Super Lawyers - New York Metro 2017 Supplement

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GEORGIA D. KRAMER

KRAMER KOZEK LLP

445 Hamilton Avenue Suite 604

White Plains, NY 10601

Tel: 914-683-3515

Fax: 914-428-1660 gkramer@kramerkozek.com www.kramerkozek.com Georgia Kramer is an AV-rated litigator with extraordinary expertise in finances and taxes. She has been practicing law for over 40 years. She is a graduate of Barnard College and NYU School of Law, where she was an editor of the Law Review. She also received a Master of Law in taxation from N YU School of Law. Mrs. Kramer has unique insight in the relationship between estate planning and divorce planning. She is trained as a collaborative attorney and brings not only her financial acumen, but also the understanding and communication style of collaborative divorce to the resolution of her cases.

FAMILY LAW
CHARLES E. KUTNER

KU TNER FRIEDRICH, LLP

950 Third Avenue

11th Floor New York, NY 10022

Tel: 212-308-0210

Fax: 212-308-0213 ckutneresq@gmail.com www.charleskutnerllp.com Kutner Friedrich, LLP is a top AV-rated professional liability defense firm focusing on all aspects of medical and dental malpractice. With over 75 years of combined experience, the firm has successfully defended cases against hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. In cases of dental malpractice the firm defends general dentists, periodontists, endodontists, and oral surgeons. The firm also defends physicians and dentists before the Office of Professional Medical Conduct and the New York State Department of Education’s Office of Professions. Mr. Kutner regularly tries cases involving catastrophic injuries that require an experienced trial attorney with a thorough knowledge of medicine.

CIVIL LI TIGATION: DEFENSE

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE: DEFENSE
JEFFREY H. LICHTMAN
LAW OFFICES OF
JEFFREY LICHTMAN
11 East 44th Street
Suite 501

New York, NY 10017 Tel: 212-581-1001

Fax: 212-581-4999
jl@jeffreylichtman.com
www.jeffreylichtman.com
In over 26 years of practice, Jeffrey Lichtman has successfully handled
criminal trials and appeals on some of the country’s largest stages.
His clients include those charged in the federal and state systems
with white collar and non-white collar offenses. Mr. Lichtman’s
practice style is marked by exhaustive pretrial preparation and
smothering pressure inside the courtroom. His cross-examinations
have been described in the media as a “relentless pounding” in
which witnesses “were put through the blender and shredded.”
Mr. Lichtman’s motion and appellate practices have also had great
success, securing pretrial dismissals of cases and winning freedom
for clients sentenced to decades in prison. A graduate of Duke
University School of Law, Mr. Lichtman has won millions of dollars
in settlements for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
THOMAS J. MARONEY

MARONEY O’CONNOR LLP

11 Broadway Suite 831

New York, NY 10004

Tel: 212-509-2009

Fax: 212-504-2754 tmaroney@maroneyoconnorllp.com www.maroneyoconnorllp.com A graduate of Siena College and St. John’s University School of Law, Tom has dedicated his practice to high-exposure and complex civil litigation. He has been admitted pro hac vice in numerous jurisdictions outside of New York. Tom serves as the Membership Chair for the New York State Bar Association, on the Appellate Division, First Department Character and Fitness Committee, and is a member of the Torts Advisory Committee for New York County. Tom served 2009-2015 as the New York State Representative to DRI; as President of the Defense Association of New York; and Chair of the NYSBA Torts, TICL Section. Maroney O’Connor LLP works to cost-effectively manage and defend litigation resulting from serious construction site, product liability, premises liability, professional liability, and transportation incidents.

