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In America, the practice of law is uncommonly ubiquitous. Sooner or later in your life — whether it’s for marriage or divorce, purchasing or building a home, enforcing a contract, or complying with myriad rules and regulations — you’re going to need a lawyer. Business owners know that from the start to the end of a venture or project, they will need legal services. So once again this year, we partnered with BL Rankings, LLC, the longtime publishers of The Best Lawyers in America, to showcase the premier legal practitioners in Westchester. Out of the thousands of attorneys who practice locally, BL Rankings identified 117 lawyers in 58 different specialties, ranging from antitrust to trademark law. We have also included, once again, the “Ones to Watch,” a list of 48 up-and-coming attorneys in the county, arranged according to their specialties.
We hope you will find this guide to be a useful resource in the event you need legal assistance — as you undoubtedly will at some point in your business or personal life.
Antitrust Law
Joseph Angland
Law Office of Joseph Angland
917.817.2683
75 South Broadway, Suite 400
White Plains
David Boies
Boies Schiller Flexner
914.749.8200
333 Main Street, Armonk
Appellate Practice
David Boies
Boies Schiller Flexner
914.749.8200
333 Main Street, Armonk
Arbitration
Eugene I. Farber
Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari
914.761.9400
200 East Post Road
White Plains
Ruth D. Raisfeld
Ruth D. Raisfeld
924.722.6006
1025 Westchester Avenue
Suite 106
White Plains
Edna Sussman
SussmanADR
212.213.2173
20 Oak Lane, Scarsdale
Banking and Finance Law
Nathan M. Eisler
Luskin, Stern & Eisler
212.597.8200
50 Main Street, Suite 1640
White Plains
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nathan M. Eisler
Luskin, Stern & Eisler
212.597.8200
50 Main Street, Suite 1640
White Plains
Peter S. Goodman
Goodman Law
646.267.0546
Nine Churchill Road
Rye Brook
Michael Luskin
Luskin, Stern & Eisler
212.597.8200
50 Main Street, Suite 1640
White Plains
Lawrence R. Reich
Reich Reich & Reich
914.949.2126
235 Main Street, Suite 450
White Plains
Barry N. Seidel
Lawyer of the Year
Harrington Ocko & Monk
914.686.4800
81 Main Street, Suite 215
White Plains
Richard Stern
Luskin, Stern & Eisler
212.597.8200
50 Main Street, Suite 1640
White Plains
Bet-the-Company Litigation
David Boies
Boies Schiller Flexner
914.749.8200
333 Main Street
Armonk
Collaborative Law: Family Law
Robin D. Carton
Carton & Rosoff
914.949.6700
150 Grand Street, Suite 305
White Plains
Ellen Jancko-Baken
Fredman Baken & Kosan
914.997.9070
333 Westchester Avenue
Suite 302S
White Plains
Katherine E. Miller
Miller Law Group
914.229.2087
271 North Avenue, Suite 812
New Rochelle
Commercial Litigation
Benjamin R. Allee
Yankwitt
914.686.1500
140 Grand Street, Suite 705
White Plains
David Boies
Boies Schiller Flexner
914.749.8200
333 Main Street
Armonk
Jeffrey I. Carton
Denlea & Carton
914.331.0100
2 Westchester Park Drive
Suite 410
White Plains
Dina Hamerman
Yankwitt
914.686.1500
140 Grand Street, Suite 705
White Plains
Kevin J. Harrington
Harrington Ocko & Monk
914.686.4800
81 Main Street, Suite 215
White Plains
Joshua E. Kimerling
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Michael Luskin
Luskin, Stern & Eisler
212.597.8200
50 Main Street, Suite 1640
White Plains
Jonathan B. Nelson
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate Center
Rye
Ruth Post
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate Center
Rye
Michael D. Shalhoub
Goldberg Segalla
914.798.5400
50 Main Street, Suite 425
White Plains
Lisa L. Shrewsberry
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry
