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John J. Barnosky is a partner focusing in trusts and estates law. His practice includes estate litigation; estate planning, probate and administration of estates and trusts; and taxation. He provides estate planning and counseling advice to families, individuals, banks, foundations, and other institutions. Mr. Barnosky represents clients in litigated trust and estate matters, including will contests and disputes over the validity of trusts, before the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts...
When disputes related to estates and trusts arise, fiduciaries and beneficiaries turn to Neil Carbone. Neil has handled contentious estate and trust matters for more than two decades. He is known for his ability to narrow the issues in dispute and then find the most effective way to bring about a resolution, whether it be through litigation, mediation or negotiation. Neil's work with contentious matters make him well-equipped to assist clients in connection with the administration of trusts a...
Brian S. Conneely represents and counsels clients in connection with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections, labor strikes, union organizational attempts, collective bargaining, picketing, secondary boycotts and employment law disputes. A partner at Rivkin Radler, Brian has over 30 years of experience in employment law, labor law, and employment-related litigation in federal and state courts as well as before federal, state, and local agencies. Brian’s clients include healthcar...
Ilene S. Cooper is a partner at Farrell Fritz concentrating in trusts and estates. She practices litigation in Surrogate’s Courts throughout the Metropolitan area. She also has experience in the drafting and execution of will and trust instruments, powers of attorney, health care proxies and living wills. In addition to her work at Farrell Fritz, Ms. Cooper is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Touro Law School, where she was named Adjunct Professor of the Year in 2011, 2001 and 2000. She i...
William Cornachio focuses his practice on general corporate and commercial real estate matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and real estate finance, and other commercial lending. A partner in Rivkin Radler’s Banking and Corporate Practice Groups, William’s clients include banks and other lenders to real estate and commercial borrowers, distribution companies, owners and developers of commercial properties, construction companies, and a major telecommunications company. Wil...
Peter L. Curry’s broadly based transactional practice concentrates on commercial real estate sales, acquisitions, leasing and development, and in the burgeoning area of economic development. Specific transactions include counseling major corporations in the fields of telecommunications, barcode technology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, food manufacture and distribution, internet content, and other technology-driven fields in the acquisition or disposal of headquarters ...
Claudia Hinrichsen represents healthcare providers and suppliers – including hospitals, physician groups, accountable care organizations (“ACOs”), physician/hospital organizations (“PHOs”), independent practice associations (“IPAs”), and diagnostic and treatment centers – in connection with fraud and abuse, corporate compliance, transactional arrangements, and patient-related legal issues, as well as compliance matters under the federal Health I...
Michael A. Kotula has more than 30 years of experience handling complex litigation involving asbestos, environmental pollution, health hazards, toxic tort, product liability, lead paint, personal and advertising injury, construction accident and defect, sexual abuse, financial services and other insurance coverage claims. Michael also counsels large institutions, businesses and property owners on effective risk transfer, leveraging insurance coverage and underlying liability insights. He draf...
Eric M. Kramer concentrates in sophisticated estate tax planning. His practice includes estate tax planning for high-net-worth families and individuals; preparation of prenuptial agreements, wills, and trusts; administration of estates and representation of clients before federal and New York state taxing authorities. Eric advises clients on business succession planning, including tax implications of the various methods of transfer. He is also a certified public accountant. Often sought after...
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 in the Health Services and Privacy, Data & Cyber Law Practice Groups. 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-splitting prohibitions, regulatory ...
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. Tricia has authored articles on various estate planning and trust and estate administration topics, and writes a monthly column called Wills, Trusts & Estates...
Domenique Camacho Moran is a partner and leads the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. Ms. Moran has represented employers – from start-ups to large corporations – in connection with all types of employment litigation, including 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, and the New York Human Rights Law. Acting as lead counsel, Ms. M...
John Morken is a partner at Farrell Fritz, concentrating in the area of trust and estate litigation in the Surrogate’s courts and other trial and appellate courts throughout New York. His practice includes probate contests, discovery proceedings, accountings, and commercial litigation related to estates. Mr. Morken was elected to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in 2001. He is a past chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Law Section Litig...
Eric Penzer is a partner concentrating in trust and estate litigation. His practice includes contested probate proceedings, fiduciary accounting proceedings, discovery proceedings, and other litigation related to estates and trusts. He is a frequent contributor to Farrell Fritz’s New York Trusts & Estates Litigation blog. Mr. Penzer is a frequent author of articles on trust and estate litigation practice and lectures extensively on the subject. He is a member of the Executive Commit...
