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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-021207"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNOB"
cik: "0000712771"
company_name: "ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T21:38:52.397741+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConnectOne Bancorp appoints Robert Schwartz as General Counsel, effective June 1, 2025

## Summary
- Robert Schwartz, former Partner at Windels Marx, was appointed General Counsel of ConnectOne Bancorp.
- Schwartz has served as a legal advisor to ConnectOne since its inception over 20 years ago.
- The appointment follows the company's recent merger with First of Long Island Corp. and reaching nearly $14B in assets.
- Schwartz holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School and is a member of the NJ and NY Bar.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-021207
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNOB
- cik: 0000712771
- company_name: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925021207/0001437749-25-021207-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000143774925021207/cnob20250624_8k.htm

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