Yankwitt LLP achieved a successful resolution in a complex intra-family dispute just days after the firm filed a motion for summary judgment, showcasing the effectiveness of Yankwitt LLP’s compelling brief writing. Yankwitt LLP represented the defendant, who was the administrator of his late mother’s estate. Before she passed away, the […]
Armed with compelling facts and persuasive legal arguments, Yankwitt LLP successfully obtained permission to serve a late Notice of Claim on behalf of its out-of-state hospitality client. This legal victory arose from an incident where the client’s hotel flooded due to a burst pipe in an adjacent parking lot owned […]
Led by Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt and Partner Michael Reed, Yankwitt LLP successfully resolved a multi-million-dollar federal litigation on behalf of The Crab House, a former Landry’s restaurant, with a settlement for less than five percent of the plaintiff’s initial demand. The case involved allegations that The Crab House breached […]
Yankwitt LLP’s pro bono team secured the complete withdrawal of a perjury and defamation case brought against the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) by a landlord who had been adverse to LSHV’s tenant client. Following LSHV’s successful prevention of the tenant’s eviction, the landlord turned around and sued […]
Jason Swergold, a partner at Yankwitt LLP and co-leader of the firm’s Criminal Defense & Investigations Practice, has been elected vice chair of the Westchester County Bar Association’s Criminal Section. In this role, Jason will serve on the section’s three-member leadership team charged with developing continuing legal education seminars and […]