NEW JERSEY – NEW YORK
BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS
LITIG
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JONATHAN E. LEVITT
FRIER LEVI TT, LLC
84 Bloomfield Avenue
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
Tel: 973-618-1660
Fax: 973-618-0650
jlevitt@frierlevitt.com
www.frierlevitt.com
Jonathan Levitt co-founded Frier Levitt in 2000, is Certified by
the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, and is
a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been
quoted by the Associated Press, CNN, and the Daily News and
has appeared on Fox Business News. His practice is devoted
to business litigation, significant personal injury, and wrongful
death matters. Jonathan has multiple reported decisions in
state and federal court. Significant trial verdicts and settlements
include a $1.5 million product liability result, a $1.6 million award
in a complex commercial case, and a $12 million class action
result against a public entity. Jonathan is proud to volunteer for
charitable organizations and to have served on the District VB
Ethics Committee.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
PHILIP A. BYLER
NESENOFF & MILTENBERG,
LLP
363 7th Avenue
5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-736-4500
Fax: 212-736-2260
pbyler@nmllplaw.com
www.nmllplaw.com
Philip A. Byler, Senior Litigation Counsel at Nesenoff &
Miltenberg, LLP, is experienced in federal court and complex
state court practice, including trials and appeals before the
New York Court of Appeals and Appellate Divisions and the U.S.
Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Byler graduated from Harvard
Law School and served as law clerk to Judge Peck of the U.S.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals before beginning as an associate
at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Byler is a member of the New York
State and City Bar Associations and their respective Professional
Discipline Committees. Byler is a Republican Party town and
county committeeman; a Delegate to the Tenth Judicial District
Republican Convention; and Vice President, Director and Legal
Adviser to Huntington Tri-Village Little League Association.
APPELLATE
CIVIL RIGH TS/FIRST AMENDMEN T
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
ERIC M. CREIZMAN
CREIZMAN LLC
565 Fifth Avenue 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-972-0200
Fax: 646-200-5022
ecreiz@creizmanllc.com
www.creizmanllc.com
Eric Creizman is a versatile litigator and trial lawyer with over
14 years of experience. Mr. Creizman represents individual
and corporate clients in all facets of litigation, and focuses
his practice on representing individuals in federal white collar
criminal investigations and trials. Mr. Creizman is rated AV
preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
ERIC DRANOFF
SARETSKY KATZ DRANOFF &
GLASS, LLP
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-973-9797
Fax: 212-973-0939
edranoff@skdglaw.com
www.skdglaw.com
Eric Dranoff, a founding partner at Saretsky Katz Dranoff & Glass,
LLP, a New York City law firm, primarily serves clients in the areas
of insurance coverage, employment and wage litigation, and
defense of municipalities and government agencies in civil rights
and general liability matters. Fully prepared to litigate cases
when necessary, Mr. Dranoff completed a mediation-intensive
training program at the Center for Mediation in Law in order
to develop a better understanding of effective mediation
techniques. He serves on the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York’s Mediation Panel. After completing his law
degree at Albany Law School, he was admitted to practice in
New York. He is admitted to the United States District Court
for the Western, Southern, and Eastern Districts of New York.
GOVERNMENT/CITIES/MUNICIPALITIES
EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: DEFENSE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
ROBERT A. FITCH
RAWLE & HENDERSON LLP
14 Wall Street
27th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Tel: 212-323-7060
Fax: 212-323-7099
rfitch@rawle.com
www.rawle.com
Robert A. Fitch is the partner in charge of the Rawle &
Henderson, LLP, New York office. He concentrates his practice
on the defense of architects and engineers, construction,
medical and oral surgery malpractice claims, and commercial
motor vehicle litigation. He is a graduate of Syracuse University
and Syracuse University College of Law and is admitted to
practice in New York since 1974, as well as in Federal Courts in
Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He has tried over 100 cases
to verdict and is a member of the Defense Research Institute,
Federal Bar Council, PIAA, and Trucking Industry Defense
Association. He has a peer-review rating by Martindale-Hubbell
of AV (the highest).
PROFESSIONAL DEFENSE
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
ALAN S. FUTERFAS
LAW OFFICES OF
ALAN S. FUTERFAS
565 Fifth Avenue
Floor 7
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-684-8400
Fax: 212-684-5259
asfuterfas@futerfaslaw.com
www.futerfaslaw.com
The firm has over 20 years of experience defending corporate
officers, board members, individuals, and companies subject to
SEC investigations and criminal investigations and prosecutions.
We have successfully defended complex corporate civil litigation.
Our client list includes executives and board members, financial
industry executives and entrepreneurs, hedge funds, attorneys
and other professionals. The firm has vast experience at all
stages of proceedings from investigative, civil, and criminal
inquiries through trial and appeal. The firm has significant trial
and appellate experience. We are discreet and known to be
very effective. We have successfully argued before the United
States Supreme Court and have handled white collar matters
around the country.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
PHILIP M. HALPERN
COLLIER HALPERN NEWBERG
NOLLETTI & BOCK, LLP
1 North Lexington Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Tel: 914-684-6800
Fax: 914-684-6986
phalpern@chnnb.com
www.chnnb.com
I have successfully reported to general counsels at Fortune
500 companies for more than two decades. My law firm
provides large firm service and results at half the cost of large
firms. We pride ourselves in offering the highest quality legal
services in an efficient, cost-effective manner and in always
exceeding a client’s expectations. My practice focuses primarily
on commercial litigation, employment litigation, real estate
litigation, and securities litigation. My partners concentrate on
corporate, real estate, and business transactions.
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
APPELLATE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
BARRY I. LEVY
RIVKIN RADLER LLP
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
Tel: 516-357-3149
Fax: 516-357-3333
barry.levy@rivkin.com
www.rivkinradler.com
Barry I. Levy is a Partner in Rivkin Radler’s Litigation & Appeals
and Employment & Labor Practice Groups. Mr. Levy’s practice
focuses on the representation of individual and institutional
clients in the insurance, health care, financial services, and labor/
employment arenas, where he provides counseling and litigates
complex issues on his clients’ behalf. Mr. Levy has served as lead
counsel on behalf of a wide array of clients and has successfully
tried numerous complex cases in federal and state courts both
inside and outside of New York. He recently successfully argued
the appeal on behalf of 53 insurers in Carothers v. Progressive
et. al., the first significant trial verdict addressing the corporate
practice of medicine prohibition principles established in the
landmark decision of State Farm v. Mallela.
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
ANDREW T.
MILTENBERG
NESENOFF & MILTENBERG,
LLP
363 7th Avenue
5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-736-4500
Fax: 212-736-2260
amiltenberg@nmllplaw.com
www.nmllplaw.com
Andrew Miltenberg is a founding partner of Nesenoff &
Miltenberg, LLP. A veteran trial lawyer, he concentrates his
practice on complex commercial litigation and business torts,
including partnership and shareholder disputes, real estate
litigation, fraudulent conveyance/alter ego and successor
liability claims, and lender liability claims. Mr. Miltenberg
also regularly handles high-stakes employment disputes,
defamation, Internet, and related First Amendment matters.
Mr. Miltenberg is often sought by colleagues as trial counsel
for his aggressive yet efficient tactical choices, thorough
preparation, and composure. He is regularly called upon to
guide clients through complex business decisions in an effort
to avoid litigation and to set the stage for a successful litigation.
CIVIL RIGHTS/FIRST AMENDMEN T
GENERAL LI TIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
