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JOHN V. BARBIERI
Tel. (212) 527-1376
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Education:
St. John's University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1982; St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1986.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1988; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1988.
Experience: Associated with firm since April 2007; Principal since July 1, 2008. Senior Trial Attorney, Robin, Harris, King & Fodera, 1998-2007; Senior Trial Attorney, Law Office of Joseph W. Conklin, 1990-1998; Trial Attorney, Langan & Levy, 1988-1990; Staff Attorney, Leahey & Johnson, 1987-1988; Accountant, Price Waterhouse, 1982-1983.
Bar Association Membership:
New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA); New York County Trial Lawyers Association.
Other Professional and Community Activities: Co-host/legal analyst of "The New Yorker's TV Show", 2006-2007; Member of Screen Actors Guild (SAG); NYC Tour Guide; Volunteer NYC Trivia/History Expert since 2005 (Allexperts.com); Author of "Mr. New York's Trivia Quiz", 1st Books, 2000; and "Mr. New York's Trivia Quiz - Vol. 2", Authorhouse, 2004.
Areas of Concentration:
Insurance defense; construction; premises liability; products liability; arbitration and mediation; appellate practice and trials.
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WILLIAM E. BELL
Tel. (212) 527-1016
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Education:
Denison University, B.A., 1972. Union Theological Seminary, M.A., 1974.
Fordham Law School, J.D., 1979.
Bar Admissions:
New York,1980; Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1980;
Western and Northern Districts of New York, 2001;
Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1983; Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992;
and U.S. Supreme Court, 1996.
Experience: Principal with firm since 1998. Of Counsel, Newman Fitch Altheim
Meyers, P.C., 1994-1998; Associate, Kirlin, Campbell & Keating,
1990-1994; Partner, Grainger, Tesoriero & Bell,
1982-1990; Associate General Counsel, Prudential Lines, Inc., 1980-1982.
Bar Association Membership:
Maritime Law Association and its committees on Passenger Cruise Ships, Products Liability and
Uniformity of Laws; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association;
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and its Admiralty Committee.
Other Activities: Former Administrative Law Judge (PVB).
Areas of Concentration:
Defense of personal injury; contractual liability and toxic tort (benzene, asbestos,
lead exposure); matters in maritime and construction cases.
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BARTLE BULL
Tel. (212) 527-1360
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Education:
Harvard College, A.B., cum laude,
1963. Magdalen College, Oxford
University, 1963 - 1964. Harvard
Law School, J.D., 1967.
Bar Admission:
New York, 1967.
Experience:
Partner with firm since 1980.
Publisher, President and Co-founder,
Firehouse Magazine, 1977 - 1980;
Director, New York Magazine, The
Village Voice and New West Magazine,
1976 - 1980; President and/or
Publisher, The Village Voice,
1971 - 1976; Associate, Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft, 1967 -
1970.
Other Professional
and Community Activities:
Author of: Safari - A Chronicle
of Adventure, The White Rhino
Hotel, A Cafe on the Nile, The
Devil's Oasis.
Published articles in The New
York State Bar Journal, Connoisseur
Magazine, Science Digest, Amicus
Journal, The Wall Street Journal,
The Daily News, The Village Voice,
The New York Post and The New
York Times;
Director, Fulbright International
Scholarship Program, 1977 - 1980;
Vice President and Trustee, St.
Bernard's School, 1977-2001.
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Education:
Herbert H. Lehman College of the
City University of New York, B.A.,
1974. New York Law School, J.D.,
cum laude, 1977. Editor-in-Chief,
New York Law School Law Review,
1976 - 1977. New York University
School of Law, LL.M., 1985.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1978; Pennsylvania,
1988; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York,
1978; U.S. Supreme Court, 2004; U.S. Supreme Court, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 1980;
Partner since March 1982.
Bar Association
Memberships: American Bar
Association (Tort and Insurance
Practice and Litigation Sections);
New York State Bar Association
(Insurance, Negligence and Compensation
Law and Trial Lawyers Sections;
Committee on Aviation Law, 1987
-); New York County Lawyers' Association;
Defense Association of New York.
