Ward Melville Heritage Organization to Honor James M. Wicks

James M. Wicks, a parter in Farrell Fritz

Farrell Fritz announces that James M. Wicks, a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation department, will be an honoree at the 2015 Jewels and Jeans Dinner to be held on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at Flowerfield in St. James, NY. Other honorees include Douglas C. Manditch, Chairman & CEO, Empire National Bank; Dr. Yusuf Hannun, Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center; and Dr. Lina Obeid, Professor of Medicine & Dean for Research, Stony Brook School of Medicine.

Wicks has been actively involved in the Three Village community for several years. He enjoys volunteering with the WMHO’s Youth Corps and served as chair of the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages in Stony Brook from 2011 to 2014.

Wicks, an East Setauket, NY resident, contributes to the firm’s New York Commercial Division Case Compendium blog. He serves on several professional/legal committees and charitable organization boards. He is an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University School of Law, where he teaches pretrial advocacy. He earned his J.D. degree from St. John’s University School if Law and his undergraduate degree from Wheeling College.

About Farrell Fritz

Farrell Fritz is a full-service law firm that has earned a strong reputation in the New York business community. The firm handles legal matters in the areas of bankruptcy & creditors’ rights; commercial litigation; condemnation & eminent domain; construction; corporate & finance; distressed assets; eDiscovery; emerging companies & venture capital; environmental law; estate litigation; health law; labor & employment; land use, municipal & zoning; real estate; tax planning & controversy; tax certiorari and trusts & estates for corporations, not-for-profit organizations and individuals.