's Laws, PC, show the practices that came together. In my opinion, a named founding year and two named founders make the firm's beginnings easy to check.

Where the firm works

The firm keeps two offices. One is in Babylon, in Suffolk County. The other is in Garden City, in Nassau County. Together they cover both of Long Island's main suburban counties.

The firm serves individual clients and business clients across Nassau and Suffolk. A base in each county puts the firm close to the courts and clerks that handle local matters. Nassau and Suffolk each run their own court and clerk offices, so a lawyer with an address in both counties can reach either system quickly. Real estate filings, evictions and probate all run through county-level offices, so a two-county footprint has practical value for that kind of work.

Focus and practice areas

Blodnick Fazio & Clark lists nine practice areas on its site, a wide spread for a firm of seven lawyers. The work covers business disputes, property, family matters and estates.

Business and property work

On the business side, the firm handles commercial litigation, business law and corporate transactions. Commercial litigation covers disputes between companies, which often move through New York's Supreme Court in the county where the parties sit. Corporate transactions cover the paperwork behind forming, buying and running a business.

Real estate is a second strand. The firm handles both commercial and residential transactions, along with landlord-tenant matters and evictions. A residential closing turns on title, contract and lender review. An eviction in New York runs through the local landlord-tenant court and follows a set notice sequence, so timing and paperwork matter.

The firm also handles tax certiorari. That is the process for challenging a property's tax assessment, and it can lower the tax a commercial or residential owner pays. Owners file these petitions on a yearly assessment calendar, so deadlines drive the work.

Family, estates and personal matters

For individuals, the firm handles matrimonial and family court matters. That work includes divorce and the questions that come with it, such as custody and support. Matrimonial and family court parts sit within the county court system, which fits the firm's two-county base.

The firm also handles estate administration and probate. Probate is the court process that confirms a will and lets an executor settle an estate. In New York, that work goes before the Surrogate's Court in the county where the person lived.

Two further areas round out the list: healthcare law and immigration law. Healthcare law covers the rules that medical practices and providers work under, including licensing questions and compliance with state and federal health regulations. Immigration law covers petitions and applications that run through federal agencies, and those cases follow federal timelines that sit outside the state court calendar.

How the team is built

The firm names seven attorneys on its pages: Thomas R. Fazio, James E. Clark, Steven M. Fink, Paul A. Lanni, Edward K. Blodnick, Humza W. Arshad and Leslie Martin. Two of those names, Blodnick and Fazio, match the founders who merged their firms in 2010. Clark's name sits in the firm's title as well.

As a reviewer, I read a seven-lawyer roster as a small, named group. That size lets one firm still cover the practice areas it lists, since the attorneys can split the business, property and family work among them. A group this size also means a client tends to deal with a named attorney directly. The pages give the names and the practice list, which is the core a reader needs to see who does the work.

How the firm takes on cases

Blodnick Fazio & Clark works as co-counsel with other attorneys. The firm also states that much of its business comes from attorney referrals. Other lawyers send matters to the firm, or bring it in to work alongside them.

That referral pattern tells a reader something useful. A firm that other attorneys hire tends to hold a defined role in the local legal network. In my opinion, referral work fits a firm that lists commercial litigation and real estate among its main areas, since those are fields where lawyers often bring in outside help.

The record on the firm's own site is straightforward. It names a 2010 founding, two Long Island offices, seven attorneys and nine practice areas across business, property and family law.