Other Professional
Activities: Member, Medical
Malpractice Panels, New York and
Bronx Counties, by selection of
both the First and Second Departments,
1983 - ; American Society of Law
and Medicine.
Other Activity:
FAA Certified Pilot.
Publications:
Assumption of Risk: New Thinking
on Old Concept, New York Law Journal,
p.1, August 15, 1997. Workers’
Compensation Reform Legislation,
New York State Bar Journal, Vol.
69, No. 1, January 1997. Medical
Malpractice Ramifications of President
Clinton's Health Security Act,
ABA, Torts and Insurance Practice
Section, Trial Techniques Committee,
p. 4, Spring, 1994. Medical Malpractice
Effects of Clinton's HSA, New
York Law Journal, p. 1, February
25, 1994. Assault on an Effective
Way to Expose Fraud, New York
Law Journal, p. 1, December 1,
1993. Departmental Dispute: Let's
Go to the Video Tape, New York
State Bar Journal, p. 42, July/August
1992.Edmonson v Leesville Concrete
Co.: Effect on the Civil Jury
Selection Process, New York Law
Journal, p. 1, August 9, 1991.
Marte v. W.O. Hickok: Should We
Fear Flying Horses? - Discoverability
of Video Tapes, New York Law Journal,
August 7, 1990, p. 1, col. 1,
republished INCL Journal, Vol.
19, No. 2, December 1990, p. 44.
Impact of Mandatory Periodic Payment
of Judgments, New York Law Journal,
August l6, l988, p. l, col. l.
Pandora's Box Opened in Expansion
of Recovery for Emotional Distress,
New York Law Journal, August 4,
l987, p. l, col. l. An Analysis
of New York's Medical Malpractice
Reform, New York Law Journal,
August 15, l986, p. l, col. l.
New York's Controversial Medical
Malpractice Bill, New York State
Bar Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2, February
1986. Medical - Legal Forum, Medical
Malpractice Reform Laws, Manhattan
Medicine, Vol. 4, No. 1., November
1985. Analysis of Comprehensive
Medical Malpractice Reform Law,
New York Law Journal, August 13,
1985, p. 1, col. 3. Hospital Liability,
Medical Trial Technique Quarterly,
Spring 1984, p. 393. The Bad Faith
Action--Insurers' Nettlesome Problem,
New York Law Journal, September
20, 1983, p. 1, col. 1. Hospital
Liability, Treatment of the Institution,
Past Present and Future, The Nassau
Lawyer, Vol. 29, 1981. Should
Physicians Have the Right to Approve
Insurance Settlements for Alleged
Malpractice/Point-Counterpoint,
Law, Medicine, and Health Care,
October 1981. The Expanding Parameters
of Hospital Liability, New York
Law Journal, April 21, 1981, p.
1, col. 1. Opinion Evidence: It's
Time to Change Rule on Admissibility,
New York Law Journal, January
13, 1981, p. 1, col. 1.
Seminars
Presented: Hyatt Security
Seminar, New York, 1994, 1992;
CIGNA, Senior Attorney Training
Program Defending Catastrophic
Injury Cases, January, 1992. American
Academy of Ophthalmology. Malpractice
in Ophthalmology, co-presented
with Vivien Boniuk, M.D., J.D,
Annual Conference, New Orleans,
November 1986; Dallas, October
1987; Las Vegas, October 1988;
New Orleans, October 1989; and
Atlanta, October 1990. Association
of Hospital Risk Managers. The
New York State Medical Malpractice
Reform Act of 1985, presented
at Mount Sinai Hospital, November
1985. New York Law Journal. Hospital
Liability Seminar, July 1985.
Bellevue Hospital. Medical Malpractice:
Its Avoidance Through Foresight,
September 1984. New York University
School of Law, Graduate Division,
and New York University School
of Medicine. Workshop in Medical
Malpractice, Law & Medicine,
August 1982.
