WHITE PLAINS, NY (August 19, 2021) – White Plains, New York-based law firm Yankwitt LLP is thrilled to announce that its managing partner, Russell Yankwitt, has been named to the 2022 edition of the Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation. Yankwitt is Westchester County’s go-to litigator and trial attorney. […]
The Southern District of New York has granted preliminary approval to a wage and hour settlement in a putative class action brought against Yankwitt LLP’s small business client. Following lengthy negotiations, Yankwitt LLP achieved a favorable settlement with an extended payment term and without its client admitting liability. The settlement […]
Using tenacious investigative skills and persuasive legal writing, Yankwitt LLP successfully moved a New York state court for leave to serve defendants via the alternative means of LinkedIn private messaging and email. Yankwitt LLP filed a complaint on behalf of its consultant client against two LLCs and their principal, asserting […]
Although litigation will never become an Olympic event, Yankwitt LLP managed to bring home the gold in nearly every category in the first half of 2021. The firm came out of the gate strong and has been picking up speed ever since. As we mark the half-way point of the […]
Yankwitt LLP aggressively negotiated the settlement of a dram shop (liquor liability) case on behalf of our client, a New Jersey restaurant. The case, venued in New Jersey State Court, Somerset County, involved three plaintiffs who were rear ended by the co-defendant drunk driver with a blood alcohol level of […]