FKSA partner Eric Seiler has been elected as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Union Square Partnership. The Partnership, a private not-for-profit organization, consisting of New York City's oldest business improvement district and a local development corporation, works to ensure the Union Square community's vibrancy as a center for business, culture, and education and to improve the quality of life for its residents and businesses. The Partnership provides supplemental public safety, sanitation, business promotion, and economic development services throughout the district, and facilitates the area's continued growth by spearheading educational, economic, and park projects and acting as a liaison between community, business, and government leaders. Seiler and new Co-Chair Danny Meyer, the president of Union Square Hospitality Group, which owns the Union Square Café, one of New York City's most highly regarded restaurants, succeed Eugene R. McGrath, the chairman of Consolidated Edison, Inc., one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies.

Along with Seiler, a number of other FKSA lawyers hold leadership positions in various charitable, civic, religious, or educational organizations:

Partner Ellen A. Harnick is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of American Jewish World Service, which supports economic development and provides humanitarian relief on a non-sectarian basis around the developing world.

Partner Paul J. Fishman is a Trustee of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, located on the campus of Montclair (N.J.) State University. The Museum seeks to preserve and promote the values of respect, sportsmanship, social justice, and excellence through inclusive, culturally diverse, sports-based educational programs and exhibits.

Partner Katherine L. Pringle is on the Board of Trustees of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, which does substantial mission work in New York and in the world, particularly in the areas of homelessness, affordable housing, and services for the elderly.

Associate Kent K. Anker is a Trustee of the Blazing Wisdom Institute, a not-for-profit educational institute dedicated to the promotion of physical and mental well-being through Tibetan and Chinese healing practices, presented through live courses and seminars, translation and publication of historical and contemporary texts and instruction manuals, and consultation with teachers and instructors.