Karen J. DeSalvo
Partner
Fordham Law School (LL.M., 1995); Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg
Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1989); C.W. Post College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980)

Ph: (516) 663-6585
Fx: (516) 663-6785
Email: kdesalvo@rmfpc.com
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Karen J. DeSalvo is a partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, where she is member of the Firm’s Health Law Department, Healthcare Professionals Practice Group, chair of the Commercial Lending Practice Group and a member of the firm's Technology Group.

Ms. DeSalvo represents healthcare professionals in a wide range of legal services including corporate, commercial and financial transactions. She has counseled hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, management service organizations, physicians, dentists, chiropractors, podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses and other health care practitioners on mergers, acquisitions, employment, formation of professional practices and service management organizations.

Ms. DeSalvo represents healthcare practitioners and entities, corporations, banks, credit unions and other commercial lending institutions in connection with lines of credit, term loans, complex asset-based loans, participated and syndicated loans. She also has extensive experience in equipment leasing, factoring, and acquisition financings, encompassing the preparation and negotiation of loan documents including loan and security, inventory, machinery and equipment, intercreditor, and subordination agreements.

At law school, Ms. DeSalvo was Managing Editor of the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Review. Ms. DeSalvo has an LL.M. from Fordham Law School in banking, corporate and finance.

In the community, Ms. DeSalvo is a member of the Women Economic Developers of Long Island, the Executive Women's Golf Association - LI Chapter, Risk Management Association, the Nassau County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Published

• "Debt Financing vs. Equity Financing" co-authored with Penelope J. Flynn (NetCommerce Magazine, February 2001)