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Brian L. Miller is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Elder Law. Brian L. practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Brian L. Miller since 2025. 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 Brian L. Miller is held by other lawyers.

Highly regarded, extremely skilled and sought after, Eric Goldberg negotiates real estate and finance deals for prominent clients in high-stakes, high-profile hotel and other commercial real estate development projects in key geographic areas. Eric is well known for handling some of the most complicated and sophisticated real estate transactions, financings, workouts, restructurings, acquisitions and dispositions of properties in all real estate asset classes. Relying on his keen business jud...

Philip Anker, chair of the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Litigation Practice Group, is a leading bankruptcy litigator and advisor who has practiced for more than 35 years in the field. Among other honors, he has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Anker has been selected as one of the “Best Lawyers” in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law in the Best Lawyers in America each year since 2005, with pe...

Carole advises moderate- and high-net-worth clients in all aspects of estate and wealth transfer planning. She works closely with individuals and families to structure sophisticated, tax-efficient plans designed to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes and to effectuate non-tax objectives. Carole’s clients include professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers and others. Carole also represents clients in the preparation and negotiation of p...

James Rosenfeld is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - First Amendment and Media Law. James practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized James Rosenfeld since 2026. 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 James Rosenfeld is held by other lawyers.

Ani Mason is the founder of Mason Law & Mediation LLC in New York, New York, where she focuses her practice on Family Law Mediation and settlement negotiation. After being introduced in 2007 to a collaborative and resolution-focused approach to legal representation, Ani shifted her practice away from traditional courtroom litigation and toward helping individuals and families resolve disputes in a more private and constructive setting. Drawing on years of experience working with clients t...

Christopher R. Chase is a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit where he practices intellectual property, advertising, sports, and entertainment law. The 2023-2025 editions of Best Lawyers in America lists Mr. Chase for his advertising work; Super Lawyers magazine has named him a 2019-2023 "Super Lawyer" in media and advertising; and The Legal 500 listed him as a “Next Generation Partner” in 2020, and a “Leading Lawyer” in 2021-2024 for advertising and marketing. He counsels ent...

J.P. is a globally recognized international arbitration practitioner who handles all aspects of the international arbitration life cycle, from strategic clause drafting, to lead merits counsel, through award enforcement. He has represented clients across a range of industries in international arbitrations conducted around the globe under all major institutional rules, and routinely sits as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.

Victoria S. Cook is a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit and a member of the Entertainment Group. She focuses on motion picture and television work, representing award-winning filmmakers, writers, directors, actors, television producers, film financiers, and television networks. She is immersed in both the independent and Hollywood worlds, and her clients often work in all aspects of the entertainment business -- from major studio films to cutting-edge political documentaries. Chambers USA includes ...

Lorese Phillips is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Elder Law. Lorese practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Lorese Phillips since 2022. 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 Lorese Phillips is held by other lawyers.