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Jed Albert is a trusts and estates attorney representing high net worth individuals and their families. Jed provides sophisticated guidance in tax and estate planning, as well as estate and trust administration. With a full understanding of his clients’ goals, Jed drafts wills and trusts that implement tax efficient strategies allowing for a smooth asset transfer process to beneficiaries. Clients appreciate Jed’s strong listening skills, creative thinking, and detail-oriented appr...
John Barnosky is a trusts and estates lawyer advising families, individuals, banks, foundations, and other institutions. Jack handles the full range of estate planning, probate and administration, as well as taxation matters. John also represents clients in litigated trusts and estates matters, including will contests, disputes over the validity of trusts, contested accounting proceedings, and tax disputes before the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts throughout New York. A longtime le...
Neil V. Carbone is a trusts and estates lawyer handling all aspects of that practice: planning, administration, and litigation. Neil provides sophisticated advice to individuals and families, entrepreneurs, closely-held businesses, trust companies, banks, fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and foundations and other institutions. He regularly appears before the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts throughout New York, as well as the United States Tax Court. Neil is a trusted professional who pri...
Patrick Collins is a bankruptcy & restructuring lawyer and commercial litigator. Pat represents every type of party involved in bankruptcy cases and litigation brought in the bankruptcy courts. Pat advises creditors, debtors, trustees, committees, lenders, asset purchasers, landlords, shareholders, officers, and directors in bankruptcy proceedings. He has defended hundreds of preference, fraudulent transfer and other types of claw back claims and lawsuits in bankruptcy courts and other co...
Ilene Sherwyn Cooper is a partner practicing litigation and estate planning in Surrogate’s Courts throughout Metropolitan New York. Before joining Farrell Fritz, she served for ten years as the Chief Law Assistant of the Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court. Her responsibilities there included preparing judicial opinions on complex and novel issues; acting as the Trial Assistant to the Surrogate, preparing pretrial memoranda, jury charges, evidentiary rulings and post-trial decisions;...
Peter Curry is a commercial real estate and economic development lawyer representing clients across the New York metropolitan area and nationally. Peter’s broad transactional practice includes commercial real estate sales, acquisitions, leasing, and development. Major corporations in the telecommunications, technology, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, food manufacturing and distribution, and other fields seek Peter’s assistance in real estate matters. He guides clients through the a...
John K. Diviney represents clients in labor arbitrations and grievances; unfair labor practice charges; employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims; wrongful competition and restrictive covenant disputes; and wage and hour collective and class actions. A partner in Rivkin Radler’s Employment and Labor Practice Group, John regularly appears before federal and state regulatory agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis...
Scott A. Eisenmesser represents clients in complex estate planning, trust and estate administration, business valuations, and complex corporate and real estate tax matters. Scott’s clients include some of the largest family-owned real estate companies in the metropolitan area, whom he assists as general counsel as well as in connection with their estate and tax planning needs. As part of his estate administration practice, Scott often represents parties in contested estate matters, such...
Stuart I. Gordon has handled many complex insolvency cases throughout the United States, including One Times Square, the New York City landmark building known for the New Year’s Eve “ball drop”; the Concord Resort Hotel in the Catskills; and the Bennett Funding Group. Bankruptcy and corporate reorganization are the cornerstone of Stuart’s practice as a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Bankruptcy Practice Group. His clients include financial institutions, insurance comp...
Jean Hegler has concentrated her practice in the areas of estate, gift and trust taxation, estate planning, estate administration and elder law planning. Jean has unique experience representing high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, family businesses and foundations in sophisticated tax planning and administration. She lectures frequently and has authored various legal publications, including a book entitled Wills: Structure, Design & Settlement under New York State Law , and she ha...
Eric Kramer was an estate and tax planning attorney representing high-net-worth families and individuals, closely held business owners, and real estate developers for more than 35 years. Recently retired, Eric prepared wills and trusts, consulted on prenuptial agreements, and managed estate and trust administration for his clients. As a certified public accountant, Eric applied deep experience with federal and New York state taxing authorities to provide sophisticated tax advice to clients. H...
Evan H. Krinick, Rivkin Radler’s managing partner, is a trial and appellate lawyer. Since he joined the firm in 1987, Evan has served as counsel in hundreds of noteworthy commercial, banking, healthcare, municipal/public authority, tort liability, insurance, and insurance fraud matters. Among his many significant engagements, he represented the Long Island Power Authority (“LIPA”) in a series of cases arising from its acquisition of the Long Island Lighting Company (“L...