Area of Concentration: Litigation. |
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Education:
Hamilton College, B.A., 1983. Suffolk University School of Law, J.D., 1986.
Bar Admissions: New York, 1987; Massachusetts, 1987; Southern
District of New York, 1989; Eastern District of New York, 1997; Connecticut, 2003.
Experience: Associated with firm since September 1986;
Partner since January 1, 1997.
Bar Association Membership
: New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York,
Connecticut Bar Association, Lawyer Pilot Bar Association.
Other Activities:
FAA Certified Pilot.
Areas of Concentration: Litigation.
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Education:
Fordham University, B.A., 1993; St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1997.
Bar Admissions: New York, 1998; New Jersey, 1997; U.S. District Court of New Jersey, 1997; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1998; Northern District of New York, 2006.
Experience: Associated with firm since October 2000; Principal since July 1, 2008. Associate, Stockschlaeder, McDonald & Sules, P.C., 1997-2000.
Bar Association Membership
: New York County Lawyers Association.
Areas of Concentration: Litigation and appeals.
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Education:
St. John's University, B.S., cum
laude, 1988. St. John's University
School of Law, J.D. 1991.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1992; New Jersey, 1994;
U.S. District Court, Eastern and
Southern Districts of New York,
1993; District Court of New Jersey,
1994.
Experience:
Associated with firm since September
1991; Principal since January
1, 2001.
Bar Association
Membership: New York State
Bar Association, American Bar
Association and New Jersey Bar
Association.
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation
involving premises liability;
products liability; general liability; medical and dental malpractice.
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Education:
State University of New York at
Albany, B.A., summa cum laude,
Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Beta Kappa,
1979. Temple University School
of Law, J.D., 1983.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1984; U.S. District
Court, Eastern and Southern Districts
of New York.
Experience:
Associated with firm since March
1993; Partner since January 1,
1997. Assistant District Attorney,
New York County District Attorney's
Office, 1983-1993. Assigned to
Trial Bureau 60 and Special Projects
Unit.
Bar Association
Membership: New York State
Bar Association.
Area of
Concentration: Litigation.
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Education:
Columbia College, B.A., 1959.
Columbia Law School, LL.B, 1962.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1963; U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts,
1972; Second Circuit 1974; Seventh
Circuit 1996; Supreme Court
of the United States, 1979.
Experience:
Partner with firm since June 1997.
Partner, Fischbein Badillo Wagner
Harding, 1992-1997; Partner, Summit
Rovins & Feldesman, 1989-1991;
Partner, Myerson & Kuhin,
1988-1989; Partner, Finley Kumble
Wagner Heine Underberg Manley
Myerson & Casey, 1968-1987;
Associate, Amen Weisman &
Butler, 1963-1967.
Bar Association
Memberships: Association
of the Bar of the City of New
York; New York State Bar Association.
American Bar Association.
Areas of
Concentration: General
Complex Commercial Litigation;
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Education:
New York Law School, J.D.,
1996. State University of New
York at Oswego, B.A., 1990.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1997;
Connecticut, 1997; U.S. District Court,
Eastern and Southern Districts
of New York.
Experience:
Associated with firm since June
1996; Principal since January
1, 2001. Claims Examiner Donald
J. Fager & Associates representing
Medical Liability Mutual Insurance
Company, 1992-96.
Bar Association
Memberships: American Bar
Association (Litigation Section).
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation;
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Education:
City College of the City
of New York, B.A., 1962. Dickinson
School of Law, J.D., 1965. Editorial
Board, Dickinson Law Review, 1964
- 1965. New York University School
of Law, LL.M., 1976.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1968; U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts, 1973; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second
Circuit, 1973.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 1982;
Partner since January 1989.
Associate, then Partner, Donovan,
Maloof, Walsh & Kennedy, 1967
- 1982; Law Clerk to the late
Hon. Clay V. Spear, Justice, Supreme
Court of Idaho, 1966 - 1967.