914.347.2600
Mid-Westchester Executive Park
Hawthorne
David L. Wallace
Wallace Law
914.304.8136
445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1102
White Plains
Russell M. Yankwitt
Yankwitt
914.686.1500
140 Grand Street, Suite 705
White Plains
Communications Law
Christopher B. Fisher
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Construction Law
Gerard P. Brady
Welby, Brady & Greenblatt
914.428.2100
11 Martine Avenue, 15th Floor
White Plains
Thomas H. Welby
Welby, Brady & Greenblatt
914.428.2100
11 Martine Avenue, 15th Floor
White Plains
Copyright Law
Elissa Debra Hecker
Law Office of Elissa D. Hecker
914.478.0457
64 Butterwood Lane East
Irvington
Martin Schwimmer
Leason Ellis
914.288.0022
One Barker Avenue
White Plains
Corporate Law
Harris E. Markhoff
Danziger & Markhoff
914.948.1556
1133 Westchester Avenue
Suite N208
White Plains
Criminal Defense: General Practice
Lawrence Hochheiser
Law Offices of
Daniel A. Hochheiser
212.689.4343
Two Overhill Road, Suite 400
Scarsdale
Andrew A. Rubin
Law Office of
Andrew A. Rubin
914.761.9200
Two William Street, Suite 302
White Plains
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
James R. DeVita
Law Offices of
James R. DeVita
914.328.5000
81 Main Street, Suite 504
White Plains
Kerry A. Lawrence
Calhoun & Lawrence
914.946.5900
140 Grand Street, Suite 705
White Plains
Andrew A. Rubin
Law Office of
Andrew A. Rubin
914.761.9200
Two William Street, Suite 302
White Plains
Jeffrey B. Sklaroff, Lawyer of the year
Law Office of Jeffrey B. Sklaroff
914.924.1330
445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1102
White Plains
Elder Law
Michael J. Amoruso
Amoruso & Amoruso
914.253.9255
800 Westchester Avenue
Suite N605
Rye Brook
Salvatore M. Di Costanzo
Maker, Fragale & Di Costanzo
914.925.1010
350 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye
Anthony J. Enea
Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano
914.269.2367
245 Main Street, Suite 500
White Plains
Bernard A. Krooks
Littman Krooks
914.684.2100
800 Westchester Avenue
S-436
Rye Brook
Michael Kutzin
McCarthy Fingar
914.946.3700
711 Westchester Avenue
Suite 405
White Plains
Amy C. O’Hara
Littman Krooks
914.684.2100
800 Westchester Avenue
S-436
Rye Brook
Frances M. Pantaleo
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
914.949.2700
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains
Neil T. Rimsky
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Donald L. Sapir
Sapir Schragin
914.328.0366
399 Knollwood Road
Suite 310
White Plains
Employment Law — Individuals
Parisis G. Filippatos
Filippatos PLLC
914.984.1111
199 Main Street
White Plains
William D. Frumkin
Frumkin & Hunter
914.468.6096
199 Main Street, Suite 800
White Plains
Donald L. Sapir
Sapir Schragin
914.328.0366
399 Knollwood Road
Suite 310
White Plains
Howard Schragin
Sapir Schragin
914.328.0366
399 Knollwood Road
Suite 310
White Plains
Employment Law — Management
Scott T. Baken
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway, 14th Floor
White Plains
Susan M. Corcoran, Lawyer of the year
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway, 14th Floor
White Plains
Michael Jakowsky
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway
14th Floor
White Plains
Joseph A. Saccomano, Jr.
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway
14th Floor
White Plains
Patrick L. Vaccaro
Law Offices of
Patrick L. Vaccaro
914.804.8308
261 Stuart Drive
New Rochelle
Entertainment Law — Theater
David H. Friedlander
David H. Friedlander
914.241.1277
81 Park Drive
Mount Kisco
Environmental Law
William A. Ruskin
Law Office of William A. Ruskin
914.231.0360
800 Westchester Avenue
N-641
Rye Brook
Donald W. Stever Jr.
