PRACTICE AREAS

OUR

PRACTICE

AREAS

Our attorneys have extensive experience aggressively pursuing and defending litigation in both state and federal courts, and at all stages of litigation.

APPELLATE PRACTICE

• Case review

• Counsel on whether to take appeal

• Motion practice

• Appellate briefs

• Argument of Appeal

• Amicus briefs

• Petitions for writ of certiorari

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

• Business disputes

• Breach of contract

• Breach of fiduciary duty

• Dissolution proceedings

• Derivative actions

• Contract and agreement preparation, review and negotiation

• Shareholder, partner and member disputes

• UCC sale of goods cases

• Banking and commercial paper

• Licensing and Merger disputes

• Insurance coverage

• Labor and Employment

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION

• Contract disputes

• Change orders

• Non-payment claims

• Defective construction and product claims

• Delay claims

• Insurance coverage claims

• Mechanic's liens

• Bond claims against sureties

• Warranty claims

ELECTION

LAW

• Ballot access

• Petition Validity

• Contribution and expenditure limits

• Ballot line consolidation

• Fair Campaign Code violations

• Electoral Fraud

• Ballot review and impoundment proceedings

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION

Employers and Employees

• Investigations

• Analysis, advice and negotiation

• Separation agreements

• Discipline and termination

• Non-competition

• Non-solicitation

• Independent contractors

• Wage and hour

• Fraud and qui tam

• Retaliation

• Whistleblower actions

• Discrimination

• Harassment

ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION

• Will contests

• Trust disputes

• Breaches of fiduciary duty

• Citations and Orders to Show Cause

• 1404 examinations

• Discovery proceedings

• Accounting proceedings

• Probate proceedings

• Power of attorney abuse

• Claims against the Estate under SCPA article 18

INSURANCE

LAW

• Additional insured disputes

• Applicability of policy exclusions

• Construction related insurance coverage

• Defense of NY Labor Law claims

• Design professional litigation defense

• Indemnification and contribution obligations

• Priority of coverage

LABOR LAW LITIGATION

Representation of

• owners

• architects

• engineers

• construction managers

• general contractors

• subcontractors

in the defense of claims arising out of construction site accidents.

LOCAL COUNSEL

• Admitted in all courts and districts in New York State

• Multi-party litigation in state and federal court

• Class actions under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or Article 9 of the Civil Practice Law & Rules of New York

• Collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act or the Equal Pay Act.

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MEDIATION

As a litigation firm we recognize that the chief weakness in using lawsuits as a tool to resolve disputes is that a third-party imposes the result.  The vast majority of civil disputes settle out of court.  Early settlement efforts can be valuable.  To learn more, visit our Neutral Mediation Group website.

PERSONAL INJURY

• Construction accidents

• Slip and fall accidents

• Motor vehicle accidents

• Negligence

• Medical Malpractice

• Wrongful Death