Jon Bruno and Seth Goldberg were successful in obtaining a pre-answer dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint, which alleged multiple claims including legal malpractice and fraud, in the Supreme Court, New York County.  The court concluded that the documentary evidence they submitted conclusively refuted plaintiffs’ allegations as a matter of law and dismissed the complaint with prejudice. 

David Wilck*, a partner in the firm’s Director’s & Officers, Intellectual Property and Professional Liability practice groups, was quoted in the July 8-14 issue of the Long Island Business News’ article entitled, “Learned before they were lawyers.”  David said, “I was able to observe different lawyers and how they represented insurers and communicated to insurance

Joseph Monteleone will be a speaker at the American Conference Institute’s 3rd Insurance Allocation Summit, being held at the Carlton Hotel in New York City on June 23-24. This event will cover the following topics:

• Recent Case Law Rulings Impacting Allocation: Examining the Latest Significant Choice of Law Issues and Key Variations in How

Avigael Fyman attended and offered the closing remarks at the Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance event featuring the Hon. Sondra M. Miller in honor of Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye.

The Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance is an organization for the women graduates of Harvard Law School to come together to foster community, networking, and continuing

Janice DiGennaro successfully defended an attorney at a sanction hearing after the court had previously ruled (prior to Rivkin Radler’s retention) that surveillance video of an accident had been spoliated and had ordered an evidentiary hearing on the issue of sanctions.  Janice secured the deposition and affidavit of a non-party out-of-state witness who established that the

Joseph Monteleone will be presenting a CLE webcast entitled, “Removing the Mysteries from Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) Liability Insurance,” on June 13, 2016. Some topics that will be covered include:

• Understand key provisions in the typical D&O insurance policy
• Discuss key areas of coverage disputes
• Highlight recent case law from various

Shari Claire Lewis was quoted in an article for the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance entitled, “For the insurance industry, where will technology have its biggest impact in the next five years?”

To read her answer and the answers of three other industry leaders, Click Here.

David Wilck will be a moderator at the American Bar Association’s National Legal Malpractice Conference in April 27-29, 2016, in New Orleans, LA.

The session is entitled, “Effective Impeachment and Rehabilitation in the High-Stakes Legal Malpractice Case.”

Session descriptive:

Legal malpractice cases typically raise issues of ethics, morality, and “right and wrong” that are susceptible

Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, has announced that  Kate Heptig, Steven Henesy, Marie Landsman, and Anna Mandel have joined the firm.

Kate Heptig, of Rockville Centre, NY has joined the firm’s Corporate practice group as a Partner.  Kate counsels clients in transactional practice areas, including tax law, corporate and partnership matters,

Held each spring, the CLM Annual Conference features more than 80 collaborative educational sessions and keynote presentations designed by industry professionals to help attendees gain the knowledge they need to be on the forefront of the industry. Attendance at the Annual Conference is limited to 1,800 individuals and is balanced among CLM Members and Fellows.