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...
Robert Sandler is a partner in the real estate and retail practice groups. He chairs the firm’s retail practice group. Mr. Sandler represents commercial landlords and retail and office tenants. He focuses on leasing and real estate development. His practice includes financing, acquisitions, tax deferred exchanges, co-ops, condominiums and other residential development. Over the past several years, he has represented various clients in connection with multi-state leasing and acquisitions...
Frank T. Santoro practices trusts and estates law, concentrating in trusts and estates litigation. He represents clients in New York State Surrogate’s Court in probate contests, contested accounting proceedings, discovery proceedings, and other miscellaneous proceedings, and in actions and proceedings in Supreme Court and federal court relating to trusts and estates. He also represents clients in Article 81 Guardianship Proceedings before the Supreme Court. Frank lectures to numerous or...
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...
Charles M. Strain served as Farrell Fritz’s managing partner from 2001-2015. He concentrates in corporate, finance and real estate law on behalf of large and small corporations and businesses. Mr. Strain represents financial institutions in lending transactions with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, and health care providers in contract negotiations, real estate transactions, and regulatory matters. He also serves as general counsel to a number of closely-held corporations an...
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 represents clients in Surrogate’s Courts throughout the metropolitan area, and has been involved in probate contests, contested accountings, discovery proceedings, and removal proceedings. His experience includes conducting pretrial discovery, legal research, drafting motion papers, and participating in settlement negotiations.
Michelle A. Bholan litigates commercial cases in federal and state court. As part of the Rivkin Radler Superstorm Sandy litigation team, Michelle is representing a major corporation in class action litigation. She also has successfully tried an insurance coverage dispute arising from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. In addition to representing insurers in first-party property disputes, Michelle represents insurers in fraud claims arising from the healthcare and automobile insurance industri...
Bret Cahn concentrates in Trust and Estate litigation in Surrogate’s Court and Supreme Court. His practice includes probate contests, discovery and turnover proceedings, removal proceedings, contested accountings, and Article 81 guardianship proceedings. He regularly drafts and argues substantive and procedural motions, engages in settlement negotiations, and conducts pretrial discovery.
Margarita Christoforou is an Associate in Rivkin Radler’s Health Services Practice Group. Margarita represents various healthcare entities, including hospital systems, medical groups and physician practices, long-term care providers, ambulatory surgery centers, Management Services Organizations (MSOs), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and health insurance companies, as well as other organizations affiliate...
Kaitlyn Flynn is an associate 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...
Amanda (Gurman) Griner concentrates her practice on litigating professional liability disputes. A Partner in the Professional Liability Practice Group, she defends attorneys, insurance agents and brokers, accountants, and various other professionals in civil litigation. Amanda also practices in Rivkin Radler’s Privacy, Data & Cyber Law Practice Group, where she assists in drafting terms of use and/or security, data breach and intellectual property policies for use on clients’ ...
Ada (Kozicz) Janocinska concentrates her practice on regulatory and transactional matters within the healthcare industry. An associate in Rivkin Radler’s Health Services Practice Group, Ada represents healthcare providers, medical groups, hospitals, outpatient facilities and other business entities that serve the healthcare industry. She advises clients on a wide variety of legal matters, including formation of business entities, joint ventures, employment negotiations and compliance pr...
Bernadette Kasnicki concentrates on tax and corporate law. She advises business clients on a range of tax matters relating to corporations, LLCs, partnerships, public charities and private foundations. She drafts and negotiates transactional documents, including acquisition agreements, merger agreements, operating agreements and shareholders’ agreements. Bernadette also represents not-for-profit and tax-exempt organizations. She has extensive experience petitioning the Attorney General&...
John Mulvaney is an associate in Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Fraud Practice Group. John helps insurers prosecute civil lawsuits under the 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 insurance fraud schemes. Prior to joining Rivkin Radler, John represented insurers in affirmative, civil RICO actions as an associate at a N...
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...
Catherine Savio is an associate in the Complex Commercial Disputes practice group. She represents a wide range of clients from individuals to national and international companies in federal and state courts, arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings. What do you focus on? I litigate a vast array of commercial disputes and white-collar matters pertaining to financial services, securities, hedge funds, partnerships, real estate, intellectual property, construction, government contra...
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...
As an Associate in the Insurance Fraud Practice Group, Michael Vanunu 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, attorneys, public adjusters and others involved in complex, large-scale insurance fraud schemes. As part of the Compliance, Investigations & White Collar Practice Group, Michael defends individuals and entities from ...
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