Evan Krinick, Michael Versichelli, and Max Gershenoff of Rivkin Radler’s Litigation and Appeals practice group secured the complete dismissal, on reconsideration, of a putative federal class action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, entitled Servedio v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. CV 10-1458. The aspiring lead plaintiff had contended, among

Michael Versichelli and Tamika Hardy obtained dismissal of a putative class action brought by a claimant challenging a no-fault insurer’s industry-wide practice of calculating lost wage benefits under New York’s no-fault law.  The court held that a no-fault insurer is permitted to offset the 20% tax reduction for lost wages against the $50,000 cap for

Pia Riverso, a partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation, Intellectual Property and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, has been spotlighted as a member of the Professional Women In Construction National Association in their Sept. 2012 ePWC newsletter.

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William M. Savino, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, has announced that Evan R. Schieber  and Gaddi Goren have joined the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, as a Partner and an Associate, respectively.

Evan R. Schieber, of Port Washington, NY, specializes in commercial and real estate related litigation with a focus on condominium and

The legal team of William Savino, Celeste Butera and Jason Gurdus scored a legal victory in a large advertising injury coverage litigation. Last week, the Pennsylvania Superior Court in One Beacon Ins. Co. v. William A. Graham Co. affirmed the Trial Court’s decision and found that our three insurer clients had no duty to defend

Barry Levy and Max Gershenoff of Rivkin Radler LLP’s Litigation and Appeals practice group today secured the dismissal with prejudice of more than $30,000,000 in civil RICO claims against The National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds, Inc., in a Southern District of New York case entitled Petrosurance, Inc. v. National Association of Insurance Commissioners, et

Richard Feldman, a partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, and David Guadagnoli, an associate in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Group, obtained summary judgment in Maine State court on behalf of a large national carrier against a bodily injury plaintiff seeking to satisfy a $1.5 million consent judgment. 

UNIONDALE, NY ? Merril Schapiro Biscone, Of Counsel to Rivkin Radler, has been selected as a recipient of the 17th Assembly District’s “Women of Distinction” Award for 2012.  This award pays tribute to the extraordinary efforts made by women who make their community a safer, better place to live.

As a member of the firm’s

Cheryl Korman, a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, was featured in the Long Island Business News’ Who’s Who in Professional Women issue.

William M. Savino, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, has announced that Anne K. Zangos has joined the firm as a Associate in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups.

“We are excited to have Anne on board.  She adds to the stature of our firm and our goal to