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60 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America®
August 20, 2026 | Compliance Investigations & White Collar | Corporate | Appeals | Banking | Bankruptcy | Tax | Commercial Litigation | Elder Law | Complex Torts & Product Liability | Immigration | Construction | Labor & Employment | Health Services | Insurance Coverage | Real Estate | Intellectual Property | Trusts & Estates | Medical Malpractice Defense

Best Lawyers in America® has recognized Rivkin Radler attorneys in its 2027 edition. Forty-six attorneys received Best Lawyers recognition, and 14 received Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition. Their names, office locations, and practices for which they were recognized are as follows:

Best Lawyers

Albany, NY

Robert H. Iseman – Commercial Litigation, Corporate

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Over 25 Percent of Rivkin Radler Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America®
August 21, 2025 | Labor & Employment | Health Services | Insurance Coverage | Real Estate | Intellectual Property | Trusts & Estates | Medical Malpractice Defense | Compliance Investigations & White Collar | Corporate | Appeals | Banking | Bankruptcy | Elder Law | Commercial Litigation | Immigration | Complex Torts & Product Liability | Construction

Best Lawyers in America® has recognized Rivkin Radler attorneys in its 2026 edition. Forty-four attorneys received Best Lawyers recognition, and 20 received 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition. Their names, office locations, and practices for which they were recognized are as follows:

Best Lawyers

Albany, NY

Robert H. Iseman – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law,

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38 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2024

The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 38 Rivkin Radler attorneys in its 2025 edition. Their names, office locations and practices for which they were recognized, are as follows:

Albany, NY

Richard A. Frankel – Trusts and Estates

Robert H. Iseman – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Health Care Law, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom,

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NCBA Names Rivkin Radler a Top Pro Bono Law Firm
March 8, 2021

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

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Troisi and Jones Win Summary Judgment in NJ Property Insurance Coverage Case
November 18, 2019 | Insurance Coverage

Michael Troisi and Michael Jones won summary judgment in a suit filed by the owner of a commercial building. The court found that plaintiff’s suit, in which the owner sought insurance coverage under a property insurance policy issued by our client, was barred by the contractual suit limitation provision in the insurance policy. The insured

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Chambers and Partners Recognizes Rivkin Radler
April 25, 2019 | Health Services | Insurance Coverage

Uniondale, New York – April 25, 2019 – The prestigious Chambers USA Directory has once again included Rivkin Radler LLP in its New York rankings.  The firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group is ranked in Band 3 in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category and its Health Services Practice Group ranked in Band 4 in the

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Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named Bergen’s Top Lawyers for 2018
October 19, 2018 | Intellectual Property | Privacy, Data & Cyber Law | Commercial Litigation | Insurance Coverage

HACKENSACK, NJ  – – Rivkin Radler LLP is pleased to announce that Nancy A. Del Pizzo, Gregory D. Miller and Michael J. Jones have been named three of Bergen’s Top Lawyers for 2018 by Bergen Magazine.  The Bergen’s Top Lawyers list is based on a peer-reviewed survey conducted by DataJoe Research of Boulder, Colorado. Attorneys

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Kotula and Jones Win Summary Judgment in Construction Defect Coverage Case
September 13, 2018 | Insurance Coverage

A New Jersey state court awarded our insurer client, Interstate Fire and Casualty Co., summary judgment, dismissing with prejudice claims for defense and indemnity in a construction defect coverage action.

In First Specialty Ins. Co. v. Interstate Fire & Cas. Co., Docket No. L-996-16 (N.J. Super. Mercer Cty. Sept. 4, 2018), the insured, American Properties

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Jones, Monteleone and LaPorta Win Summary Judgment for D&O Insurer
September 19, 2017 | Directors & Officers Liability | Insurance Coverage

Michael Jones, Joseph Monteleone and Anthony La Porta won summary judgment declaring that the former CEO of a defunct online video management company is not entitled to $5 million in insurance coverage under a D&O insurance policy issued to the company. The court also ruled that Hudson, the insurer, was entitled to reimbursement of the

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Federal Court Predicts Georgia Law is Pro Rata Time On Risk Allocation
March 29, 2016 | Insurance Coverage

Michael Kotula and Michael Jones obtained summary judgment from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in an asbestos bodily injury coverage matter.  The Court held that the Asbestos Exclusion barred coverage for all claims, including claims that alleged asbestos and other non-asbestos related injuries.  Additionally, the Court held that

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