On June 1, 2025, The First of Long Island Corporation, Melville, New York, the holding company for The First National Bank of Long Island, completed its merger with ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the holding company for ConnectOne Bank.

Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to First of Long Island in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of John Gorman, Zachary Davis, Greg Sobczak and Max Seltzer.

Luse Gorman has acted as counsel on more than 100 bank M&A transactions during the past five years and on more bank 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.