Donald W. Stever
914.255.5500
157 Millard Avenue
Sleepy Hollow
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Richard E. Grayson
The Law Offices of
Richard E. Grayson
914.682.0037
202 Mamaroneck Avenue
Third Floor
White Plains
Sarah Jo Hamilton
Scalise & Hamilton
914.725.2801
111 Brook Street, Suite 202
Scarsdale
Deborah A. Scalise
Scalise & Hamilton
914.725.2801
111 Brook Street, Suite 202
Scarsdale
Family Law
Peter O. Bodnar
BodnarMilone
914.997.2500
140 Grand Street, Suite 401
White Plains
Lawrence Jay Braunstein
Braunstein & Zuckerman
914.997.6220
333 Westchester Avenue
Suite S-302
White Plains
Robin D. Carton
Carton & Rosoff
914.949.6700
150 Grand Street, Suite 305
White Plains
Mitchell Y. Cohen
Johnson & Cohen
877.807.1472
One Blue Hill Plaza, 11th Floor
Pearl River
Kathleen Donelli
Goldschmidt & Genovese
914.681.6006
81 Main Street, Suite 405
White Plains
John P. Frucco
BodnarMilone
914.997.2500
140 Grand Street, Suite 401
White Plains
Dolores Gebhardt
Goldschmidt & Genovese
914.681.6006
81 Main Street, Suite 405
White Plains
Donna M. Genovese
Goldschmidt & Genovese
914.681.6006
81 Main Street, Suite 405
White Plains
Sylvia Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt & Genovese
914.681.6006
81 Main Street, Suite 405
White Plains
Ellen Jancko.Baken
Fredman Baken & Kosan
914.997.9070
333 Westchester Avenue
Suite 302-S
White Plains
Pamela J. Jenson
BodnarMilone
914.997.2500
140 Grand Street, Suite 401
White Plains
Martin T. Johnson
Johnson & Cohen
877.807.1472
One Blue Hill Plaza
11th Floor
Pearl River
Nancy D. Kellman
Law Office of
Nancy D. Kellman
914.328.0900
333 Westchester Avenue
Suite 302-S
White Plains
Erik Kristensen
BodnarMilone
914.997.2500
140 Grand Street, Suite 401
White Plains
Lydia A. Milone
BodnarMilone
914.997.2500
140 Grand Street, Suite 401
White Plains
Tamara A. Mitchel
Kristensen Law Group
914.431.7229
333 Westchester Avenue
Suite S302
White Plains
James J. Nolletti
Nolletti Law Group
914.831.7000
One North Lexington Avenue
15th Floor
White Plains
Family Law Arbitration
Katherine E. Miller
Miller Law Group
914.229.2087
271 North Avenue, Suite 812
New Rochelle
Family Law Mediation
Elizabeth A. Douglas
Law Offices of Elizabeth A.
Douglas
914.615.9058
245 Main Street, Suite 610
White Plains
Katherine E. Miller
Miller Law Group
914.229.2087
271 North Avenue, Suite 812
New Rochelle
Franchise Law
Julie Lusthaus
Lusthaus Law
914.265.4100
600 Mamaroneck Avenue
Suite 400
Harrison
Health Care Law
Joshua S. Levine
Danziger & Markhoff
914.948.1556
1133 Westchester Avenue
Suite N-208
White Plains
Gary Sastow
Danziger & Markhoff
914.948.1556
1133 Westchester Avenue
Suite N208
White Plains
Immigration Law
Marko C. Maglich
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway
14th Floor
White Plains
Insurance Law
Ephraim J. Fink
Marshall Dennehey Warner
Coleman & Goggin
914.977.7300
287 Bowman Avenue
Suite 404
Purchase
Labor Law — Management
Joseph DeGiuseppe, Jr.
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
914.949.2700
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains
Patrick L. Vaccaro
Law Offices of
Patrick L. Vaccaro
914.804.8308
261 Stuart Drive
New Rochelle
Land Use and Zoning Law
Thomas Leslie
Greenberg Traurig
914.286.2900
445 Hamilton Avenue
Ninth Floor
White Plains
Litigation — Antitrust
Joseph Angland
Law Office of
Joseph Angland
917.817.2683
75 South Broadway
Suite 400
White Plains
Litigation — Bankruptcy
Michael Luskin
Luskin, Stern & Eisler
212.597.8200
50 Main Street, Suite 1640
White Plains
Litigation — Construction
David E. Montgomery
David E. Montgomery
914.244.0288
Six Sleepy Hollow Road
Chappaqua
Thomas H. Welby
Welby, Brady & Greenblatt
914.428.2100
11 Martine Avenue, 15th Floor
White Plains
Litigation — Environmental
Donald W. Stever Jr.
