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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...

Jeffrey W. Brecher is a principal and the office litigation manager of the Long Island, New York, office of Jackson Lewis, and is co-leader of the firm's Wage and Hour practice group. He has litigated hundreds of cases, defending management at arbitration, before state and federal administrative agencies and at trial. Jeff regularly advises clients on compliance with various state and federal laws affecting the workplace, including discrimination and related claims arising under Title VII, Fa...

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...

Roy Breitenbach serves as a dedicated trial lawyer concentrating on health care and commercial litigation at Harris Beach Murtha in Uniondale, New York. With a focus on health care law, litigation related to health care, and trusts and estates, he assists health care providers and related entities in navigating complex business disputes, medical staff concerns, investigations, hearings, regulatory matters, as well as employment-related litigation and patient access issues. Roy’s practic...

Carolyn Caccese is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs. Carolyn practices law in Woodbury, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Carolyn Caccese since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Carolyn Caccese is held by other lawyers.

Steven E. Pegalis, Esq. is one of the nation's foremost plaintiffs' medical malpractice trial lawyers and the founder of the Pegalis Law Group. In his 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 2023 he obtained a $4.6 million settlement for the failure to properly diagnose and treat retinopathy of prematurity, an eye condition common to premature ...

Marc Jacobson is an entertainment attorney with Law Offices of Marc Jacobson PLLC in Center Moriches, New York, focusing on Entertainment Law - Music and Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television . He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2019, Chambers USA since 2005, and Super Lawyers since 2008 for his work in entertainment law. Mr. Jacobson built his practice around the music and film industries, representing artists, songwriters, estates, production companies, and...

Katherine A. Heptig is a partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York, and is a member of the firm’s Business Dissolution, Corporate , Health Services , Trusts & Estates , and Tax Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on transactional tax law and executive compensation, general business law for corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships, and ERISA and employee benefits matters, including multi-employer health and welfare plans and retirement plans for sponsor...

Steven Dorfman The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. New York, New York Steven Dorfman is a senior trial attorney at The Perecman Firm with nearly three decades of experience representing victims of catastrophic construction accidents, wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries, and other serious negligence matters throughout New York City. Mr. Dorfman concentrates on complex, high-exposure construction accident litigation involving scaffold falls, falling objects, structural collapses, crane accidents, ...

John J. Porta is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor Law - Management. John J. practices law in Melville, New York Best Lawyers has recognized John J. Porta since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which John J. Porta is held by other lawyers.