On May 1, 2026, Westar Federal Credit Union, Camillus, New York, completed its merger with and into Beginnings Credit Union, Ithica, New York.  Following the merger, Beginnings Credit Union has over $1.51 billion in assets and serves over 77,000 members across 14 branch locations.

Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Westar Federal Credit Union in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Jeff Cardone, Brendan Saxon, and Babette Schwartz.

Luse Gorman has acted as counsel on more than 150 bank and credit union M&A transactions during the past six years and more bank and credit union M&A transactions than any other law firm in the nation over the past 20 years. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.