Two Rivkin attorneys, both of whom are based on Long Island, have been named Lawyer of the Year: William Cornachio for his work in Real Estate Law and William Savino for his work in both Insurance Law and Litigation-Insurance.

Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” in each practice area and

The Best Lawyers in America has recognized Rivkin Radler LLP’s attorneys in its 2023 edition.

Two Rivkin attorneys, both of whom are based on Long Island, have been named Lawyer of the Year: William Cornachio for his work in Real Estate Law and William Savino for his work in both Insurance Law and Litigation-Insurance.

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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,

William Cornachio and Michael Twersky closed last week on a $50 million CMBS loan received from Citi Real Estate Funding on behalf of our client. The loan is secured by mortgages on 19 multi-family residential properties located in Brooklyn Heights, Columbia Heights and the Upper West Side, all bearing New York City landmark status.

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The Nassau County Bar Association, The Safe Center LI and Nassau Suffolk Law Services have named Rivkin Radler a top law firm in pro bono service for 2020.

The annual awards rank law firms by total number of pro bono service hours within their category. Rivkin Radler logged the second-largest number of pro bono hours

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,

Bill Cornachio was quoted in a Newsday article, “LI Auto Firm Seeks Tax Breaks to Expand.” Cornachio explained that the auto company, Tonsa Automotive Inc., needs more space to accommodate its growing inventory of auto parts.

“What’s key to its success is prompt delivery of automobile parts…[Motorists] don’t want to wait several days for the

William Cornachio, with the help of John Panagopoulos, closed on the acquisition and financing of a client’s $21.9 million purchase of a 31-unit, multi-family landmark property in Brooklyn Heights.

On November 20, 2018, William Cornachio, Cheryl Korman, Tamika Hardy and Laurie Bloom received a Leadership in Law award from Long Island Business News in the categories of Lifetime Achievement, Partner, Associate and Unsung Hero, respectively.

The awards recognize individuals who demonstrate dedication, hard work, skill, tenacity and excellence, along with leadership qualities, in both the

On Thursday, November 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Michael Mulè will host the fifth program in the Business Owners Seminar Series (BOSS) at Rivkin Radler’s offices.

In this program, “Shape Shifting: your business form may be costing you,” Rivkin Radler partners, William Cornachio and Kate Heptig will discuss the signs pointing to the need

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

William Cornachio and Jenny Shin represented the firm’s client in the sale of its industrial property located in the Food Center area of the South Bronx to a hedge fund purchaser for 25.7 million.  With only one month between contract and closing, they addressed and resolved to the satisfaction of all participants both environmental concerns

William Cornachio and Jenny Shin closed another loan for client, The We’re Group.  This transaction was a $48 million refinancing of the mortgage on 300 Jericho Quadrangle, and Hartford Life Insurance Company was the lender.  Two years ago in August 2015, Mr. Cornachio assisted the ownership in obtaining financial assistance from the Nassau County Industrial

William Cornachio and David Leno presented a CLE program entitled, “Advanced Real Estate Transactions: A Practical Guide to Complex Matters,” for the National Business Institute. William presented the topic, “Problems at Closing: Moving Past Difficulties and Sidestepping Malpractice Claims,” and David presented, “Zoning, Subdivisions and Easements: Resolving Issues That Affect Transactions.”

For more information on

We are proud to announce that the Nassau County Bar Association, The Safe Center LI and Nassau Suffolk Law Services has named Rivkin Radler a top law firm in pro bono service for 2016. This is the third consecutive year the firm has been recognized.

Individual attorneys receiving recognition include Brian Boxler, William Cornachio, Ryan

William Cornachio, with assistance from Marie Landsman and Matt Spero, closed on a $155 million refinancing of mortgage loans on the ten buildings in the Lake Success Quadrangle office park owned by our  client, The We’re Group.  The new loans were provided by three lending affiliates of a major life and casualty insurance company, which has

On June 22, 2016, William Cornachio will be a featured speaker in a National Business Institute CLE seminar entitled, “Commercial Real Estate Financing.”

Commercial real estate lending requires delicately balancing the risk mitigation requirements of lenders with the business needs of borrowers. Achieving this balance can be especially difficult in today’s credit market. As a

Bill Cornachio and Jenny Shin represented the shareholders of the firm’s client Euromed, Inc., in their sale of all of the Company’s outstanding capital stock to Scapa Group plc. Euromed specializes in developing and manufacturing hydrocolloid-based wound care solutions in its ISO certified, state-of-the-art class 8 clean room located in Orangeburg, New York.  Scapa is

William Cornachio has been re-appointed as Chairman of the Town of North Hempstead’s Waterfront Advisory Committee for a term that expires in May 2018. The commission was created in 1995, and advises the Town Board on issues relating to the waterfront areas of Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor, such as navigation and public safety, designation

William Cornachio, with assistance from Jenny Shin and Sean Simensky, represented Arkadin, Inc. in its recently completed acquisition of the assets of a Long Island based conferencing and communications company.  This is the fourth major acquisition the corporate team handled for Arkadin, which offers a complete range of integrated audio, web, video and unified communications solutions,

William Cornachio will be a volunteer/mentor at Hofstra Law School’s “Dinner with a Lawyer,” which is part of the school’s “Pathway to Profession” program.  The dinner will be limited to 40 students with two or three representatives from various practice areas.  The purpose of the program is to allow students a more personal interaction with attorneys in

William Cornachio, a partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group, is a speaker at a CLE entitled, “Obtaining Financial Assistance from Long Island Industrial Development Agencies.” This seminar will cover the “nuts and bolts” of an Industrial Development Agency financing, including description of the manner in which the Agency will acquire an interest in the

Stephen Weissman and William Cornachio, Partners in the Real Estate Practice Group, represented Brooklyn Hospital Center in the construction and installation of a new Data Center and a new air conditioning system at the hospital’s main campus on DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn.

William Cornachio, a Partner in the firm’s Corporate & Commercial and Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use Practice Groups, will be a speaker at the CIBS breakfast meeting.  Mr. Cornachio will be speaking on the topic of recent developments in independent contractor laws as they relate to real estate brokers.

William Cornachio and Stephen Weissman, Partners in the firm’s Corporate & Commercial and Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use Practice Groups, were members of the team that represented Nassau County in its lease negotiations with the New York Islanders’ ownership for the construction & occupancy of the proposed new arena that will replace the existing Coliseum.

UNIONDALE, NY – Rivkin Radler is please to announce that four of the firm’s attorneys have been named among the Top Rated Attorneys in Nassau and Suffolk Counties by PULSE Magazine for 2010.  The list was compiled from Lexis Nexis Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, identifying lawyers who are “AV Preeminent” – the highest Peer