Donald W. Stever
914.255.5500
157 Millard Avenue
Sleepy Hollow
Litigation — Health Care
Russell M. Yankwitt
Yankwitt
914.686.1500
140 Grand Street, Suite 705
White Plains
Litigation — Insurance
Carl J. Pernicone
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Litigation — Intellectual Property
Yuval Marcus
Leason Ellis
914.288.0022
One Barker Avenue
White Plains
Cameron S. Reuber
Leason Ellis
914.288.0022
One Barker Avenue
White Plains
Peter Sloane
Leason Ellis
914.288.0022
One Barker Avenue
White Plains
Litigation — Labor and Employment
Scott T. Baken
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway
14th Floor
White Plains
Susan M. Corcoran
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway, 14th Floor
White Plains
Salvatore G. Gangemi
Murtha Cullina
914.220.5690
445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1102
White Plains
Andrew P. Marks, Lawyer of the Year
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate
Center
Rye
Joseph M. Martin
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway, 14th Floor
White Plains
Joseph A. Saccomano, Jr.
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway
14th Floor
White Plains
Mary A. Smith
Jackson Lewis
914.872.8060
44 South Broadway
14th Floor
White Plains
Russell M. Yankwitt
Yankwitt
914.686.1500
140 Grand Street, Suite 705
White Plains
Litigation — Land Use and Zoning
Joshua E. Kimerling
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Litigation — Patent
Robert W. Morris
Eckert Seamans
Cherin & Mellott
914.949.2909
10 Bank Street, Suite 700
White Plains
Litigation — Trusts and Estates
Gail M. Boggio, Lawyer of the Year
McCarthy Fingar
914.946.3700
711 Westchester Avenue
Suite 405
White Plains
Michael H. Friedman
Kurzman Eisenberg
Corbin & Lever
914.285.9800
One North Broadway, 12th Floor
White Plains
Michael Kutzin
McCarthy Fingar
914.946.3700
711 Westchester Avenue
Suite 405
White Plains
Mary Ellen Manley
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
914.949.2700
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains
Jonathan B. Nelson
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate Center
Rye
Nancy J. Rudolph
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
914.949.2700
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions — Defendants
William A. Ruskin
Law Office of
William A. Ruskin
914.231.0360
800 Westchester Avenue, N-641
Rye Brook
Mediation
Eugene I. Farber
Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari
914.761.9400
200 East Post Road
White Plains
Ruth D. Raisfeld
Ruth D. Raisfeld
924.722.6006
1025 Westchester Avenue
Suite 106
White Plains
Edna Sussman
SussmanADR
212.213.2173
20 Oak Lane
Scarsdale
Medical Malpractice Law — Defendants
Alan Friedberg
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Robert B. Gibson
Heidell, Pittoni,
Murphy & Bach
914.559.3100
81 Main Street
White Plains
Anthony M. Heller
Anthony M. Heller
914.355.1932
56 Rolling Way
New Rochelle
John L.A. Lyddane
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate Center
Rye
Andrew M. Neubardt
Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach
914.559.3100
81 Main Street
White Plains
Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs
Duane M. Fiedler
Fiedler Deutsch
914.993.0393
81 Main Street, Suite 304
White Plains
Richard Vecchio
Worby Vecchio Edelman
914.686.3700
81 Main Street, Suite 306
White Plains
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Scott Mautner
Harrington Ocko & Monk
914.686.4800
81 Main Street, Suite 215
White Plains
Nonprofit/Charities Law
Daniel R. Alcott
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate
Center
Rye
Personal Injury Litigation — Defendants
John L.A. Lyddane
Dorf & Nelson
914.381.7600
International Corporate
Center
Rye
Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs
Adam E. Deutsch
Fiedler Deutsch
914.993.0393
81 Main Street, Suite 304
White Plains
Michael V. Kaplen, Lawyer of the year
De Caro & Kaplen
212.732.2262
427 Bedford Road, Suite
360
Pleasantville
David E. Worby
Worby Vecchio Edelman
914.686.3700
81 Main Street, Suite 306
White Plains
Product Liability Litigation — Defendants
Edward L. Birnbaum
Edward L. Birnbaum
914.637.4625
15 Stonygate Oval
New Rochelle
Product Liability Litigation — Plaintiffs
Adam E. Deutsch
Fiedler Deutsch
914.993.0393
81 Main Street, Suite 304
White Plains
Project Finance Law
Joseph P. Carlucci
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Public Finance Law
David Boies
Boies Schiller Flexner
914.749.8200
333 Main Street
Armonk
Railroad Law
Thomas W. Tobin
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Real Estate Law
Richard L. Chadakoff
Kurzman Eisenberg
Corbin & Lever
914.285.9800
One North Broadway
12th Floor
White Plains
Thomas Leslie
Greenberg Traurig
914.286.2900
445 Hamilton Avenue
Ninth Floor
White Plains
Tax Law
Howell Bramson
McCarthy Fingar
914.946.3700
711 Westchester Avenue
Suite 405
White Plains
Trademark Law
Kyle-Beth Hilfer
Hilfer Law
914.238.2797
55 Algonquin Drive
Chappaqua
Trusts and Estates
Michael J. Amoruso
Amoruso & Amoruso
914.253.9255
800 Westchester Avenue
Suite N-605
Rye Brook
Gail M. Boggio
McCarthy Fingar
914.946.3700
711 Westchester Avenue,
Suite 405
White Plains
Anthony J. Enea
Enea, Scanlan &
Sirignano
914.269.2367
245 Main Street
Suite 500
White Plains
Jessica Galligan Goldsmith
Kurzman Eisenberg
Corbin & Lever
914.285.9800
One North Broadway
12th Floor
White Plains
Frank M. Headley, Jr.
