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John K. Diviney represents management-side clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including 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. John is a partner in Rivkin Radler LLP’s Employment and Labor Practice Group in Uniondale, New York. His practice focuses on Employment Law – ...
Aaron E. Zerykier is a commercial litigation attorney with more than 20 years of experience representing businesses and professionals in complex disputes. Based in Uniondale, New York, he practices with Rivkin Radler LLP and represents clients in federal and state courts throughout New York. Aaron’s work includes matters involving construction disputes, business dissolutions, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate conflicts, and business tort claims. A significant portion of ...
Brian J. Shenker is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. Brian J., who practices law in Melville, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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...
James B. Baydar, Esq. is a Partner at the law firm of Pegalis Law Group, LLC. He has 30 years of medical malpractice litigation experience including obstetrical, birth trauma, surgical, neurological, cancer and orthopedic cases. He has represented clients in all phases of litigation, from pre-trial through post-trial proceedings. Mr. Baydar’s work and representation of clients has resulted in millions of dollars of recovery in settlements and verdicts. He advocates for clients through c...
Ed Puerta represents developers, purchasers, sellers, landlords and tenants of commercial, retail and industrial properties around the country and investors and stakeholders in both simple and complex property transactions. My focus Acquisitions, dispositions and financing Representing purchasers and sellers of real property is a key aspect of my practice, and includes working with developers, health systems, real estate investors and not-for-profits. In this role, I negotiate agreements and ...
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...
Scott A. Eisenmesser is an attorney with Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York, where he focuses his practice on Trusts and Estates, including complex estate planning, trust and estate administration, business valuations, and corporate and real estate tax matters. Scott represents individuals, families, and family-owned businesses, including large real estate companies throughout the metropolitan area. He advises clients on long-term estate and tax planning and regularly serves as general ...
Daniel Gomez-Sanchez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. Daniel, who practices law in Melville, New York, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
One of the founding partners of the law firm, Fred serves as senior trial partner in all areas of litigation. Fred has been representing clients in transactions and matters of significant exposure for over thirty years. He takes a down to earth, common sense approach to resolving the most complicated litigation in a cost effective manner. He has also acted as counsel to one of the largest electrical contractors in New York in all matters of litigation, including labor relations and contract d...
Robert A. Spolzino is an Executive Partner at Abrams Fensterman, LLP. He brings to his clients unparalleled judgment cultivated over decades of unique experience – he knows how to position clients for success. An attorney for 35 years, he served more than eight years as Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, five of those years as a Justice of the Appellate Division, New York’s intermediate appellate court. In 2016, Bob was selected by the New York State Commission on Judici...
Harris E. Markhoff is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates. Harris E., who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 1989. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Harris E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Stephen J. Silverberg is nationally recognized as a leader in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, asset preservation planning and Elder Law. He is a past president of the prestigious National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and a founding member and past president of the New York State chapter of NAELA. Silverberg was awarded the credential of NAELA Fellow, the highest honor bestowed by NAELA to "attorneys... whose careers concentrate on elder law, and who have distin...
Sylvia Goldschmidt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Collaborative Law: Family Law. Sylvia, who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 1999. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sylvia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Kathleen Donelli is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Collaborative Law: Family Law. Kathleen, who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kathleen is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.