February 12, 2013Robert M. Redis, a member of our Appellate Practice, Business Litigation and Surrogate’s Court Litigation groups, continues his efforts for the American Bar Association's Section on Litigation, where he an editor of the newsletter, Technology for the Litigator. The most recent issue contains an article by Bob entitled, “Federal and State Guidelines Align on E-Discovery". Bob’s article describes how the Federal and State rules on preservation of Electronically Stored Information (“EIS”) are becoming aligned. Bob’s article also discusses when the duty to preserve EIS arises, how that duty is implemented and the consequences for spoliation of EIS evidence.
November 27, 2012Joseph J. Brophy, who chairs our Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury and Legal Malpractice groups, was part of a panel discussion on Ethical Issues for Lawyers on November 27, 2012 in Central Valley, NY for a CLE program sponsored by the Orange County Bar Association. The panel also included Supreme Court Justice Lewis J. Lubell. Click at Outline for Joe's written presentation.
November 27, 2012Joel Martin Aurnou, a member of our Appellate Practice group, lectured on November 27, 2012 on "How to Avoid the Pitfalls & Achieve Perfection in Your Appellate Practice" for the Appellate Practice section of the Westchester County Bar Association.
November 01, 2012Robert M. Redis, a member of our Appellate Practice, Business Litigation and Surrogate’s Court Litigation groups, is a contributor to the Commercial Division Law Report. The Commercial Law Report, which is a publication of the Commercial Division, is a summary of the leading decisions issued by the Justices of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Click at report to see the July Report of the Commercial Division.
July 18, 2012Joseph J. Brophy, who chairs our Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury and Legal Malpractice groups, is a proud contributor of Avvo, a web site that permits members of the internet community to have a source of legal advice. Avvo has awarded Joe a rating of "Superb"' and a "10".
June 20, 2012Dolores Gebhardt, who is a member of our Collaborative Law and Matrimonial & Family Law groups, was elected Treasurer of the White Plains Bar Association.
November 30, 2011Kathleen Donelli lectured on "Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas in Day-to-Day Practice" at the Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown, New York on November 30, 2011 for the Committee on Attorney Professionalism of the New York State Bar Association.
November 29, 2011Joseph J. Brophy, who leads the firm's Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury groups, moderated and lectured at a program for the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on November 29, 2011 in New Windsor, New York entitled, "Ethics & Honesty - Current Cases & Trends". The program offered a review and lively discussion of recent decisions in the field of legal ethics with the Hon. Lewis J. Lubell (Justice of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District). Subjects included escrow accounts, conflicts of interest, partner liability and the ethical pitfalls arising from the use of litigation finance companies by both attorneys and clients. Click at Seminar Outine to see Joe's written presentation.
September 16, 2011Robert M. Redis, a member of our Appellate Practice, Business Litigation and Surrogate’s Court Litigation groups, received an award from the American Bar Association's Section on Litigation for "Best E-Newsletter" for his editorial work on the periodic newsletter, Technology for the Litigator.
June 15, 2011Dolores Gebhardt was elected secretary of the White Plains Bar Association on June 15, 2011.
In finishing her one year term as President of the Westchester Women's Bar Association, Dolores Gebhardt spoke at the annual dinner on June 15, 2011 about WWBA's accomplishments during her term. She also had this to say about her original goal to increase the number of men in WWBA: "One of the goals of my presidency was to increase the involvement of men in the WWBA. Despite the difficult economic climate, our membership was similar to last year’s. In fact, as of this writing, we had over 600 members, and kept our ten delegates to WBASNY. Better yet, nearly 70 members are men . . . more than last year!"
June 15, 2011Gail M. Boggio, Kathleen Donelli and Dolores Gebhardt were elected and then sworn in as directors of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York.
May 20, 2011Joseph J. Brophy, who leads the firm's Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury groups, was asked by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), a division of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (NBLSC), to participate in the examination process for applicants to the Board. Joe wrote an complex essay question in civil litigation and graded the answers of over twenty applicants. This is the third time that NBTA has asked Joe to write a question for their examination. Joe was first certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by NBTA in 1995 and was just recertified for the third time. The NBTA directory lists only 37 Certified Civil Trial Advocates in the entire State of New York.