Bertine, Hufnagel,
Headley, Zeltner,
Drummond & Dohn
914.472.7700
700 White Plains Road
Suite 237
Scarsdale
Bernard A. Krooks
Littman Krooks
914.684.2100
800 Westchester Avenue
S-436
Rye Brook
Michael Kutzin
McCarthy Fingar
914.946.3700
711 Westchester Avenue
Suite 405
White Plains
Harris E. Markhoff
Danziger & Markhoff
914.948.1556
1133 Westchester Avenue
Suite N-208
White Plains
Michael Markhoff
Danziger & Markhoff
914.948.1556
1133 Westchester Avenue
Suite N-208
White Plains
Amy C. O’Hara
Littman Krooks
914.684.2100
800 Westchester Avenue
S-436
Rye Brook
Nancy J. Rudolph, Lawyer of the Year
Bleakley Platt &
Schmidt
914.949.2700
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Alternative Dispute Resolution
James M. Marshall
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Ryan A. McKeon
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Scott I. Mendelsohn
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Appellate Practice
Ryan A. McKeon
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Communications Law
Kristen M. Motel
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Construction Law
Kurtis R. McManus
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Allison A, Waase
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Elder Law
Lauren C. Enea
Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano
914.269.2367
245 Main Street, Suite 500
White Plains
Sarah A. Steckler
Keane & Beane
914.946.4777
445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1500
White Plains
Family Law
Chanah Brenenson
Braunstein & Zuckerman
914.997.6220
333 Westchester Avenue
Suite S-302
White Plains
Health Care Law
Ericka Fang
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Jennifer Kan
Boies Schiller Flexner
914.749.8200
333 Main Street
Armonk
Zaina Khoury
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
914.949.2700
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains
Zoran G. Kuljis
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Kathryn Lang
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Christina N. Langella
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Insurance Law
Michelle M. Benedetto
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Matthew M. Collibee
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Patrick Dowdle
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Neil A. Fox
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Matthew E. Mawby
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Andrew S. Paliotta
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Sun Ah Park
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Jennifer Warycha
Gerber Ciano Kelly Brady
516.307.0990
445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1500
White Plains
Intellectual Property Law
Tommas F. Balducci
Leason Ellis
914.288.0022
One Barker Avenue
White Plains
Stefanie M. Garibyan
Leason Ellis
914.288.0022
One Barker Avenue
White Plains
Land Use and Zoning Law
Taylor M. Palmer
Cuddy & Feder
914.761.1300
445 Hamilton Avenue
14th Floor
White Plains
Stavan Prasad
Greenberg Traurig
914.286.2900
445 Hamilton Avenue
Ninth Floor
White Plains
Litigation — Labor and Employment
Tanvir H. Rahman
Filippatos
914.984.5140, ext. 505
199 Main Street
White Plains
Litigation — Patent
Joseph Mercadante
Fabricant
212.257.5797
411 Theodore Fremd Road
Suite 206 South
Rye
Medical Malpractice Law — Defendants
Brendan Alt
Heidell, Pittoni,
Murphy & Bach
914.559.3100
81 Main Street
White Plains
Philip Artusa
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Brandon M. Berkowski
Fullerton Beck
914.305.8634
One West Red Oak Lane
White Plains
Ruth Corcoran
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Olivia Darius
Heidell, Pittoni,
Murphy & Bach
914.559.3100
81 Main Street
White Plains
Ericka Fang
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Zoran G. Kuljis
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Kathryn Lang
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Christina N. Langella
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Michael Manning
Martin Clearwater & Bell
914.328.2969
245 Main Street
White Plains
Kara N. Neal
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Jessica Oliva
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Susan Papacostas
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Laura A. Russell
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Gregory M. Shapiro
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Kathryn M. Sullivan
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Neil M. Willner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Medical Malpractice Law — Plaintiffs
