In an action involving the assignee of certain claims for no-fault benefits, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department reversed the lower court’s decision and dismissed plaintiff’s sole cause of action for prima facie tort against our insurance client. Specifically, the Court concluded that the complaint was devoid of facts to support two critical elements of prima facie

Uniondale, New York – April 25, 2019 – The prestigious Chambers USA Directory has once again included Rivkin Radler LLP in its New York rankings.  The firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group is ranked in Band 3 in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category and its Health Services Practice Group ranked in Band 4 in the

The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA), The Safe Center LI (TSCLI) and Nassau Suffolk Law Services (NSLS) have named Rivkin Radler a top law firm in pro bono service for 2017. This is the fourth consecutive year the firm has been recognized.

The annual award, which ranks law firms by categories based on size, also

Rivkin Radler LLP is pleased to announce that 20 attorneys were named to the 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers List and 10 attorneys were named New York Metro Rising Stars.

Todd M. Belous – Professional Liability: Defense

*Michelle Bholan – Business Litigation

Jonathan B. Bruno – Professional Liability:  Defense

Sean McAloon will be presenting at the American Bar Association TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee Spring Meeting in Orlando, Florida on April 7, 2017.  The presentation is titled “Timing Triggers: The Written and Unwritten Rules” which will explore issues regarding when payments are due in the context of first-party property insurance claims under various contractual

Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Avigael Fyman, Ryan Goldberg, Matthew Lampert, Robert Maloney, Sean McAloon and Frank Misiti have been elected Partners.

“These attorneys are exceptionally talented, and we are proud to call them our partners.  In addition to their impressive legal accomplishments, they are active

UNIONDALE, NY – Rivkin Radler LLP is pleased to announce that twenty attorneys were named to the 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers List and five attorneys were named as New York Metro Rising Stars.

Being named a Super Lawyer is a tremendous honor reserved for only the top 5% of all lawyers in a

Michael Welch, Sean McAloon, and Greg Mann obtained a complete dismissal of a complaint seeking extra-contractual damages brought against our client, an automobile insurance company.  Plaintiffs alleged that that they were entitled to damages in excess of $200,000.00 for breach of contract under a policy of automobile collision insurance based upon the carrier’s refusal to

Sean McAloon will be speaking at the ABA TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee Spring Meeting in Las Vegas, NV from April 7 – 10. Sean is a Vice Chair of the Property Insurance Law Committee and his topic will be, “Bad Faith Issues in Catastrophic Losses/Big Bad Faith Cases.” He and Jeffrey Cohen of Carlton Fields

Sean McAloon, a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, is a Program Co-Chair of the ABA TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee Spring CLE Meeting being held in San Antonio, TX, May -7th through May 9th. The meeting is titled, “From Claim to Verdict: Litigating The Complex Commercial Property Insurance

Sean McAloon, an attorney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, has published an article entitled, “When Policy Limitation Provisions Collide,” in the ABA TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee’s 2014 Fall Newsletter.  The article analyzes the New York Court of Appeals decision in Executive Plaza, LLC v. Peerless Ins.

Michael Welch and Sean McAloon obtained a complete pre-answer dismissal of a Complaint on behalf of our client, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, in an action wherein the Plaintiffs, Richard and Mary Bennett, sought compensatory damages arising out of an oil spill on their property and the subsequent remediation of the spill, as well

Sean McAloon, an Associate in the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, was appointed a Vice Chair of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Property Insurance Law Committee for the 2014 ? 2015 fiscal year. Sean is also a Co-Chair of the Committee’s 2015 Spring Meeting.

Sean McAloon, a member of the Litigation & Appeals group, was a contributor to Recent Developments in Property Insurance Coverage Litigation, which has been published in the 2014 Annual Survey of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal.

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