Evan H. Krinick is a litigator and appellate lawyer and Rivkin Radler’s former Managing Partner of 13 years.

Since he joined the firm in 1987, Evan has served as counsel in hundreds of noteworthy commercial, banking, health care, municipal/public authority, tort liability, insurance, and insurance fraud matters. Among his many significant engagements, he represented the Long Island Power Authority in a series of cases arising from its acquisition of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO), the Shoreham Settlement agreement, and in litigation arising from Superstorm Sandy. He has argued more than 20 cases in the New York Court of Appeals and hundreds of cases in other appellate courts in New York and across the country. For decades, he also has been the lead extra-contractual attorney for State Farm in New York. Evan also has helped to develop Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Fraud practice.

A prolific author, Evan’s column on insurance fraud appeared regularly in the New York Law Journal. He previously was the Long Island Appellate Review columnist for the New York Law Journal and the Uniform Commercial Code columnist for The Banking Journal. For two decades, he wrote the insurance law column for the New York Law Journal’s annual New York Court of Appeals special section.

Before joining the firm, he served for two years as a law clerk to the Hon. Fritz W. Alexander II, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Bar Affiliations

American Bar Association: Member

American Judicature Society: Member

New York State Bar Association: Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules

Nassau County Bar Association: Appellate Practice Committee

New York County Lawyers’ Association: Appellate Advocacy Committee

Education

Albany Law School, J.D., cum laude

Union College, B.A. in Law and Public Policy

News & Publications

• 54 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers®/Rising Stars
  October 30 | 2025
• Levy to Succeed Krinick as Rivkin Radler Managing Partner
  September 29 | 2025
• Krinick Recognized as 2025 Long Island Business Icon Honoree
  August 22 | 2025

Evan is a member of Long Island Association Board of Directors. He was a founding member and ultimately the chairman of the Leadership Council of the Long Island Mentoring Partnership and a former member of the Touro Law School Board of Governors.

Evan, who has earned an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, lectures frequently to the New York State Bar Association and in other venues on appellate practice, civil procedure, expert witnesses, insurance bad faith, and insurance coverage. He was named a Super Lawyer in the Metro New York Area in Appellate Law from 2015-2025. In 2023, Evan was named to Who’s Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance. He is among only 769 attorneys from around the world to be recognized in this prestigious publication.

He was recognized in City & State New York’s Law Power 100 list for 2022 and 2023, as well as the City & State Long Island Power 100 List in 2022. Evan has been named to Best Lawyers in America^® for Appellate Practice and Insurance Law from 2018 to 2026 and Litigation-Insurance for the year 2026. Additionally, Evan was named 2024 Lawyer of the Year in Litigation-Insurance Law for the Long Island area by Best Lawyers. This recognition is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. He was also inducted into the Long Island Business News 40 Rising Stars Under 40.

Since 2019, Legal 500 has recommended Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Coverage practice in the Insurance: Advice to Insurers category. The Insurance Coverage Practice Group since 2016 has been included in the Chambers USA directory in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category.

Evan’s appellate work has resulted in numerous landmark decisions throughout his career, including:

• Glassman v. ProHealth, 14 N.Y.3d 898 (2010) (health care licensing);
• LMK Psychology v. State Farm, 12 N.Y.3d 217 (2009) (no-fault attorneys’ fees);
• Brothers v. NYSEG, 11 N.Y.3d 251 (2008) (vicarious liability);
• Food Parade v. Office of Consumer Affairs, 7 N.Y.3d 568 (2006) (municipal authority for unfair and deceptive practices);
• State Farm v. Mallela, 4 N.Y.3d 313 (2005) (insurance fraud);
• Collela v. Board of Assessors, 95 N.Y.2d 401 (2000) (standing in a commercial dispute);
• Pavia v. State Farm, 82 N.Y.2d 445 (1993) (insurance bad faith).

In addition, Evan has represented various industry groups and trade associations as amicus curiae in many critical appeals, including:

• Fair Price v. Travelers, 10 N.Y.3d 556 (2008) (insurance fraud);
• Allstate v. Valley Physical, 555 F. Supp. 2d 335 (E.D.N.Y. 2008) (insurance fraud);
• Bi-Economy v. Harleysville, 10 N.Y.3d 187 (2008) (insurance bad faith);
• Hospital for Joint Diseases v. Travelers, 9 N.Y.3d 312 (2007) (no fault litigation);
• Hiraldo v. Allstate, 5 N.Y.3d 508 (2005) (insurance coverage for lead poisoning);
• Rekemeyer v. State Farm, 4 N.Y.3d 468 (2005) (late notice rule);
• Argo v. Greater New York, 4 N.Y.3d 332 (2005) (late notice rule);
• New England Mutual v. Doe, 93 N.Y.2d 122 (1999) (life insurance);
• Merson v. McNally, 90 N.Y.2d 742 (1997) (SEQRA); and
• Fumarelli v. Marsam, 238 A.D.2d 470 (1997) (SEQRA).