LoginNovember 21, 2008
New York
OFFICERS
Peter T. Roach, Esq. (President)
Jack Lillis, Esq. (Vice President)
Edward R. Gallion, Esq. (Treasurer)
ACCOUNTING
Berdon LLP
360 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10017-1178
(212) 832-0400
Jerry Sloane, CPA jsloane@berdonllp.com (Managing Director of Berdon LLP, one of New York's premier accounting firms)
ADMIRALTY/INSURANCE
Kennedy Lillis Schmidt & English
75 Maiden Lane
Suite 402
New York, New York 10038-4816
(212) 430-0800
John Lillis, Esq. jlillis@klselaw.com (State University of New York Maritime College, B.S., (with honors); Member,
Chair of the Maritime Law Association of the United States' Transportation of
Hazardous Substances Committee (1995-present; Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law,
The College of Insurance (1980-1988; assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV
rating)
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL MARKETING LAW
The Lustigman Firm, P.C.
149 Madison Avenue
Suite 805
New York, New York 10016
(212) 683-9180
Sheldon Lustigman, Esq. shelly@lustigmanfirm.com (New York University, B.A.; Cornell University, J.D.; Member, The Association
of the Bar of the City of New York; Member of the New York State, New Jersey State
and Bergen County Bar Associations' Food and Drug Law Committees; Member of the
New York State and Bergen County Bar Associations' Food and Drug Law Committees,
Member of the Promotional Marketing Association and Member of the Direct Marketing
Association's Legal Committee; assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
Andrew Lustigman, Esq. andy@lustigmanfirm.com (University of Michigan, B.A.; American University Washington College of Law,
J.D., magna cum laude; Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York's
Consumer Affairs Committee; Member, New York State Bar Association; Member, Federal
Communications Bar Association; Member, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust
Law Pirvacy and Security, Member of the Direct Marketing Association's and Promotional
Marketing Association's Legal Committees; Managing Editor, The American University
Law Review; Author: "A New Look at Thermography's Place in the Courtroom-A Reconciliation
of the Conflicting Evidentiary Rules," 40 American University Law Review 419 (1990);
"The Equal Credit Opportunity Act as a Defense Against Payment", III Banking Law
Journal 444 (Sept., 1994). Contributing Columnist, "It's the Law," Direct Marketing
News; assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
ART LAW
The Koegel Group LLP
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
(212) 255-7744
John B. Koegel, Esq. jbk@artlaw.biz (former General Counsel of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City,
former Counsel, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; assigned Martindale
Hubbell's highest AV rating)
BANKRUPTCY/MEDIATOR-NEUTRAL
Thaler & Gertler, LLP
90 Merrick Avenue
Suite 400
East Meadow, New York 11554
(516) 228-3553
Andrew M. Thaler, Esq. thaler@tglawfirm.com (State University of N.Y. at Albany, B.A. magna cum laude, 1979; State University
of N.Y. at Buffalo, J.D., 1983; Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee, U.S. District Court
for the E.D.N.Y., 1990-Present; Member, Mediation Panel, U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
E.D.N.Y., 2004-Present; Member, Mediation Panel, Commercial Division of Nassau
County Supreme Court, 2003-Present; former Dean, Nassau Academy of Law; Member,
Nassau County Bar Associations’ Board of Directors (2002-2004) and Grievance Committee
(2003-Present); Board Member and former CLE Director of the Theodore Roosevelt
American Inns of Court; Lecturer, Nassau Academy of Law, Theodore Roosevelt Inns
of Court, NYS Society of CPA’s, and First American Title Insurance Company; recipient
of 2003 Partners in Justice Award by the Nassau/Suffolk Law Services; assigned
Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
COLLECTIONS, FORECLOSURE & REAL ESTATE FINANCE
Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C.
