Rivkin Radler is proud to announce that four members of the firm received Leadership in Law awards from Long Island Business News. These special individuals have had a positive impact on Long Island through demonstration of their dedication, hard work, skill, tenacity, and compassion both in the legal profession and the community.

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The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has again included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2022. For the first time, the firm was recognized in the areas of tax and technology.

One Rivkin attorney, based in Albany, has been named Lawyer of the Year: Richard A. Frankel, for Trusts and Estates.

In addition,

The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has again included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2022. For the first time, the firm was recognized in the areas of tax and technology.

One Rivkin attorney, based in Albany, has been named Lawyer of the Year: Richard A. Frankel, for Trusts and Estates.

In addition,

The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2021. For the first time, four Rivkin attorneys, all based in the firm’s Long Island office, have been named Lawyer of the Year:

Attorney                                Practice Area

Barry I. Levy                           Litigation-Health Care

Brian S. Conneely                  Employment Law-Management

Wendy H.

Uniondale, New York – August 15, 2019 – The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2020.  Attorneys from the firm’s Albany, Hackensack and Uniondale offices were included. The lawyers listed, their offices and the categories of law in which they are listed, are as follows:

Albany,

February updates from the trusts and estates group:

• Scott Eisenmesser and Michelle Peretz completed the distribution and transfer of 46 cooperative apartment units in Brooklyn, NY with a combined fair market value of $18 million.
• Jeffrey Greener and Michelle Peretz closed on a Manhattan co-op transaction with a purchase price of $1 million.
• Michelle Peretz

The prestigious Best Lawyers® in America has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2019. Attorneys from the firm’s Albany, Hackensack and Uniondale offices were included. The recognized lawyers and the categories of law in which they are listed, are as follows:

Brian Bank – Insurance Law

Brian S. Conneely – Employment Law

The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2018.  Attorneys from the firm’s Albany, Hackensack and Uniondale offices were included. The lawyers listed, their offices and the categories of law in which they are listed, are as follows:

Albany, N.Y.

Michael J. Cunningham – Litigation-Construction

Richard A.

The prestigious Best Lawyers in America® has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2018.  Attorneys from the firm’s Albany, Hackensack and Uniondale offices were included. The lawyers listed, their offices and the categories of law in which they are listed, are as follows:

Albany, N.Y.

Brian Culnan – Commercial Litigation

Michael J.

During a three day closing that concluded on January 13, 2017, Yaron Kornblum and Marie Landsman represented the seller in the sale of properties located at 3880 Broadway, 543-545 West 162nd St. & 75 Ft. Washington Ave., New York City for an aggregate purchase price of $40 million.  The transaction was facilitated subject to a

Yaron Kornblum and Marie Landsman represented 410 St. Nicholas LLC in the sale of a commercial building located at 410 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY, for a purchase price of $67,500,000.00, pursuant to a settlement agreement.  The transaction involved a sophisticated tax structure requiring the expertise and assistance of Scott Eisenmesser.

The prestigious Best Lawyers in America® has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings.

The lawyers listed, and the categories of law in which they are listed, are as follows:

Brian R. Ade, partner – Insurance Law
John L. Rivkin, partner – Insurance Law
Christopher J. Kutner, partner – Health Care LawRead More

A Podcast has been posted to the Leimberg Information Services, Inc. website, a provider of email based news, opinion and information for tax professions, in which the decision obtained by Eisenmesser and Miehl in Singer v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2016-48, is discussed.

The Tax Court ruled favorably for the Firm’s client and held that he could not

Scott Eisenmesser and Christopher Miehl successfully petitioned against the IRS on behalf of the Firm’s client, the Executor of an estate, with the U.S. Tax Court declaring that the Executor was not personally liable as the fiduciary of the estate for unpaid federal estate tax.

The underlying petition against the IRS was filed in response

Scott Eisenmesser and Jeffrey Greener, partners in the Firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group, present, “In Whom Do YOU Trust?  The CPA as Executor or Trustee and The IRS Tax Collection:  Tales from the Crypt,” a two part program that is accredited for 1.5 CPE credits each.

The first program will cover the overview of