Bar Association
Memberships: American Bar
Association (Litigation and Business
Law Sections); New York State
Bar Association (Insurance, Negligence
and Compensation Law Section);
The Association of the Bar of
the City of New York; New York
County Lawyers' Association.
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation;
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Education:
State University of New York at
Albany, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980.
State University of New York at
Buffalo, J.D., 1983.
Bar Admissions:
New York State 1984; U.S. District
Court, Eastern and Southern Districts
of New York, 1985.
Experience:
Associated with firm since
April 1992; Partner since January
1995. Associate, Kroll &
Tract, 1991 - 1992; Associate,
Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston,
1986 - 1991; Associate, Martin,
Clearwater & Bell, 1983 -
1986; Law Clerk, Block, Colucci
& Crangle (Buffalo, NY), 1981
- 1982.
Bar Association
Memberships: New York State
Bar Association; Maritime Law
Association.
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation
involving products liability;
labor law and construction; premises
liability; motor vehicle liability
and maritime actions; appellate
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Education:
Columbia University, School of Engineering
and Applied Science, B.S. in Electrical
Engineering, 1983, and M.S. in Industrial
Engineering, 1987.
New York Law School, J.D., 1995.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1996; New Jersey, 1997;
U.S. District Court, Southern
District of New York, 1997; U.S.
District Court, Eastern District
of New York, 1997.
Experience:
Associated with the firm
since April 2001. American International
Group, 1999 - 2001; Assistant
District Attorney, Kings County
District Attorney's Office, Organized
Crime Bureau, 1995 - 1998; Management
Consultant, Ernst & Young
LLP, 1988 - 1991; Engineer, Lockheed
Missiles & Space Co., Trident
II Submarine Launched ICBM program,
1984 - 1986; Engineer, Grumman
Aerospace Corp., E-2 Hawkeye program,
1983-1984. Military: Lieut. Commander,
U.S. Navy.
Bar Association
Memberships: American Bar
Association
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation
involving aviation and national
security law; products liability;
premises liability; and trials.
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RICHARD
C. IMBROGNO
Tel. (212) 527-1386
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Education:
Pennsylvania State University,
B.A., 1976. New York University
School of Law, J.D., 1979.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1980; U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit.
Experience:
Associated with firm since
March 1992; Partner since January
1, 1994. Partner, 1987 -1992,
Associate 1985 - 1987, Yeager
& Barrett; Associate, Gordon,
Schechtman & Gordon, P.C.,
1979 - 1985.
Bar Association
Membership: American Bar
Association (Member, Sections
on Litigation; Tort and Insurance
Practice; Labor and Employment
Law).
Areas of
Concentration: Complex commercial litigation;
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WINFIELD
P. JONES
Tel. (212) 527-1010
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Education:
Harvard College, A.B., cum laude,
1963. Harvard Law School, J.D.,
1966.
Bar Admission:
New York, 1967.
Experience:
Founding partner, Jones Hirsch
Connors & Bull P.C. Partner,
Tufo, Johnston, Zuccotti &
Allegaert, 1971 - 1978; Associate,
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn,
1966 - 1971.
Bar Association
Memberships: New York State
Bar Association.
Civic Activities:
Member, Board of Trustees, Hospital
for Special Surgery (Co-Chairman
1991-1998); Member, Board of Trustees,
New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Additional Spoken Languages:
French.
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KERRY J. KALTENBACH
Tel. (212) 527-1601
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Education: Rutgers University, B.A. 1991. Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1994.
Bar Admissions:
Admitted New York, 1995; New Jersey, 1995.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 2000; Principal since January 2008. Associate, Law Office of Mark R. Silber, 1995-2000.
Bar Association Memberships: New York State Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration: Litigation.
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Education:
State University of New York at Albany, B.A., magna cum laude, 1978.
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., cum laude, 1981.
Albany Law Review, 1979 - 1980.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1982; New Jersey, 1986; Pennsylvania, 1992;
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1982; District of New Jersey, 1986;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits, 1990;
U.S. Supreme Court, 2004.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 1985; Partner since January 1992.