April 28, 2011Phillip C. Landrigan has been elected to the Board of Directors of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.
April 25, 2011Zahir A. Virani joins the firm as an associate and is a member of the firm's Business Litigation, Commercial Finance and Corporate and General Business groups.
February 01, 2011Joel Martin Aurnou has been elected Co-Chair of the Appellate Practice section of the Westchester County Bar Association.
December 01, 2010Robert M. Redis received an award from the American Bar Association's Section on Litigation for his editorial work on the periodic newsletter, Technology for the Litigator
Robert M. Redis was asked by the National Appellate Advocacy Competition committee of the American Bar Association to grade briefs for its Law Student Division for the 2011 Appellate Advocacy Competition.
Elizaveta Korotkova has joined the firm as an associate and is a member of our Appellate Practice, Business Litigation and Surrogate’s Court Litigation groups.
November 04, 2010Robert M. Redis edited an article, "Culling Data for Your Case", on electronic discovery for the American Bar Association's Section on Litigation. The article focuses on methods of effectively culling electronic discovery requests in order to minimize expense to clients facing electronic discovery issues in litigation.
September 24, 2010In Next Millenium Realty LLC, et al. v. Adchem Corp. et al., 2:03-cv-05985 (E.D.N.Y. 2010) (SJF)(MLO), Federal Magistrate Judge Orehnstein has recommended that a $44 million CERCLA cost recovery action against one of the firm’s clients should be dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.
Phillip C. Landrigan and co-defendants argued that construction of a Charcoal Treatment System and an Air Stripping Tower designed to strip volatile organic compounds from a nearby drinking supply well were part of the long term “remediation” plan for the site rather than emergency or short term “removal” efforts. The Magistrate Judge agreed, and found the distinction critical to the Court’s conclusion that the State’s claim accrued when construction of these systems began and that the statute of limitations had expired before the state brought suit.
August 01, 2010Robert M. Redis was appointed by Judge Lippmann (Chief Judge, Court of Appeals) and Judge Pfau (Chief Administrative Judge) to a newly formed state-wide task force (see http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/comdiv/PDFs/E-DiscoveryReport.pdf) to develop uniform rules for managing electronic discovery - “E-Discovery” - for all New York trial courts. The Task Force will develop recommended rules for handling such issues as: preservation of electronically stored documents, cost allocations between the parties for managing electronic discovery, spoliation, culling of electronic searches and related issues.
November 01, 2009
For the third straight year, Joe Brophy was selected as a Super Lawyer in the New York Metropolitan area in the field of Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have been recognized by their colleagues as having the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers has a rigorous selection process; only five percent of all lawyers in each state are eligible for consideration, and far fewer are selected. Joe has also been selected as one of Westchester's top 25 lawyers.
July 01, 2009Robert M. Redis is an attorney editor of the Ninth Edition of Black’s Law Dictionary (West 2009). Black’s is recognized as the most authoritative dictionary of legal words and phrases and is often cited by the courts in written decisions.
June 18, 2009Dina M. Aversano was elected by the Westchester Women's Bar Association to be a delegate to the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York.
June 01, 2009Robert M. Redis heads the the Ninth Judicial District's pro bono Unemployment Insurance Litigation initiative for the Access to Justice Program, established by the Appellate Division, Second Department. The firm was honored for these activities during Pro Bono week in 2009
May 13, 2009Joel Martin Aurnou was the guest speaker at the annual banquet of the White Plains Bar Association on May 13, 2009 in White Plains, New York.
January 01, 2009Paul S. Aufrichtig has joined the firm as counsel and is a member of our Business Litigation, Corporate and General Business, Real Estate Transactions and Trusts and Estates groups.
January 01, 2009Peter D. Aufrichtig has joined the firm as a partner and is a member of our Business Litigation, Corporate & General Business, Real Estate Transactions, Intellectual Property and Commercial Finance groups.