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: DEFENSE PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y: DEFENSE

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: DEFENSE
CLIFFORD A. MEIROWITZ

LAW OFFICES OF CLIFFORD A. MEIROWITZ, PLLC

450 7th Avenue Suite 1908

New York, NY 10123

Tel: 212-764-1261

Fax: 212-221-0999 www.meirowitzlaw.com Clifford Meirowitz’s practice concentrates on elder law, estate planning, wills, trusts, guardianships, Medicaid planning, probate, and related litigation. He is a life member of NY Presbyterian Hospital’s Planned Giving Advisory Council. He was a member of the Professional Advisors Council of the JCC in Manhattan, an adjunct professor at N YU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, a mentor attorney for the N Y Law School Guardianship Clinic, and a member of the Supreme Court Advisory Council. He was selected for N Y’s Best La wyers ‘12-’ 16, NY’s Top Rated Lawyers ‘13-’ 15 and N Y Magazine’s 2016 Leaders in the Law. He is past chair of the N YCLA pro bono Elder Law Project and Elder Law Committee. He is a contributing author to Elder Law and Guardianship in NY. He has been quoted in The New York Times and the New York Law Journal.

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION

ELDER LAW
DAVID ALAN MILLER
GRAUBARD MILLER

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10174

Tel: 212-818-8661 Fax: 888-225-0104 dmiller@graubard.com www.graubard.com David Alan Miller is the managing partner of Graubard Miller and head of its Corporate and Securities Department. Mr. Miller has a wide-ranging practice that includes representing domestic and international clients, including many broker-dealers, in a variety of corporate transactions such as public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. He has been practicing securities law for over 35 years, during which time he has represented clients in more than 300 public offerings and many more private offerings of securities. He was one of the creators of the financial product called a SPAC, or Specified Purpose Acquisition Company, in 1993. Graubard Miller has handled more than twice the number of SPAC IPOs and business combinations handled by any other law firm in the world.

MERGERS & ACQUISI TIONS
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE
LORRAINE NADEL

NADEL & CIARLO, P.C.

3 East 54th Street

16th Floor New York, NY 10022

Tel: 212-317-9500

Fax: 212-317-9849

Lnadel@ncesq.com www.nadelciarlo.com Lorraine Nadel is the founding partner of Nadel & Ciarlo, P.C. Her practice focuses on real estate, real estate litigation, and business related disputes. For over 25 years, she has represented commercial and residential buildings; co-op and condo owners and boards; management companies, brokers, and both large and small business owners. As an accountant with a top firm prior to practicing law, her combined legal and accounting expertise provide a distinct advantage to her clients. She has been quoted in The New York Times; Time Out; New York magazine; People magazine and multiple other television, radio, and media sources. Cited on numerous occasions in the New York Law Journal, Ms. Nadel’s firm continues to set precedents and remains at the forefront of complex real estate law.

REAL ESTATE LITIGATION CO-OPS & CONDOS

REAL ES TATE
CLIFFORD J. PETROSKE

PETROSKE RIEZENMAN & MEYERS, P.C.

1393 Veterans Memorial Highway Suite 414N Hauppauge, NY 11788

Tel: 631-337-1977

Fax: 631-337-1966 petroske@petroskelaw.com www.petroskelaw.com Attorney Clifford J. Petroske, a Long Island native, is founding partner of the highly respected Hauppauge law firm of Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. For more than 25 years, Mr. Petroske has devoted his career to matrimonial and family law. He has handled hundreds of divorce and family law cases in Suffolk and Nassau counties in New York State, and conducted numerous trials, as well as appeals in the First and Second Departments. Mr. Petroske has lectured to the Suffolk Academy of Law, and has been published in The Suffolk Lawyer. He is a member of the Suffolk County and New York State Bar Associations, with membership in the Family Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association, and Matrimonial and Family Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association.

FAMILY LAW
LORRAINE BERLUND POLIN
FUMUSO, KELLY, SWART,
FARRELL, POLIN & CHRISTESEN
110 Marcus Boulevard
Suite 500
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Tel: 631-232-0200
Fax: 631-232-1305
lpolin@110-law.com
www.fksfpc.com
Lorraine Berlund Polin focuses her practice on the defense and trial
of medical malpractice and professional negligence matters. She
has tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal actions. She
has also successfully defended at trial matters involving premises
liability, products liability and general negligence. Ms. Polin
represents physicians in disciplinary investigation matters before
N.Y.S. licensing boards. She was an adjunct professor at Stony
Brook University, teaching Medical Ethics, and also lectures to
professional organizations regarding medical malpractice defense
strategies. Ms. Polin previously practiced as a Registered Nurse
during her 15 year career at major metropolitan teaching hospitals
in New York and California.