Associate, Rosenberg, Stone & Reiner, 1981 - 1985.
Bar Association Memberships:
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New Jersey State Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration:
Litigation; Appeals and insurance law.
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Education:
Loyola College, B.A., 1990. New York Law School, J.D., 1994.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1995; Eastern District of New York, 1996; Southern District of New York, 1998;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2000.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 2007; Principal since January 2010. Partner, Schiavetti, Corgan, DiEdwards & Nicholson, LLP, 2004-2007, Associate, 1998-2004.
Bar Association Memberships:
Nassau County Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration:
Medical malpractice and litigation.
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Education:
Yale University, B.A., 1992; Georgetown
University Law Center, J.D., 1995.
Bar Admissions: New York,
1997.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 2002;
Principal since January 2004.
Associate, Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy
& Bach, LLP, 1998-2002; Assistant
District Attorney, Kings County
District Attorney's Office, 1995-1998.
Areas
of concentration: Litigation,
including medical malpractice
defense.
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Education:
Syracuse University, B.S., 1984; Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1989.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1989; New Jersey, 1989; District of New Jersey, 1989; Eastern District of New York, 1992; Southern District of New York, 1992; Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998; Western District of New York, 2003; Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 2008; Principal since August 2009. Partner, Sullivan & Manarel, LLP, 2004-2007; Senior Associate, Nicoletti, Hornig, Campise & Sweeney, 2002-2004; Senior Associate, Zawacki, Everett, Gray & McLaughlin, 1993-2002; Associate, Frank & Aronow, P.C., 1991-1993; Attorney, Special Assistant Corporate Counsel - City of New York Family Court Litigation Unit, 1990-1991.
Bar Association Membership: New York State Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration: Litigation, insurance defense, construction, general liability, premises liability, professional liability, E&O, insurance coverage, product liability, contracts, commercial litigation, subrogation, arbitration, mediation and appeals. |
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Education:
New York University, B.S., 1976; Magna cum laude; Fordham School of Law, J.D., 1994.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1995; Southern and Eastern Districts NY, 1996; U.S. Supreme Court, 2004.
Experience:
Associated with firm since November 2000; Principal since January 2003.
Associate, Herzfeld & Rubin P.C., 1998-2000; Associate, McKeegan McShane & Drago, 1997-1998;
Associate, Lefrak & Associates 1995-1997.
Bar Association Membership: New York State Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration: Litigation, including premises liability,
toxic torts, medical malpractice and labor construction. |
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SCOTT E. MILLER
Special Counsel
and Principal
Tel. (212) 527-1628
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Education:
Hofstra University, B.A., 1978.
St. John's University School of
Law, J.D., 1981.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1982; U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York, 1983; Western District
of New York, 1996.
Experience:
Special Counsel and Principal since
June 1, 2005. Partner, Miller
& Associates, 1999-present;
Partner, Miller & Nogaro,
1997-1999; Partner, Miller &
Cooke, 1995-1997; Partner, Kroll
& Tract; Associate, Mendes
& Mount.
Bar Association
Membership: New York State
Bar Association (serves on Special
Committee on Volunteer Lawyers
and Mass Disaster Committee).
Other Professional
Activities: Lecturer: Society
of Risk Management Consultants,
Fall Conference, San Antonio,
Texas, 2001.
Publications:
Reactive Risks , The Review, August
1989. The Damage Laws of the 50
States: A Survey , April 2001.
Areas of
Concentration: Insurance
defense; insurance coverage; excess
coverage; E&O; D&O; construction
accidents; products liability;
toxic torts; lead paint; reinsurance;
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Education:
Columbia University, B.A., cum laude,
1974. Cornell Law School, J.D.,
1977.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1979; U.S. District
Court, Eastern and Southern Districts
of New York, 1982; United States
Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit),
1984.
Experience:
Principal since May 2001.
Bar Association
Memberships: New York State
Bar Association; New York State
Trial Lawyers Association; Association
of the Bar of the City of New
York; Metropolitan Black Bar Association;
National Conference of Black Lawyers
and New York County Lawyers Association.