Robert M. Redis is a member of the Access to Justice Program, established by the Appellate Division, Second Department. The committee's primary goal is to improve the delivery and responsiveness of the courts to pro bono and poverty clients in litigated matters and assist courts in dealing with these matters.
October 08, 2008For the second straight year, Joe Brophy was selected as a Super Lawyer in the New York Metropolitan area in the field of Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have been recognized by their colleagues as having the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers has a rigorous selection process; only five percent of all lawyers in each state are eligible for consideration, and far fewer are selected. Brophy was one of only two lawyers in his practice area in Westchester to achieve this distinction in 2008.
September 01, 2008Kristen L. Mackay (n/k/a Pennessi) has joined the firm as an associate and is a member of our Business Litigation and Matrimonial & Family Law groups.
April 01, 2008Stephen Davis has merged his practice and joined the firm as counsel and is a member of our Business Litigation, Tax Certiorari and Condemnation and Real Estate Transactions groups.
March 01, 2008Katherine Sohr Jedlicka has joined the firm as an associate and is a member of our Business Litigation, Surrogate's Court Litigation and Trusts and Estates groups.
January 01, 2008Philip C. Landrigan we are pleased to announce that Phil has been named a partner of the firm. Phil will continue to practice in the area of Business Litigation.
October 23, 2007Joel Martin Aurnou and Joseph J. Brophy lectured on October 23, 2007 for the Westchester Women's Bar Association in White Plains, New York on "Expert Witnesses in Matrimonial Cases: Direct and Cross-Examination." For lecture materials, click on Seminar Outline.
October 01, 2007Joseph J. Brophy was named to New York Super Lawyers (http://www.superlawyers.com.
September 01, 2007Dina M. Aversano has joined the firm as an associate and is a member of our Business Litigation, Surrogate’s Court Litigation and Matrimonial and Family Law groups.
August 01, 2007Robert M. Redis is a Co-Author of an Article for the American Bar Association, "Next Frontier: Admissibility of Electronic Evidence" (Listrom, Harlan, Ferguson & Redis) (ABA Summer 2007)
William S. Greenawalt was appointed Chair of the Westchester County’s Citizen’s Task Force on Deer Management and Forest Regeneration. The appointment was made by the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. (6/06). This new Task Force, amongst other things, is addressing problems of invasive plant species, acid rain, invasive earthworms and diseases killing trees and plants. Bill also serves as Chair of the Westchester County Parks Board
May 03, 2006Robert H. Rosh lectured on Mortgage Foreclosures in Tarrytown, New York on May 3, 2006 for the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association as part of an all-day program entitled "Practical Skills: Mortgage Foreclosures and Workouts".
March 01, 2006We are pleased to announce that Philip C. Landrigan has joined the Firm as Counsel. Phil is a member of the Firm's Business Litigation group.
We are pleased to announce that Deborah Yurchuk McCarthy has been named a partner of the Firm. Deborah will continue to practice in the areas of Business Litigation, Surrogate’s Court Litigation, Bankruptcy and Matrimonial and Family Law.
December 19, 2005On December 19, 2005, Joseph J. Brophy obtained a $4.5 million settlement in the case of Barilla v. Giangrasso et al., after three weeks of trial in Nassau County Supreme Court. The client, who was 18 years old at the time, suffered multiple injuries when the car in which he was a passenger crashed at high speed into the rear end of a tractor trailer truck which was stopped on the roadway at night. Mr. Barilla's injuries included a severe stretch injury to the brachial plexus, rendering his right arm mostly paralyzed despite surgery, chronic severe pain from a torn nerve root in his neck, and a closed head injury. The settlement was one of the largest ever achieved for such injuries, and one of the largest for a motor vehicle accident in Nassau County in recent years.
We are pleased to announce that William S. Greenawalt has joined our Firm as Counsel. Bill is a member of the Firm's Business Litigation group.
September 16, 2005Robert M. Redis lectured in White Plains, New York on September 16, 2005 on “The Freedom Of Information: Cameras In The Courtroom” for Lorman Education Services as part of a seminar entitled "Open Records Law."
