On March 5, 2018, Jeannine Farino, Stu Gordon, and Matt Spero attended the reception for the 26th Annual Duberstein Moot Court Competition in New York City. The Duberstein Competition is a bankruptcy law-related moot court competition sponsored by St. John’s School of Law and the reception is attended by bankruptcy professionals and judges from around

On March 6, 2017, Stuart Gordon, Matthew Spero, Jeannine Farino and Viktoriya Kruglyak participated as Preliminary Judges in the Twenty-Fifth Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition this past weekend. The competition is widely recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent moot court competitions. More than 60 law school teams participate, making this the largest single

On February 15, 2017 at 12:00 p.m, Stu Gordon and Matt Spero will present to the Nassau County Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Committee on “Structured Dismissals and the Jevic Case,” which was just argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.  Jeannine Farino is assisting with the seminar as well.  Attendees will be eligible for CLE credits, and

Jeannine Farino has been appointed to the EDNY Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee, where she will be working alongside Bankruptcy Judge Louis Scarcella and several other members of the Bankruptcy Bar.

Stu Gordon and Jeannine Farino represented an academic institution that had received a demand letter from a bankruptcy trustee threatening to commence an adversary proceeding.  The Trustee sought to recover, as a fraudulent conveyance, tuition paid for a Debtor’s child under a loan.  Stu and Jeannine were successful in convincing the Trustee that there was

David Richman and Jeannine Farino obtained summary dismissal of an action brought in Kings County on behalf of an infant plaintiff who allegedly suffered developmental delays as a result of ingesting lead paint.  Plaintiffs’ alleged that the defendants violated “Local Law 1” which mandates that an owner must remove or cover paint containing a specified

Jeannine Farino, a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy Department successfully secured full payment on a mortgage for the firm’s client, a credit union, from its member, a Chapter 13 debtor in bankruptcy.

Uniondale, New York ? October 2013 – Rivkin Radler LLP announces the addition of new associates Christopher Barbarello, Jannine Farino, Henry Mascia, Jacqueline Siegel, Shana Slawitsky and Richard Yam.

Christopher Barbarello, of Hempstead, NY, has joined the Litigation & Appeals Practice Group.  Mr. Barbarello’s practice focuses on no-fault insurance cases involving insurance fraud and defense