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation:
Federal (employment discrimination;
civil liberties and civil rights);
complex product liability; medical malpractice; copyright
and trademark infringement; insurance
defense; torts; environmental
litigation; health (HMO) litigation;
entertainment litigation; Appellate
litigation (State and Federal);
and commercial litigation.
Additional Spoken Languages:
French, Creole and Spanish
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Education: Pace University, B.A. History,
Magna Cum Laude, 1992. St. John's
University School of Law, J.D.,
1995.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1996; U.S. District
Court, Eastern and Southern Districts
of New York, 1998; Tennessee, 2007.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 1999;
Principal since 2002. Assistant
District Attorney, Kings County
District Attorney's Office, 1995-1998,
Assigned to Major Narcotics Investigations
Bureau; Associate, Heidell, Pittoni,
Murphy, & Bach, LLP 1998-1999.
Bar Association
Memberships: New York State
Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; International Trademark Association; Executive Counsel for the Tennessee Bar Association Entertainment Law Committee
Other Professional Activities: Voting Member of the CMA, ACM and Grammy Awards (NARAS).
Area of
Concentration: Litigation
involving premises liability,
products liabiity, general liability;
security; medical malpractice;
intellectual property; entertainment
law; copyright law; and trademark law.
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Education: Loyola College, B.A., 1990. Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1993.
Bar Admissions: New York, 1994; U.S. District Court, Southern District of NY, 2007.
Experience: Associated with firm since 2003; Principal since 2007.
Senior associate, Tell Cheser & Breitbart, LLP, 2002-2003;
Senior associate, Cullen & Dykman, LLP, 1996-2001;
Associate, Marshall & Bellard, Esqs, 1993-1996.
Bar Association Memberships: New York State Bar Association;
New York County Trial Lawyers Association.
Areas of Concentration:
Insurance defense;
security and aviation litigation;
construction;
premises liability;
appellate practice and trials.
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Education:
The
Citadel, B.S., 1980. New York
Law School, J.D. 1989. Fordham
University School of Law, LL.M.
International Business & Trade
Law, 1997.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1989; U.S. District Court,
Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York, 1989; New Jersey,
1992; District of New
Jersey, 1992; U.S. Supreme Court, 2003; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2005.
Experience:
Principal
of firm since August 2006.
Partner, L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita
& Contini, L.L.P., 2005-2006,
Associate, 2001-2004; Associate,
Jones Hirsch Connors & Bull
P.C., 1999-2001; Associate Counsel,
American Bureau of Shipping &
Affiliated Companies, 1993-1999;
Associate, Kirlin, Campbell &
Keating, 1991-1993.
Bar Association
Memberships: New York County
Lawyers' Association (NYCLA);
Chairman, NYCLA Admiralty and
Maritime Committee, 2005-Present;
Proctor Member, Maritime Law Association
of the United States; Construction Committee (NYCLA), 2007-Present.
Publications:
"The
Continental Shelf of Ireland:
The Law and Politics of Delimitation",
UCLA Journal of International
Law and Foreign Affairs, Spring/Summer
1998; "The Adoption of the
Good Friday Agreement in the Republic
of Ireland: Political Expediency
v. The Irish Constitution",
Suffolk Transnational Law Review,
Winter 1999; "Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction of U.S. Securities
Laws: Application to Lloyd's of
London Membership Agreements",
UC Davis Journal of International
Law & Policy, Fall 1998; "Shipowners'
Duty Under The LHWCA", Fairplay
International Shipping Weekly
(Law Review), April 27, 1995;
"Immunity Under U.S. Coast
Guard Reports", Fairplay
International Shipping Weekly
(Law Review), February 24, 1994;
"Hidden Liabilities",
Fairplay International Shipping
Weekly (Law Review), August 27,
1992.