Christopher J. Kutner represents managed care organizations, physician groups, hospitals, and ancillary service providers, including laboratories, health care benefit administrators, and suppliers of medical equipment. Chris served as General Counsel as well as Compliance and Privacy Officer of a regional managed care organization in New York. In that role, he was instrumental in making referrals and working with state and federal law enforcement on investigations of individuals and entities ...
Barry I. Levy litigates complex insurance, healthcare, financial services, and labor/employment actions on behalf of institutional and individual clients. Barry has tried dozens of complex cases over the course of his career. He counsels healthcare, automobile, property, fidelity, and life insurers on claims handling practices and investigation techniques and the development of fraud prevention, detection, and recovery plans. He represents insurers in the defense of litigation challenging cla...
Benjamin P. Malerba is a Partner and co-chair of the Health Services Practice Group and a Privacy, Data & Cyber Law Practice Group member. Ben counsels a cross-section of healthcare providers and facilities, including IPAs, ACOs, provider networks, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic and treatment centers, dialysis facilities, and hospitals and federally qualified health centers, on general healthcare business transactions, state licensing issues, corporate practice of medicine and fee...
Patricia C. Marcin concentrates in personal, family and business planning. Her practice includes the preparation of wills, trusts and other estate planning documents and all phases of estate administration, including the analysis and review of estate and fiduciary income tax issues and administrative and legal issues in each estate. She counsels her clients in a very personal way, addressing each client’s particular desires and circumstances. Tricia has authored articles on various esta...
Domenique Camacho Moran is an employment lawyer litigating employment disputes of all types before federal and state courts, arbitration tribunals (e.g., FINRA, JAMS and AAA) and before administrative agencies in New York. An accomplished problem solver, Domenique provides sophisticated counsel to owners, leadership, and c-suite executives at startup companies, closely held and middle market businesses, educational organizations, and not-for-profit agencies. She brings her extensive experienc...
John R. Morken is a trusts and estates litigator representing individuals, families, and institutions. With extensive trial and appellate experience in the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts throughout New York, John handles probate contests, trust litigation, discovery proceedings, accountings, and commercial litigation related to estates. John is very active as a certified mediator, settling disputed estate matters. He also advises clients on steps that can be taken to avoid future e...
Anne M. Murray counsels insurance companies on complex first- and third-party claims, including general liability, construction defect, personal and advertising injury, toxic tort, asbestos, environmental, product liability, employee benefits liability, labor law, bad faith, and other emerging issues. Anne is an accomplished litigator. Her achievements include successfully representing a major insurer as lead counsel in a New Jersey coverage action seeking several hundred million dollars in i...
Philip is an associate in Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Fraud Practice Group. He prosecutes complex civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, including affirmative actions to recover insurer claim payments to physicians, medical clinics, medical suppliers, and others involved in complex, large-scale insurance fraud schemes. Prior to joining Rivkin Radler, Philip worked for one of Nassau County’s premiere boutique law firms, where he fo...
Felicia Pasculli concentrates in the areas of elder law, special needs law and trusts and estates. The American Bar Association-accredited National Elder Law Foundation named Felicia a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA), where she is one of only approximately 500 nationwide. Felicia chose to focus on elder law after seeing how our culture’s bureaucratic system failed her own mother and father, both of whom suffered from dementia. She has since devoted her career advocating for the righ...
Eric W. Penzer is a trust and estate litigator representing high-net-worth individuals and families. Eric is a trusted advisor for clients involved in complex challenges related to generational wealth and asset transfer. As an experienced trial lawyer, Eric provides strategic representation in contested probate proceedings, fiduciary accounting disputes, discovery and turnover proceedings, and other trust and estate matters. He is known for being responsive, fair, and committed to achieving f...
Jeffrey P. Rust is a Partner in the Firm’s Health Services and Corporate Practice Groups. He is a healthcare and corporate attorney, guiding the Firm’s clients through transactional and regulatory matters while creating an atmosphere of collaboration and trust. Jeff advises businesses and healthcare clients in joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, financings, governance issues, employment matters, shareholder and partnership agreements, contract drafting and negotiations, disp...
Alan has represented insurance companies in coverage matters for more than 30 years, successfully resolving more than 100 major claims involving the environment, energy, policyholder-owned insurers, and other complex issues. He also writes insurance policies. Alan frequently speaks on insurance coverage for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), and other leading professional and insurance industry organizations. He co-chaired the FDCC&rsqu...
Frank T. Santoro is a trusts and estates counselor and litigator. He concentrates his practice in trusts & estates litigation and Article 81 guardianships, representing clients in a variety of proceedings in Surrogate’s Court and Supreme Court, including will contests, discovery proceedings, contested accountings, and guardianship proceedings. Frank’s extensive experience in sophisticated and complex trust and estate disputes informs his advice when guiding clients through con...
A partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Commercial Litigation Practice Groups, Bill litigates before trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. He has represented insurers in the September 11 World Trade Center Liability Coverage Litigation, the BPA-Plastic Products Coverage Litigation, and Shell Oil Company v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company . He has served as counsel for insurers in the defense of class actions involving underwriting and claim procedures and n...
Wendy Hoey Sheinberg is partner to the firm in the Personal, Family & Business Planning Practice Group, concentrating in the areas of guardianship, elder law, special needs planning, trust and estate planning, and trust and estate administration. She has presented at numerous seminars on elder law and estate planning, senior housing and probate and estate administration and has lectured for the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association and many other notable local ...
For over 20 years, Aaron E. Zerykier has focused his practice on commercial litigation, with experience litigating construction disputes, business dissolutions, shareholder disputes, real estate disputes, and business torts in federal and state trial courts. Aaron serves as a trusted advisor to his clients, recognizing that business owners are risk-averse and often seek to avoid litigation. He has represented a variety of clients in the construction industry, such as real estate developers an...
Jennifer Abreu is a Partner in Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Fraud Practice Group. Jennifer helps insurers prosecute civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, including affirmative actions to recover insurer claim payments to physicians, medical clinics, attorneys, public adjusters and others involved in complex, large-scale insurance fraud schemes. Prior to joining Rivkin Radler, Jennifer served as an Assistant District Attorney for six and...
Ashley (Osadon) Algazi is an Associate in the Health Services Practice Group. She represents various healthcare providers, including hospitals, long term care providers, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and other healthcare entities with transactional, regulatory, and compliance matters. Ashley has counseled clients on topics ranging from fraud and abuse, managed care contracting, state licensing, Stark and Anti-Kickback laws, transactional agreements, vendor agreements, Medic...
Edward D. Baker is a trusts and estates litigator representing individuals and families throughout the metropolitan New York area. His practice includes will and trust contests, contested accountings, discovery proceedings, removal proceedings, and guardianship proceedings. A thorough and experienced litigator, Ed conducts the full range of activities to resolve disputes efficiently, including pretrial discovery, legal research, drafting motion papers, and settlement negotiations. Ed provides...
Yonatan Bernstein is an Associate in Rivkin Radler’s Compliance, Investigations & White Collar and Insurance Fraud Practice Groups. Yonatan helps insurers prosecute civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and state law, including affirmative actions to recover insurer claim payments to physicians, medical clinics, attorneys, public adjusters and others involved in complex, large-scale insurance fraud schemes. Prior to joining Rivkin...
Christina has wide experience litigating in both federal and state courts. Currently, she handles all aspects of complex commercial litigation in courts around the country, including New York, New Jersey, and Florida. In particular, Christina litigates complex civil lawsuits involving various claims, including under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, fraud, unjust enrichment, and other state law claims. Before joining Rivkin Radler, Christina served as an A...
Debbie R. Dembinsky is a trusts and estates attorney who advises high-net-worth individuals and families on tax planning, wealth preservation and asset protection. Debbie’s legal practice is focused on structuring and implementing comprehensive strategies designed for QSBS stacking, domestic and offshore asset protection, and estate, gift and income tax minimization. Debbie is also a New York State licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Long Island, New York. Her combined e...
Kaitlyn Flynn is a Partner in Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Fraud and Compliance, Investigations & White Collar practice groups. She focuses her practice on insurance defense and no-fault insurance fraud matters. Kaitlyn is responsible for appearing in court on behalf of the firm’s insurance carrier clients, handling all aspects of litigation, with a primary focus on conducting oral arguments before the court on Motions for Summary Judgment. She also conducts Examinations Under Oa...
Allison Gatoff is a trusts and estates attorney representing fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and distributees in all phases of the administration of trusts and estates, as well as contested trusts and estates related matters in Surrogate’s Court and New York State Supreme Court. Allison also regularly prepares comprehensive estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, and other advance directives. Sharing her experience and knowledge of trusts and estates law, Allison taught Estates,...
Joanna Hazelton is a corporate transactional lawyer representing a wide range of corporate clients in joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions and related corporate governance matters. She advises clients across multiple industries, including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology and several services sectors. Joanna’s experience includes advising nonprofit corporations in affiliations and disaffiliations, mergers, dissolutions, orga...
An experienced litigator, Steve represents the nation’s largest insurers in their prosecution of civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act – including affirmative actions by insurers to recover fraudulently-obtained insurance benefits and to obtain injunctions preventing the continuation of large-scale fraudulent schemes. Steve also counsels his clients on fraud prevention and investigation strategies. Admitted to practice in New Yo...
