Michael L. Faltischek
Partner

Michael Faltischek is a senior partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. He has played a key role in the success and growth of the firm since graduating from law school at the top of his class. He served as Managing Partner from 1982 until 2006, leading the firm from its roots as a small local firm to its current prominence as a major regional firm with more than 60 professionals and 130 staff members. Mr. Faltischek has been frequently recognized as one of the leading members of the legal profession by Long Island Business News in its annual Who’s Who in Law.

As a member of the Corporate and Securities Department, he advises entrepreneurs and business enterprises in corporate finance, governance, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and international business transactions. Mr. Faltischek has been a frequent lecturer for the New York State Bar Association in various areas of corporate and business law, including Forming and Advising Businesses, Limited Liability Companies and Law Firm Management. He has also led programs in issues related to Corporate Governance. He was instrumental in the formation of the firm’s Corporate Governance Practice Group, which addresses the needs of corporate leaders in light of recent far-reaching corporate reforms.

Mr. Faltischek is a founding member and Chairman of the Long Island Angel Network, formed to provide a forum for entrepreneurs, investors and businesses to examine investment opportunities in new technologies or business models. The Network has been successful in providing through its members equity interests in several start up ventures. For information, go to http://www.liangels.net/about-us/board-of-directors.

In 1995, Mr. Faltischek was appointed as a Trustee to the Board of the Long Island Power Authority and served until 2001. He was actively involved in the acquisition of assets of Long Island Lighting Company and the sale of over $8 billion in bonds to finance the transaction. He chaired LIPA’s Economic Development Committee and was a member of its Finance Committee. He founded and is chair of the law firm’s Energy Industry Practice Group, a multi-disciplinary group providing diverse legal services which focuses on the unique needs of the energy industry and its ongoing efforts to satisfy the energy needs of the regional marketplace. He represents many energy providers, including Caithness Energy Center, which has developed the first baseload power plant to be built on Long Island in over fifty years. The Center provides 350MW of electricity utilizing modern, clean, and efficient generation methods.

In 2009, Mr. Faltischek joined the Advisory Board of The Institute for Energy Law, an international organization comprised of the world’s leading energy companies and attorneys. In 2007, he helped found the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center. He is General Counsel to the Center and serves as Vice Chairman of its Advisory Board. The Center is a hub of energy related research undertaken at Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and other institutions. The Center will not only advance research but will take the lead in fostering commercialization of promising technologies. For more information, go to www.aertc.org.

A long-time leader in community activities, Mr. Faltischek has served on the Board of Directors of the Long Island Association, the region’s largest business and civic group, since 2001. He is Vice Chairman of its Energy and Environment Committee and a member of its Audit Committee.

Mr. Faltischek chaired the Long Island Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League, one of the nation’s premier civil rights and human relations agencies that fights anti-Semitism, all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all and has been a National Commissioner. He has been a delegate to the annual National Leadership Conference held in Washington, D.C. and received the ADL Torch of Liberty Award in 1992. He served as Co-Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal Rockville Centre Cabinet for more than 10 years and was honored in 1987 with its Man of the Year Award.

He is a past Chairman of the Board and President of Temple B’nai Sholom of Rockville Centre, where he continues to serve the Temple in various leadership capacities. Mr. Faltischek has also served on the Executive Board of the Theodore Roosevelt Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Dean’s Executive Council of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University, the Board of Old Westbury Gardens Foundation and is currently a Director of Glen Head Country Club, where he serves as Chairman of its Law Committee.