Rivkin Radler Receives Axinn Community Service Award

UNIONDALE, NY -Rivkin Radler received the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s Donald E. Axinn Community Service Award at the museum’s 8th Annual Air & Space Gala, held on November 11, 2010. Created by the late philanthropist, pilot, developer and writer, Donald E. Axinn, the award is a great honor as it recognizes the firm’s extensive outreach on behalf of Long Islanders. The award was accepted on the firm’s behalf by William M. Savino, Rivkin Radler’s managing partner.

“The work of Nassau’s Cradle of Aviation Museum illuminates all Long Island and the very capable men and women who have led it to historical greatness as pioneers in aviation. Rivkin Radler is proud to count the Cradle as one of its friends and neighbors,” Savino stated.

Founded in 1950, Rivkin Radler gained national recognition from the firm’s role in ground-breaking cases.  Deeply committed to the many communities it serves,  the firm has a dedicated team of attorneys who serve on Nassau/Suffolk Law Services’ Landlord-Tenant Dispute Panel.  For these efforts, Rivkin Radler has received Law Services’ Partner In Justice Award.  For more than a decade, Rivkin Radler’s Mentoring Team has met weekly with local elementary schoolchildren for whom English is a second language. Their dedication has had dramatic results for these children. 

The firm actively supports numerous charitable organizations, including:  Long Island’s United Way, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Long Island Mentoring Partnership, The Lymphoma Research Foundation, Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence, The Alzheimer’s Association, Pet Peeves, Inc., Family Residences & Essential Enterprises, ASCENT, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, The Long Island Children’s Museum, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts,  Developmental Disabilities Institute Inc., The Townwide Fund of Huntington, Inc., Multiple Sclerosis Society, and many others. 

Rivkin Radler partners and professional staff are also leaders in Long Island’s business, legal, and political arenas, and serve as officers of numerous key Long Island associations.  The firm has also received Advancement for Commerce, Industry and Technology’s, “Commitment to Excellence and Leadership Award.”

Rivkin Radler LLP is a national law firm with offices on Long Island, in New York City and New Jersey.  For more information on the firm, visit www.rivkinradler.com.