Viktoriya Liberchuk is a commercial litigator representing middle market businesses in state and federal court. Viktoriya focuses her practice on business divorce and commercial contract disputes, using mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeal to reach bespoke resolutions. Her practice includes general commercial litigation across many industries, and she also handles commercial insurance coverage matters. Viktoriya works closely with clients across all aspects of complex commercial litigati...
James R. Maguire represents businesses, contractors, and individuals in all aspects of commercial litigation matters. His experience involves a wide range of complex litigation matters, including contract claims, fraud claims, breach of fiduciary duty claims, real property disputes, and mechanic’s lien foreclosures. James’ trial experience includes direct and cross-examination of witnesses and drafting pre-trial briefs. He is also experienced in motion practice including researchi...
Heather S. Milanese is an Associate in the Firm’s Personal, Family & Business Planning Practice Group, focusing her practice on estate planning, wealth preservation, elder law, guardianships and trust and estate administration. Heather develops asset protection strategies designed to meet the individualized needs of our clients. She works with clients and their financial teams to ensure that their families, estates, and businesses are sufficiently protected. In addition, she counsel...
Evan concentrates his practice in real estate and banking. An Associate in Rivkin Radler’s Real Estate, Zoning and Land Use and Banking groups, Evan has extensive experience with all phases of real estate transactions, banking practice and title clearance. Prior to joining Rivkin Radler, Evan worked for a Real Estate Law firm where he represented major institutional lenders, as well as individuals and entities in the purchase, sale and refinance of cooperatives, condominiums, single and...
Damian Racanelli is a real estate attorney representing real estate developers, investors, landlords and tenants in a variety of transactional real estate and construction matters. Damian has extensive leasing experience representing both landlords and tenants in the office, industrial and retail markets. He also utilizes his experience in the real estate field to efficiently assist his clients with the acquisition and sale of commercial real estate. Before pursuing his law degree and joining...
As an Associate in the Insurance Fraud Practice Group, Joanna helps insurers prosecute civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, including affirmative actions to recover insurer claim payments to physicians, medical clinics, attorneys, public adjusters and others involved in complex, large-scale insurance fraud schemes. Prior to joining Rivkin Radler, Joanna served as an Assistant District Attorney for five years in the Special Victims Bureau ...
Catherine is an Associate in Rivkin Radler’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. An experienced litigator, Catherine handles a broad range of complex commercial matters in a variety of industries and practice areas. Prior to joining Rivkin Radler, Catherine was a litigator in the Complex Commercial Disputes practice group at a large law firm in New York City where she represented a wide range of clients from individuals to national and international companies in federal and state cour...
Jana is an employment lawyer representing employers in all aspects of employment litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Her experience includes matters arising under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York Human Rights Law, and the New York Labor Law. Before joining Farrell Fritz as an associate, Jana worked for the firm as a summer associate while in law school. Dur...
Garin Scollan is an associate in Rivkin Radler’s Compliance, Investigations & White Collar and Insurance Fraud Practice Groups. Garin helps insurers prosecute civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, including affirmative actions to recover insurer claim payments to physicians, medical clinics, attorneys, public adjusters, and others involved in complex large scale insurance fraud schemes. Garin is currently an Associate Village Cou...
Sean N. Simensky concentrates his practice on general corporate representation of private national and international companies, not-for-profit corporations, as well as representing financial institutions, private lenders and borrowers in loan transactions. An associate in the Firm’s Banking and Corporate Practice Groups, Sean assists clients with general business matters, including selection and formation of business entities, shareholder and operating agreements, employment and consult...
Colleen Spain is a tax lawyer advising individuals, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations on a broad range of federal, state, and local tax issues. Colleen helps clients prepare for and manage disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, and the New York City Department of Finance. Her experience includes handling audits, appeals, negotiations with taxing authorities, protests, and collection due process hearings. Colleen also regul...
Richmund is a trusts and estates lawyer advising high-net-worth individuals and families. Rich counsels clients throughout the estate planning process and also handles trust and estate administration. He advises clients to apply sophisticated tax planning techniques for productive wealth preservation using wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, and similar instruments. Rich also practiced as a licensed attorney and certified public accountant in the P...
Yi W. Stewart represents clients in trusts and estates matters. Yi handles cases involving probate and trust contests, accountings, discovery proceedings, construction and reformation proceedings, and fiduciary litigation. Providing thoughtful, efficient advice and litigation tactics, she helps clients obtain resolutions through negotiation, mediation, and litigation. When managing cases for her clients, Yi conducts legal research and pretrial discovery, and drafts motion papers and appellate...