100 Jericho Quadrangle
Suite 215
Jericho, New York 11753
(516) 938-3100
Peter T. Roach, Esq. proach@roachlawfirm.com (Sole Stockholder of Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., Jericho, NY and
Syosset, NY; Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law (1987-present);
Board of Directors - St. John's University School of Law Alumni Association (Member
1988-present; President 2002-2004); Lecturer, New York State, Queens and Nassau
County Bar Associations, Practicing Law Institute, Lorman Education Services;
Co-Author: "How to Handle Your First Foreclosure", Practicing Law Institute (1999);
"Title Examination in New York", Lorman Education Services (March, 2001); Member
American Bar Association, New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations; Assigned
Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION & WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE
Gallion & Spielvogel
75 Rockefeller Plaza
18th Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 710-5160
Edward R. Gallion, Esq. edward@gsbarristers.com (Northwestern University, B.A., Georgetown Law Center, J.D., Georgetown Law
Review, former Legislative Director for the Honorable Gerald B.H. Solomon, U.S.
House of Representatives (Chairman, House Rules Committee), Law Clerk to the Honorable
Roger Miner (U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit), former litigator at Sullivan
& Cromwell on Wall Street, Vice President of the International Network of
Boutique Law Firms; Member of the Nassau County Bar Association's Appellate Practice,
Commercial Litigation and Federal Courts Committees; Member, Association of the
Bar of the City of New York)
Steven Spielvogel, Esq. steve@gsbarristers.com (University of Pennsylvania, B.A., summa cum laude with distinction, J.D.;
law clerk to the Honorable Richard Owen, U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York, law clerk to the Honorable William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; former litigator at Sullivan Cromwell on Wall
Street; has taught or presented lectures on numerous subjects at several of North
America’s most prestigious law schools, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford
and the University of Pennsylvania; former Scholar-in-Residence, Centre for Innovation
Law & Policy at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto; former Co-Chairman,
Business & Technology Law Committee, LISTnet (New York's largest technology
organization); Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Business Law & Technology;
Chairman, Board of Directors, Lawyers For Humanity Charitable Foundation, Inc.;
President and Chairman, Board of Directors, International Network of Boutique
Law Firms; President, International Association of Networks; former Chairman and
Member, Board of Directors, Amphibian Productions, Inc. (a non-profit theater
company))
CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
P.H. Wilson Law & Consulting
90 Broad Street
25th Floor
New York, NY 10004
(212) 371-9100
Paul Wilson, Esq. pwilson@phwc.net (Tufts University, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Frederick Melvin
Ellis Award; Harvard Law School, J.D.; President & General Counsel, Luminad
Technologies, 2000-2001; President & General Counsel, Coping on Call, 1998-2000;
Corporate Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 1996-1998; Campaign
Manager & Skipper, U.S. Olympic Yachting Campaign, 1995-1996; U.S. Department
of Justice, 1994; Author, New Requirements for LLCs, LLPs and LPs Effective June
1 (New York Enterprise Report 2006); Author, Forming a Business Entity: How to
Choose the Right One – and Save Your House ( Enterprise 2002); Chapter President,
Business Networking International; Board of Advisors, Alexandra MM Gagnon Foundation;
Board of Governors, Vineyard Haven Yacht Club; Member, New York State Bar Association)
CRIMINAL LAW
The Law Offices of Robert C. Gottlieb
The Trinity Building
111 Broadway
Suite 701
New York, New York 10006
(212) 566-7766
Robert C. Gottlieb, Esq. rgottlieb@robertgottlieblaw.com (Cornell University, B.S.; NYU Law School, J.D.; former Assistant District Attorney,
New York County; Candidate Suffolk County District Attorney(1989); Member, Cornell
University Board of Trustees (1971-1973); Adjunct Professor of Law, Touro College,
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (Trial Practice); frequent Bar Association lecturer
and author on "Trial Techniques and Strategy"; legal commentator , Court TV, Fox
News and CNN; Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York
State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Bar Council, New York State
Bar Association; assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
E-COMMERCE/INTERNET/TECHNOLOGY/PRIVACY LAW
Professor Jonathan Ezor
c/o The Lustigman Firm, P.C.
