Cheryl Korman, Stuart Bodoff, David Wilck and Debbie Isaacson secured a dismissal from the Appellate Division, Second Department of a complaint asserting legal malpractice against their attorney clients, with the Appellate Division reversing the trial court’s partial denial of their motion to dismiss.

Our clients represented the plaintiff in its application to subdivide its property

Debbie Isaacson and Ana Parikh successfully moved for reconsideration of a decision denying a motion to dismiss the complaint in Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County, against the firm’s clients. After the judge agreed it was in his discretion to hear our motion, he went through the allegations of the 50-page complaint with the

Debbie Isaacson and Ana Parikh successfully moved to dismiss an action in Superior Court of New Jersey, Hunterdon County, against the firm’s client, a civil litigation law firm.

The firm’s client represented a Power of Attorney and executor of an estate in various underlying estate litigations against the Plaintiff. Plaintiff filed the lawsuit accusing the

Greg Miller and Debbie Isaacson secured a substantial arbitration award for their broker client before the American Arbitration Association.

Rivkin’s client, a commercial real estate firm, introduced a tenant to the respondent landlord to lease commercial space at its property in 2013. Rivkin’s client entered into a commission agreement with the landlord, which provided that

Debbie Isaacson and Ana Parikh successfully moved to dismiss an action in Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County, against the firm’s client, a civil litigation law firm.

The firm’s client represented a condominium association from 2011 until approximately 2017. Plaintiff, a pro se litigant, filed a lawsuit against the Association, its Board of Trustees,

Debbie Isaacson was interviewed for the Newsday article, “Data breaches near historic high,” which talks about the near-record number of data breaches in 2022. The breaches were driven, in large part, by attacks on supply chains.

Debbie noted that New York’s SHIELD Act, which became law in 2019, requires a person or business to notify any

Debbie Isaacson and Ana Parikh successfully moved to dismiss a third-party action in Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County, against the firm’s client, a civil litigation attorney.

The firm’s client represents various plaintiff insurance companies in a consumer fraud action, where the defendants, a remediation company and its owner, allegedly failed to complete numerous

Jonathan Bruno and Deborah Isaacson moved to dismiss a libel per se claim against the firm’s clients, New York counsel for the co-defendant corporation.

Plaintiffs, who are also lawyers, represented the co-defendant corporation in a legal matter. The corporation agreed to pay plaintiffs for their legal work by issuing them shares of the corporation. Plaintiffs’ broker sold

Jonathan Bruno and Deborah Isaacson secured dismissal from the Appellate Division, First Department of a complaint asserting claims for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract, with the Appellate Division affirming the trial court’s decision granting their motion for summary judgment and denying plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

The Firm’s clients represented

Jonathan Bruno and Deborah Isaacson secured summary judgment dismissal from the Supreme Court, New York County, of a complaint asserting claims for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.

The clients represented a trucking company and its driver in an automobile accident wherein the underlying plaintiff sustained injuries requiring multiple surgeries. The

Shari Lewis and Debbie Isaacson successfully defended their client, a not-for-profit housing and homeless services organization, in a discrimination matter before the New York State Division of Human Rights. The Complainant asserted claims of discrimination based on race, religion and national origin, alleging that she was discriminated against during personal screenings upon entering the shelter

Jonathan Bruno and Debbie Isaacson moved to dismiss a legal malpractice action against their clients, a matrimonial law firm and its partner, related to their representation of the plaintiff in a divorce proceeding.

Plaintiff alleged that the attorneys were negligent in the preparation of a stipulation by which plaintiff exercised her option to purchase her

Jonathan Bruno and Deborah Isaacson secured summary judgment dismissal from the Supreme Court, New York County Commercial Division, of a complaint asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with a contract, breach of contract and seeking punitive damages against an attorney client.

The non-party owner of a Manhattan townhouse entered into a contract

Jonathan Bruno and Deborah Isaacson secured dismissal from the Appellate Division, First Department of a complaint asserting legal malpractice, fraud and Judiciary Law 487 claims against their attorney clients, with the Appellate Division reversing the trial court’s partial denial of their motion to dismiss.

Our clients represented the plaintiff in her divorce proceeding for nine

Jonathan Bruno and Debbie Isaacson secured a pre-answer dismissal in the Supreme Court, New York County of counterclaims for sanctions and punitive damages against their law firm client.  Their client brought an action on a guarantee to pay legal fees for the services they provided in a matrimonial action, and the defendant, in response, claimed

Jonathan Bruno and Debbie Isaacson secured a pre-answer dismissal in the Supreme Court, Bronx County of a second third-party complaint asserting claims for contribution and common law indemnification against their safety inspector client.

A defendant contractor sought to hold our client responsible should plaintiff succeed on its labor law claims relating to his job site

Peter Contino and Deborah Isaacson secured a pre-answer dismissal in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, of multiple claims against their lawyer clients, including claims for a violation of Judiciary Law Section 487, tortious interference with a contract, abuse of process, trespass and conversion.

In dismissing the action on almost every single ground asserted in our

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