This month, Rivkin Radler partner Brian Schlosser was appointed as a member of the Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) Lawyer Assistance Committee, which administers the NCBA’s Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP).

Originally recommended to the LAP Committee by the NCBA Executive Committee, Brian was officially appointed to the committee by NCBA President James Joseph on December

Rivkin Radler’s General Liability Defense Team successfully represented The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia) in a personal injury action in which the plaintiff alleged that she tripped and fell on a defective portion of Columbia’s sidewalk, sustaining multiple injuries and requiring cervical spine fusion surgery.

Following a detailed investigation,

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

Jacqueline Bushwack, Brian Schlosser and Jason Romeo obtained partial summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims pursuant to Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6) in an action involving a construction worker bending rebar on a large construction site in Manhattan.

While plaintiff articulated a laundry list of Industrial Code violations, the Rivkin team was successful in developing evidence, by

On March 24, 2017, Jacqueline Bushwack and Brian S. Schlosser obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in a premises liability case venued in Kings County.  Plaintiff was an employee of an outside security contractor and allegedly slipped and fell on water while performing his duties patrolling Novartis’ manufacturing plant.

Following a lengthy

David Richman, Brian Schlosser and Jason Romeo recently secured dismissal of a complaint which sought recovery under New York’s Labor Law which helps to clarify the parameters of Sec. 240(1),  the so-called “scaffold law” and, in particular, what constitutes an “elevated-related” accident.  Johnson v. Lend Lease et al. involves a journeyman steamfitter working who was installing sleeves