Janice DiGennaro presents at the New York State Bar Association’s Legal Malpractice Conference entitled, “Professional Liability Claims, Litigation Strategies, Attorney Discipline and Ethics.”  The conference will be held on March 31 at the Melville Marriott, Melville, NY.

Janice will present, “Common Defenses to the Malpractice Action and Related Causes of Action.”

Program Description:

Lawsuits against

On January 27, Jonathan Bruno will present, “Legal Malpractice Basics & Risk Management” at the New York City Bar program entitled, “16-Hour Bridge-The-Gap:  Corporate & Litigation.

Earn all of your annual New York MCLE credits while obtaining crucial knowledge on a variety of areas. This Bridge-the-Gap program fulfills a full year’s credit requirements for those

Jonathan Bruno and Joseph Monteleone hosted a lunch ‘n learn presentation for client, YorkPro, Inc., at their offices.  They discussed various topics, including insureds’ rights to independent counsel in key jurisdictions, frequent areas of coverage disputes under professional liability policies and the impact of professional services exclusions in Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) policies.

Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Avigael Fyman, Ryan Goldberg, Matthew Lampert, Robert Maloney, Sean McAloon and Frank Misiti have been elected Partners.

“These attorneys are exceptionally talented, and we are proud to call them our partners.  In addition to their impressive legal accomplishments, they are active

Jonathan Bruno was quoted in an article entitled, “Trump Return Leak Shines Light on Tax Disclosure Laws,” published by Tax Analysts.org.

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Rivkin Radler is proud to announce that Christopher J. Kutner, Albert W. Petraglia and Avigael C. Fyman have received Long Island Business News’ Leadership in Law Award, in the categories of Partner, Counsel and Associate, respectively.  This honor recognizes individuals who demonstrate dedication, hard work, skill, tenacity and excellence, as well as leadership qualities in both

Janice DiGennaro will participate in a panel discussion entitled, “Use and Defense of Experts in Legal Malpractice Cases,” at the American Bar Association National Legal Malpractice Conference on September 22, in Chicago.

Use and Defense of Experts in Legal Malpractice Cases
The latitude with which an opposing expert is permitted to testify at trial

Peter C. Contino and Carol A. Lastorino secured a pre-answer dismissal of the complaint against our client, an out-of-state attorney and law firm, arising out of an out-of-state litigation based on the lack of personal jurisdiction.  Plaintiff argued that the Court had personal jurisdiction over the defendants because the law firm previously maintained an office

Janice DiGennaro has joined the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics. This Committee is the most productive Committee in the State as it writes and publishes more ethics opinions than any other Bar Committee and its opinions become influential sources for ethical guidance to the courts and attorneys across the State.

NYSBA Committee

David Wilck and Francine Adler were featured in a recent Long Island Business News article entitled, “Learned Before They Were Lawyers.” The article focuses on how lawyers use experience from previous careers to help them in their law practice.

David Wilck was featured for his time spent as in-house professional liability claims counsel for an