Emily R. Ivanoff

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...

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...

Michael Calcagni is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates. Michael, who practices law in Garden City, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Andrea Berkowitz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Andrea, who practices law in Garden City, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrea is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Steven E. Pegalis, Esq. is one of the nation's foremost plaintiffs' medical malpractice trial lawyers and the founder of Pegalis Law Group. In his 50-year career as an advocate for seriously injured victims of negligence, Mr. Pegalis has obtained some of the highest jury verdicts in New York State. Continuing his success over so many years, in 2019 he obtained a mediated settlement in the amount of $8.5 million dollars for a young woman who lost her mother as a result of medical negligence. T...

Michele Masucci is the leader of the firm’s Health Care practice. She advises health care industry clients, with particular experience serving as general and special counsel to private equity firms and other investors looking to make investments in the industry. Her practice also involves providing counsel on the interplay between life sciences companies and the use of their products in a clinical setting. What do you focus on? As a former hospital in-house legal counsel, I know what ke...

Glenn Jones is a dedicated litigator and trial attorney at Harris Beach Murtha, located in Uniondale, New York. He focuses on representing individuals and organizations through various stages of federal, state, and local regulatory enforcement as well as criminal and civil cases from investigation to trial. Glenn has accumulated extensive experience in health care law, particularly in addressing fraud, waste, and health care regulatory compliance matters. He previously served as a Special Ass...

Walter J. Gumersell is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships). Walter J., who practices law in Uniondale, New York, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Walter J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David J. Dean, who joined the Firm over 15 years ago as a nationally recognized trial attorney, is responsible for trying some of our largest and often most challenging and complex cases. David J. Dean is a senior trial attorney on all matters in the Firm’s practice. Mr. Dean was the Chief Trial Counsel for the plaintiffs in the Agent Orange Class Action, representing more than two million Vietnam Veterans in their claims against seven chemical companies. His work was described in publi...

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 ...