Yankwitt LLP successfully quashed a New Jersey subpoena arising out of a divorce action venued in Westchester County Supreme Court on behalf of the wife who was represented by a prominent Westchester County-based matrimonial lawyer. The husband was seeking to depose his wife’s elderly parents claiming his wife was using […]
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Yankwitt LLP represented a prominent small business in severance negotiations with a long-term employee who was terminated due to a subpar performance. The negotiations were complicated by the fact that the employee lived on the client’s property and would need to vacate the premises during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both […]
Nov 2020
Russell Yankwitt, the founder and managing partner of Yankwitt LLP, was profiled in the feature article, Corner Office, in the 4th Quarter issue of 914 Inc. magazine. The article, titled “Top of the (Legal) Mountain,” chronicles Russell’s journey from deciding to become a lawyer while climbing the Himalayan Mountains to […]
Nov 2020
WHITE PLAINS, NY (November 5, 2020) – White Plains, New York-based law firm Yankwitt LLP is pleased to announce the firm has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” Metropolitan Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation. Earlier this year, Russell Yankwitt, the firm’s founder and managing […]
Nov 2020
Alter becomes firm’s fifth former AUSA partner White Plains, NY (November 1, 2020) – Yankwitt LLP, an elite trial and litigation law firm based in White Plains, New York, announced today that Daniel Alter has joined the firm as partner. Alter, a former assistant U.S. attorney (AUSA) in the Southern […]