Other Professional
Activities: USS
CONNOLE (FF-1056), Lieutenant
1982-1984; USS INCHON (LPH-12),
Lieutenant, JG 1980-1982; United
Nations Peacekeeping Force, Beirut,
Lebanon (1983); awarded Navy Expeditionary
Medal, Navy Letter of Commendation,
Sea Service Ribbon.
Areas of
Concentration: Insurance
defense; construction;
property and casualty; admiralty
and maritime; products liability;
commercial litigation; subrogation;
appeals; and international law.
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Education:
Hunter
College of the City University
of New York, B.S., 1981. Fordham
University School of Law, J.D.,
1985.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1986; U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York, 1986; U.S. Supreme
Court, 2004.
Experience:
Associated with firm since
March l988; Partner since 1993. Langan & Levy, 1986
- 1988; Federal Bureau of Investigation,
1978 - 1986; U.S. Navy, 1969 -
1977; Chairman, Zoning Board of
Appeals, Rockville Centre, New
York, 2007 (Member since 1998).
Bar Association
Memberships: New York State
Bar Association; Bar Association
of Nassau County.
Areas of
Concentration: Dental malpractice;
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Education:
Queens College of the City of
NY, B.A., cum laude, 1983. University
of Miami School of Law, J.D.,
1986.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1987; U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern District
of New York, 1989.
Experience:
Associated with firm since
September 1989; Partner since
1997. Assisted District
Attorney - Office of the District
Attorney Kings County, 1986-1989.
Bar Association
Memberships: New York State
Bar Association.
Areas of
Concentration: Litigation
and Appeals.
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Education:
St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1969.
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1973.
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1974; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts, 1974;
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1989.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 1980; Partner since January 1984.
American Express Company, General Counsel's Office, 1976 - 1980;
Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1973 - 1976.
Area of Concentration: Litigation.
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Education:
George Washington University, B.S., cum laude, 1998. Pace University Law School, J.D., 2001. Editor, Pace International Law Review, 2000-2001.
Bar Admissions: New York, 2002; Connecticut, 2002; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 2003.
Experience:
Associated with firm since 2004; Principal since January 2008. Associate, Cerussi and Spring PC, 2001-2004; Law Clerk, Clark Gagliardi & Miller PC, 1999-2001.
Bar Association Memberships: New York State Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration: Insurance defense; security and aviation litigation; construction; premises liability; appellate practice; insurance law.
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WILLIAM C. BROWN
Tel. (212) 527-1668
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Education: University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1971; Southern Illinois University, M.B.A., 1976; Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1979.
Bar Admissions: New York , 1980; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1980; Northern District of New York, 1992.
Experience: Of Counsel to the firm since February 2009. Of Counsel, Locke Lorde Bissell & Liddell LLP, 2006-2009; Partner, Holland & Knight, 1996-2006; Partner, Kroll & Tract, 1995-1996; Partner, Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, 1994-1995, Associate, 1980-1994.
Bar Association Memberships: American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law Section; Aviation Insurance Association.
Publications/Articles & Speeches: “Problems Arising From the Intersection of Traditional Maritime Law and Aviation Death and Personal Injury Liability,” 68 Tulane Law Review, 577, (1994). “U.S. Tort Reform” for the College of Insurance and the Association Francaise de L’Assurance Maritime, Transports, Aviation et Spatiale in 1995. “Document Management in Complex Aviation Litigation Cases” at the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Seminar in 2004. “Recent Developments in Major Carrier Litigation” at the SMU Air Law Symposium in 2005. “Updates in Aviation Law” at the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Seminar in 2006. “Aircraft Lessor Liability & 49 U.S.C. § 44112” Chairman of Panel Discussion at the Aviation and Space Law Litigation Program in 2008.
Areas of Concentration: Aviation; business litigation and arbitration; direct insurance; and product liability.
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RITA W. GORDON
Tel. (212) 527-1330
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Education:
Barnard College, B.A., 1966;
Columbia University, M.A., 1967;
University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1989.
Bar Admissions: New York, 1989; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1991; Distict of Connecticut, 1991; Northern District of New York, 1998; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2002; District of Massachusetts, 2007.