Brandon M. Berkowski
Fullerton Beck
914.305.8634
One West Red Oak Lane
White Plains
Product Liability Litigation — Defendants
Michelle M. Benedetto
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Bernice E. Margolis
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Kurtis R. McManus
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Michael J. Schacher
Gordon Rees Scully
Mansukhani
914.777.2225
500 Mamaroneck Avenue
Suite 503
Harrison
Allison A, Waase
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
914.449.1000
200 Summit Lake Drive
1st Floor
Valhalla
Real Estate Law
Michael J. Goonan
Greenberg Traurig
914.286.2900
445 Hamilton Avenue
Ninth Floor
White Plains
Scott I. Mendelsohn
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Transportation Law
Raymond Law
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
914.323.7000
1133 Westchester Avenue
White Plains
Trusts and Estates
Lauren C. Enea
Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano
914.269.2367
245 Main Street, Suite 500
White Plains
Emily Kahn
Walsh and Amicucci
914.251.1115
1133 Westchester Avenue
Suite S-321
White Plains
Sarah A. Steckler
Keane & Beane
914.946.4777
445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1500
White Plains
Best Lawyers
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Methodology for Best Lawyers® and “Ones to Watch”
This list is excerpted from the 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, the pre-eminent referral guides to the legal profession in the United States. Published since 1983, Best Lawyers® lists attorneys in 148 specialties, representing all 50 states, who have been chosen through an exhaustive survey in which thousands of the nation’s top lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2022 edition of Best Lawyers is based on more than 13 million evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The method used to compile Best Lawyers remains unchanged since the first edition was compiled 40 years ago. Lawyers are chosen for inclusion based solely on the vote of their peers. Listings cannot be bought, and no purchase is required to be included. In this regard, Best Lawyers remains the gold standard of reliability and integrity in lawyer ratings.
The nomination pool for the 2022 edition consisted of all lawyers whose names appeared in the previous edition of Best Lawyers, lawyers who were nominated since the previous survey, and new nominees solicited from listed attorneys. In general, lawyers were asked to vote only on nominees in their own specialty in their own jurisdiction. Lawyers in closely related specialties were asked to vote across specialties, as were lawyers in smaller jurisdictions. Where specialties are national or international in nature, lawyers were asked to vote nationally as well as locally. Voting lawyers were also given an opportunity to offer more detailed comments on nominees. Each year, half of the voting pool receives fax or email ballots; the other half is polled by phone.
Voting lawyers were provided this general guideline for determining if a nominee should be listed among “the best”: “If you had a close friend or relative who needed a real estate lawyer (for example), and you could not handle the case yourself, to whom would you refer them?” All votes and comments were solicited with a guarantee of confidentiality, a critical factor in the viability and validity of Best Lawyers’ surveys. To ensure the rigor of the selection process, lawyers were urged to use only their highest standards when voting and to evaluate each nominee based only on his or her individual merits. The additional comments were used to make more accurate comparisons between voting patterns and weight votes accordingly. Best Lawyers uses various methodological tools to identify and correct for anomalies in both the nomination and voting process.
Recognition in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America is based entirely on peer review and employs the same methodology that has made Best Lawyers the gold standard for legal rankings worldwide. These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Our “Ones to Watch” recipients typically have been in practice for 5–9 years.
Ultimately, of course, a lawyer’s inclusion is based on the subjective judgments of his or her fellow attorneys. While it is true that the lists may at times disproportionately reward visibility or popularity, the breadth of the survey, the candor of the respondents, and the sophistication of the polling methodology largely correct for any biases.
