MICHAEL H. SAHN is the founding member of the Firm and concentrates his practice in the areas of zoning and land use planning, real estate law and transactions, corporate and environmental law. He also represents the Firm's clients in all facets of civil litigation.

Mr. Sahn is a Trustee of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc., Manhasset, New York, and a Member of the Community Board of Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, New York. He is also Chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill and serves on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Title Insurance Company and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. He is a Member of the Nassau County Bar Association and served as Chairman of the Administrative Agencies Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association from 1983 to 1985. Mr. Sahn is also a member of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY). He is frequently invited to lecture before professional groups in his areas of expertise.

Mr. Sahn began his legal career as a Deputy Town Attorney of the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, in 1977. At the Town of North Hempstead, Mr. Sahn served as Counsel to the Board of Zoning and Appeals from 1978 through 1979, and as Senior Deputy Town Attorney in 1979. He then served as Commissioner of Planning and Research Development for the Town of North Hempstead from 1979 to 1981. In 1981, he joined the law firm of Margiotta & Ricigliano in Uniondale, New York, where he served as a partner of the firm. Additionally, from 1984 through 1997, Mr. Sahn served as Associate Counsel to New York State Senator Michael J. Tully, Jr. representing the Seventh Senate District in the New York State Senate. From 1997 to 1998, he served as Associate Counsel to New York State Senator Michael Balboni, also representing the Seventh Senate District in the New York State Senate.

Mr. Sahn was admitted to practice in the State of New York in 1977, and was subsequently admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1978, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1980. He graduated from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan with High Distinction and from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, Cum Laude.

E-Mail: msahn@sahnwardbaker.com