Experience: Associated with firm since 2006; Of Counsel since July 1, 2008. Counsel, Egan Law Firm, 2006; Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 1999-2005; Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 1991-1998; Law Clerk, Hon. Alan H. Nevas, U.S. District Judge, District of Connecticut, 1989-1991; Summer Associate, Day, Berry, & Howard LLP, 1989; Instructor, Manhattan College, 1973-1978.
Bar Association Memberships: The New York City Bar Association; Federal Legislation Committee Member, 1996-2000; Chair, 2000-2003; Member of the Federal Courts Committee, 2003-2006.
Publications: Articles Editor, Connecticut Law Review; published article, Comment, "Right to Immunity for Defense Witnesses", 20 Connecticut Law Review 153. Credited as principal author of Committee Report, "The Politics of Prosecution: The Independent Counsel Statute", vol. 53, no. 5, The Record of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 574 (Sept. - Oct., 1998).
Areas of Concentration: Commercial and Securities Litigation and Arbitration.
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ALEXANDER HULTEN
Tel. (212) 527-1758
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Education: Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1969. Washington and Lee University, J.D., 1973.
Bar Admissions: New York, 1974; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1976; U.S. Supreme Court, 1985.
Experience: Of Counsel to the firm since May 2008. Senior Trial Attorney, Law Offices of Bruce A. Lawrence, 1996-2008; Co-Managing Attorney and Senior Trial Attorney, Law Offices of Cygan & Hulten, 1993-1996; Counsel, Budd Larner Gross Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade, 1989-1993; Partner, Kirlin Campbell & Keating, 1982-1989; Associate, Haight Gardner Poor & Havens, 1976-1982; Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, New York, Trial Bureau, 1973-1976.
Bar Association Memberships: American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Defense Research Institute.
Areas of Concentration : Insurance defense; appellate practice and trials.
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Associate
Attorney Listing |
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Description |
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| Merav Biton |
St. John's University
School of Law, J.D., cum laude,
2004.
City University of New York, B.A.,
cum laude, 2001.
Admitted NY, 2005; NJ, 2005.
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| Ivette De La Cruz |
Brooklyn Law School,
J.D., 1998.
Rutgers University, B.S., 1992.
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| Katina Despas-Barous
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New York Law School,
J.D., 1997.
St. John's University, M.A., Politics,
summa cum laude, 1992.
New York University, B.A., cum
laude, 1991.
Admitted NY, 1998;Southern and Eastern Districts
of NY, 1998.
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| Seth Frankel |
Fordham University
School of Law, J.D., 2005.
University of Michigan,
B.A., 2002.
Admitted NJ, 2005; NY, 2006.
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| Bella Kang |
St. John's University
School of Law, J.D., 1999.
Duke University, B.A., 1991.
Admitted NY, 2000; Southern and
Eastern Districts of NY, 2003.
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| Elina Kerzhnerenko |
New York Law School,
J.D., 2003.
Northeastern University, School
of Liberal Arts, B.S., 1997.
Admitted NY, 2004. Back
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| Hyun Soo Lee |
Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law, L.L.M., 2003, J.D.,
2002.
University of Richmond, B.S., 1999.
Admitted NY, 2004; NJ, 2004.
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| William C. Mahlan |
St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1985.
Georgetown University, B.A., 1982.
Admitted NY, 1986.
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| Jeremy Monosov |
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2007.
The George Washington University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004.
Admitted NY, 2008.
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| Lisa Boatwright |
Managing Clerk |
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| Lawrence Furman |
Director of Information Technologies |
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| Pauline Goldsmith-Johnson |
Case Manager/Marketing Coordinator |
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| Mary Kirnon |
Chief Financial Officer |
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| Pearlene Martell |
Secretarial Coordinator |
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| David Ramsay |
Continuing Legal Education Coordinator |
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| Stephanie R. Ransom |
Director of Administration |
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| Peggy Reydel |
Accounts Receivable Coordinator |
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