149 Madison Avenue
Suite 805
New York, New York 10016
(212) 683-9180
Professor Jonathan I. Ezor jonathan@lfirm.com (Yale Law School, J.D., Editor, Yale Law Journal, Director of the Touro Law
Center Institute for Business Law & Technology, Co-Chair of the Long Island
Software and Technology Network's Business and Technology Law Committee, Author
of Internet legal risk handbook "CLICKING THROUGH: A Survival Guide for Bringing
Your Company Online" (Bloomberg Press 2000), co-author of "Producing Web Hits"
(IDG Books 1997), and author of numerous articles on technology and business law)
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Periconi, LLC
708 Third Avenue
17th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(212) 213-5500
James J. Periconi, Esq. jpericoni@periconi.com (Columbia College, B.A.; University of Virginia, M.A. (English and Comparative
Literature) as Danforth Graduate Fellow; New York University School of Law; New
York County District Attorney's Office; New York State Attorney General's Office
(Environmental Protection Bureau); Chief, Hazardous Waste Enforcement Bureau,
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Counsel to prominent
U.S. environmental law boutique practice, Berle, Kass & Case; Chair of the
Environmental Law Practice, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine; partner, Windels
Marx Lane & Mittendorf; Chair (2003-2004)of the Environmental Law Section,
New York State Bar Association, and past Delegate to NYSBA's House of Delegates;
25% co-author, Environmental Law and Regulation in New York (West Publishing's
award-winning New York Practice Series); Member, Advisory Board, Toxics Law Reporter
(BNA); occasional contributor on environmental law issues and book reviews to
New York Law Journal; Member, American and New York State Bar Associations, and
of the Bar Association of New York City; founder, Periconi, LLC; assigned Martindale
Hubbell's highest AV rating)
ERISA
The Wolf Law Group, P.C.
114 Old Country Road
Suite 116
Mineola, New York 11501
(516) 877-9653
Gerald Wolf, Esq. gwolf@ebwolf.com (former lawyer at Shearman & Sterling in NYC and Employee Benefits Partner
at Alexander & Green in New York City (1979-1983) and at Meltzer, Lippe et.
al. in Mineola (1983-1998): Author: "Top-Heavy Plans: The Planning Possibilities,"
N.Y.U., 42 Institute on Federal Taxation-Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive
Compensation, Matthew Bender publisher, 1984. Co-author: "ERISA and the Bankruptcy
Code: Stepping Into Quicksand or Something Else, Post Mackey," 8 Touro Law Review
521, 1992; "ERISA Section 404(c) and the Unisys Case: Let the Liar Beware," Volume
1, Journal of Pension Investing, A Panel Publication, Aspen Publishers, Inc.,
Fall 1996. Faculty Chairman, Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans, Continuing
Legal Education, Practicing Law Institute, 1983-1989). Adjunct Professor at Pace
University and Long Island University and Member, Employee Benefits Committee
of Tax Section ; Fellow, American Colleger of Employee Benefits Counsel; assigned
Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Darby & Darby
Seven World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
212-527-7700
Joseph R. Robinson, Esq. jrobinson@darbylaw.com (Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; Pace University, J.D.; ) author,
“The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 a/k/a The
Hatch-Waxman Act a/k/a The Generic Drug Act,” Nikkei Biotechnology (May 10, 2004);
co-author, “Preliminary Injunctions Come With a Price: Amount of Security That
an Applicant Must Post Can Be Substantial or Prohibitive,” The New York Law Journal (May 10, 2004); Chapter on U.S. trademark law in “Trademark Practice & Forms”
Treatise (April 2004); “Clinical Trials May Bar Drug’s Patent Prosecution,” The National Law Journal (May 22, 2000); “Prosecution History in Federal Circuit,” New York Law Journal (May 17, 1999 assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest “AV” rating)
Pierre R. Yanney, Esq. pyanney@darbylaw.com (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B. (electrical engineering); S.M.