August 01, 2005Michelle L. Santoro has joined the firm as an associate and is a member of our Business Litigation and Matrimonial and Family Law groups.
January 01, 2005We are pleased to announce that Joseph J. Brophy has joined our firm as Counsel. Joe is a member of the firm's Business Litigation group and chairs the firm's newly established practice area, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury. Joe is best known as one of the leading plaintiff's medical malpractice litigators in the Hudson Valley. Joe's experiences also include notable cases in the areas of legal malpractice, commercial litigation and defamation.
January 01, 2005Robert M. Redis was re-elected President and was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Food PATCH. The mission of Food PATCH, a certified affiliate of Second Harvest, the largest domestic hunger relief charity in the United States, is to alleviate hunger and minimize food waste in Westchester County.
February 26, 2004As co chair of the Mock Trial Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association, Robert M. Redis ran the Westchester County High School Mock Trial Competition. The competition, which took place at the Richard J. Daronoco County Courthouse, started on February 26, 2004 and continued for many weeks. Thirty-six high schools participated.
Robert M. Redis acted as a Chair of Food PATCH's annual Valentine's Day dinner on February 13, 2004. Bob is also President of that organization.
January 01, 2004Robert M. Redis was elected President of Food PATCH. The mission of Food PATCH, a certified affiliate of Second Harvest, the largest domestic hunger relief charity in the United States, is to alleviate hunger and minimize food waste in Westchester County. Food PATCH solicits and administers donations from both the public and private sector, distributing food through local agencies, who, through various programs, meet the needs of individuals and families.
February 13, 2003Robert M. Redis acted as a Chair of Food PATCH's annual Valentine Day dinner on February 13, 2003. He was also reelected as First Vice President of that organization.
January 01, 2003Joel Martin Aurnou has joined the firm as Counsel.
November 01, 2002Robert M. Redis was appointed as co chair of the Mock Trial Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association. As part of his work, he is working with 30 Westchester high schools whose students are participating in moot court trials.
Robert M. Redis is heading up a program of the Federal Bar Council to start a mentor program for the Federal and State Courts to work with the Westchester Bar and Westchester high schools.
Robert M. Redis was elected Regional Director of Notre Dame First (University of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Resource Service Team) of the Alumni Association covering New Jersey, Southern Connecticut And Southern New York.
April 24, 2002Kathleen Donelli lectured on April 24, 2002 in White Plains, New York for the Westchester Women's Bar Association on "Taking and Defending Depositions." For lecture materials, click on Seminar Outline.
March 01, 2002Robert M. Redis was honored for his volunteer efforts in behalf of Hudson Valley Hospital Center at a reception held at Xaviers in Garrison, New York.
As part of the firm’s pro bono activities, Robert M. Redis recently defended Pathways to Housing on a criminal complaint in Yonkers, New York. Pathways to Housing is a non profit organization that works to end homelessness for people living on the streets with concurrent mental illness and addiction
February 08, 2002Robert M. Redis acted as a Chair of Food PATCH's annual dinner on February 8, 2002; the Firm is a Silver Sponsor for the dinner.
January 01, 2002Robert M. Redis was elected in January, 2002 to Notre Dame's FIRST, a community service organization of the National Alumni Board for the University of Notre Dame in which he serves as a regional director for Metro New York, including New York City, lower Connecticut and the lower Hudson Valley.
November 01, 2001Robert M. Redis is a lecturer in a Fall, 2001 Ethics course at Pace Law School with Professor Carlisle.
September 14, 2001Robert M. Redis participated in a New York State Unified Court System’s Conference on Access to Justice on September 14-15, 2001.
February 09, 2001Robert M. Redis acted as a Co-Chair of Food PATCH’s annual dinner on February 9, 2001
February 01, 2001Robert M. Redis was elected a fellow of The American Bar Foundation and The New York State Bar Foundation.
Robert M. Redis was selected as Chairman of the Fund Development Committee of Food PATCH.
Robert M. Redis is a member of the Golf Committee for Hudson Valley Hospital Center.
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