In this action to enforce a judgment against the firm’s clients, the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed a Supreme Court order disqualifying Plaintiff’s attorney, who had previously represented the firm’s clients and their family members in two unrelated matters. The firm convinced the Second Department that a substantial risk of prejudice to defendants existed because

In this commercial real estate partition action, the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed the lower court’s order granting our clients’ motion for summary judgment and directing that the subject building in Manhattan be partitioned and sold at auction.  The firm convinced the Appellate Division that plaintiffs had established their entitlement to partition as a matter

Cheryl Korman, Jeremy Honig and Erez Glambosky successfully obtained an emergency injunction from the Appellate Division, First Department preventing the opening of a homeless shelter in a dangerously, unsafe building.

Honig was quoted in the New York Post article, “Judge temporarily blocks ‘Billionaire’s Row’ homeless shelter.” The article discusses New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s

J’Naia L. Boyd and Cheryl F. Korman obtained victory in a premises liability case at the Appellate Division, First Department. The plaintiff commenced the action to recover for injuries sustained when she tripped and fell on an alleged sidewalk defect in front of the abutting premises where our client, the contractor, had been hired to

A new Appellate Division, First Department ruling has major implications for condominium boards seeking to sue individual members of a sponsor entity for construction defects.

Previously, alter ego claims against individual members of the sponsor entity were justified based on the allegation that the developer, which is often a single-purpose entity, did not maintain separate

Cheryl Korman and Henry Mascia will co-chair and present at the New York Appellate Practice Continuing Legal Education Program. Korman and Mascia will be speaking on effective brief writing and oral argument. Korman will be presenting at the Long Island Marriott on Thursday, April 4, and Mascia will be presenting at the Westchester Marriott on Monday,

Cheryl Korman has been featured in the January/February 2019 issue of the New York State Bar Association Journal, “The Moment Is Now.”

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UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – January 2, 2019 – Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Frank Izzo, Gene Kang and Henry Mascia have been elected Partners. “These attorneys are excellent advocates in their varying practice areas with great commitment to our clients…We are proud to have them join

A recent decision serves as a cautionary tale for attorneys. The Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed a Supreme Court order dismissing an action to recover damages for unlawful termination on the ground that the same issue had already been decided in a prior action.

In the prior action, the plaintiff’s counsel prepared and signed a

On November 15, Mentor New York hosted its 22nd Annual Benefit, Honoring Evan Krinick. The event raised nearly $150,000 to support mentoring programs in New York. Evan was one of the first Leadership Council members for Mentor New York, where he served on numerous committees and ultimately was elected a co-chair.

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