(electrical engineering); Rutgers University, J.D.; Contributing Editor, Intellectual
Property Counseling and Litigation (Matthew Bender); CNBC Commentator on “Patent
Law” (April 2007); author, “Patent Marking,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
(July 2001))
IMMIGRATION
Avirom & Associates, LLP
42 Broadway
Suite 1220
New York, New York 10004
(212) 747-8787
Jonathan Avirom, Esq. javirom@avirom.com (University of Virginia, B.A.;Brooklyn Law School LLB, LLM.; Member, New York
State Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and American
Immigration Lawyers Association (Chairman, New York Chapter (1975-1976), Secretary
(1976-1978), Second Vice President (1977-1978), First Vice President (1978-1979),
National President (1979-1980), Member, Board of Governors (1980)); Member, Board
of Trustees, American Immigration Lawyers Foundation; Lecturer, Practicing Law
Institute Immigration Law Seminars; Immigration Law for the Advanced Practitioner,
New York State Bar Association Seminar; Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Criminal
Division; Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers; assigned Martindale
Hubbell's highest AV rating)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CUSTOMS
Neville Peterson, LLP
17 State Street
19th Floor
New York, New York 10004
(212) 635-2730
John Peterson, Esq. jpeterson@npwny.com (Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association's Committee on International Trade
Appeals, 1986; Member, Customs and International Trade Bar Association; Member,
New York County Independent Democratic Judicial Screening Panel, 1985; Author:
"Customs Treatment of Royalties and License Fees in the United States," Japan
Tariff Association CIPIC Journal, Vol. 3, 1999; "Civil Customs Penalties Under
Section 592 of the Tariff Act: Current Practice and The Need for Further Reform",
18 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 679, 1986; "The Harmonized System:
A Major Change for U.S. Exporters and Importers," The Export Adviser Awareness
Report, July, 1987; Contributing Columnist, International Business (1988-present);
Panelist, U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement Dispute Resolution Panel (1991-present);
assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
Margaret Polito, Esq. mpolito@npwny.com (Tulane Law School, J.D., cum laude; Columbia University, LL.M., International
Law; MemberCustoms and International Trade Bar Association; assigned Martindale
Hubbell's highest AV rating)
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
(Representing Employees)
Solotoff & Solotoff
P.O. Box 4686
Great Neck, New York 11023-4686
(516) 466-5522
Lawrence Solotoff, Esq. lsolotoff@aol.com (Baruch College of Business, MBA (in Management and Development of Human Resources);
New York Law School, J.D.; Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Adjunct
Professor of Law, Touro College Law Center; Associate Adjunct Professor, Labor
and Employment Law at the Graduate School of Labor and Industrial Relations, NYIT,
CLIR Program, 1978-1989; Co-Author, "Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
In The Work Place", published by National Law Journals, Law Journal Seminars-Press,
Employment and Labor Law Series (copyright September, 1994) (updated semi-annually);
Member, Nassau County Bar Association (former Chairman, Labor and Employment Law
Committee; Chairman, Employee Dispute Resolution Sub-Committee; Chairman, Recognition
Committee); American Bar Association (Chair, Mid-Winter Conference, EEO Committee;
Regional Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Law CLE Programming); Chairman, NELA NY
Sexual Harassment Committee; Chair of the NCBA-EDR Panel)
LABOR& EMPLOYMENT
(Representing Management)
Naness, Chaiet & Naness, LLC
375 North Broadway
Suite 208
Jericho, New York 11753
(516) 827-4300
Jeffrey Naness, Esq. j.naness@verizon.net (Wesleyan University, B.A. (with honors), University of Virginia, J.D., Phi
Beta Kappa, former Co-Chair of the Suffok County Bar Association's Labor and Employment
Law Committee)
Clifford Chaiet, Esq. c.chaiet@verizon.net (former National Labor Relations Board attorney and past President of the Industrial
Relations Research Association's New York City Chapter; assigned Martindale Hubbell's
highest AV rating)
MATRIMONIAL & FAMILY LAW
Samuelson, Hause & Samuelson, LLP
