John Robertelli obtained a second dismissal of all negligence claims with prejudice made against a Home Elevation Company related to a dispute over work performed pursuant to a contract after the home was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. All claims for negligent workmanship were dismissed by the Honorable Daniel L. Weiss J.S.C. in Monmouth County who

New York, NY – September 6, 2018 – Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, has announced that Cali L. Eckler has joined the firm as an Associate.

Cali L. Eckler has joined the firm’s Professional Liability, Directors & Officers Liability and Employment & Labor Practice Groups.

Eckler defends attorneys, engineers, architects, insurance

Janice DiGennaro secured dismissal of a legal malpractice action in New York County Supreme Court on statute of limitations grounds despite application of the continuous representation toll.  The Court agreed that the defendants offered “undeniable evidentiary proof” that the toll ended as a matter of law more than three years before commencement of the action,

Janice DiGennaro, Todd Belous and Amanda Gurman secured a major victory on behalf of their lawyer clients on claims of quantum meruit by another lawyer on a summary judgment motion.  Our clients prevailed on the motion despite that:

• the alleged legal services for which plaintiffs sought recovery spanned nine years;
• plaintiffs sought over $2

Korman, DiGennaro, Lastorino and Mascia were victorious at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  In a published opinion, the Second Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing the plaintiff’s action to recover damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).   The firm represented a law firm that was sued under the FDCPA for allegedly commencing

Pia Riverso, Jeremy Honig and Lawrence Han were victorious in a proceeding commenced on behalf of their real estate developer client pursuant to Article 4 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, and Section 881 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law.  The client’s development project was delayed for over 9 months due to

Shari Claire Lewis was quoted in a Newsday cyber article, “New EU data privacy policy will impact some LI companies, experts say.” Lewis focused in on the fact that the General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) definition of data is broader than what’s generally used in the United States, “data such as an individual’s political affiliation, religion and

Janice DiGennaro will be the local chair for the New York State Bar Association’s Ethics 2018: Legal Ethics in the Real World LI.

Description of Program:

Since the new Rules of Professional Conduct replaced the former Code of Professional Responsibility in 2009, the State Bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics has issued over 320 formal opinions.

David Wilck and Amanda Gurman prevailed on a pre-answer motion to dismiss in a legal malpractice action based on plaintiffs’ failure to allege proximately caused damages. The legal malpractice action arose out of the defendant attorneys’ representation of plaintiffs in an action to recover amounts owed to them on a loan which was secured by

In a Decision and Order dated March 7, 2018, Janice DiGennaro and Avigael Fyman secured the pre-answer dismissal of legal malpractice claims in the New York County Supreme Court against their client, an attorney who represented the purchaser of a $6.9 million luxury townhouse condominium in a converted historic police station.  The purchaser maintained that,