300 Garden City Plaza
Suite 444
Garden City, New York 11530
(516) 294-6666
Elliot Samuelson, Esq. esamuelson@samuelsonhause.net (Past President and Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (New York
Chapter); Founder, Past President and Master, New York Family Law American Inn
of Court; Past Chairman and Member, Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial
and Family Law Committee; Family Disputes Advisory Committee of the American Arbitration
Association; Arbitrator, Unified Court System Domestic Relations Fee Arbitration
Program, Arbitrator, Unified Court System Domestic Relations Early Neutral Evaluation
Program; Editor of the New York State Bar Association's Family Law Review (1976-present);
author of over one hundred professional articles published in national, regional
and local matrimonial journals and periodicals; author of ' The Divorce Law Handbook:
A Comprehensive Guide to Matrimonial Practice" (Insight Books 1988) and co-author
of ' New York Practice Guide: Domestic Relations" (Matthew Bender 1988); included
in the divorce lawyers' section of "Best Lawyers in America"; assigned Martindale
Hubbell's highest AV rating)
Richard Hause, Esq. samuelsonhause@aol.com (Member, New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations' Matrimonial and
Family Law Committee; Member, Family Law American Inn of Court; Fellow, American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Arbitrator, Unified Court System Domestic Relations
Fee Arbitration; Arbitrator, Unified Court System Domestic Relations Early Neutral
Evaluation Program; Listed in Best Lawyers in America; Author of numerous articles
concerning domestic relations law)
PERSONAL INJURY AND PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, LLP
420 Lexington Avenue
Suite 2750
New York, New York 10170
(212) 986-7353
Philip Russotti, Esq. prussotti@wrslaw.com (Columbia College, B.A.; St. John’s University, J.D.; Assistant District Attorney
and Bureau Chief, Supreme Court Trial Bureau, New York County District Attorney’s
Office; Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial
Advocacy, 1992, recertified 1997 and 2007; Lecturer, N.Y. County District Attorneys
Office, Trial Practice Course; Lecturer, St. John’s University School of Law,
CLE Trial Practice; Reviewer for Journal of Association of Trial Lawyers of America;
Member: New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, New York State Trial Lawyers
Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Million Dollar Advocates
Forum; Member, New York State Bar Association; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest
AV rating)
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, LLP
270 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
(212) 867-4466
Lewis A. Lindenberg, Esq. llindenberg@bbwg.com (Boston University, B.A., magna cum laude; Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D.;
Member: the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Real Estate Committee)
and New York State Bar Association; Board Member, YAI/National Institute for People
with Disabilities; Lecturer: the Rent Statilization Association, New York University
School of Continuing and Professional Studies; Contributing Columnist, Real Estate
Weekly, Landlord Tenant Practices Reports and New York Real Estate Journal)
TRUST & ESTATES
Gary Schreiner, Esq.
Oceanic House
19 West Main Street
Oyster Bay, New York 11711-2215
(516) 922-8400
Gary Schreiner, Esq. gary@willplan.com (National Association of Estate Planning Council's Accredited Estate Planner;
formerly a Trust Officer with Chase Manhattan Bank's Trust Department, U. S. Trust
Company of New York's Personal Asset Management Division, and The Bank of New
York's Personal Trust Division; Member of the New York State Bar Association's
Trust and Estates Committee; Member, American Bar Association's Real Property,
Probate and Trust Committee; Member, New York County Lawyers Association; Member,
Nassau County Bar Association; Member, Nassau County Tax and Estate Planning Council;
Director, Emy and Emil Herzfeld Foundation, Inc.; President, St. Boniface Parish
Conference (in Sea Cliff) of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, in Sea Cliff,
New York; frequent lecturer to consumers and his fellow professionals in the estate
planning arena) 
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