The New York Law Journal published the article, “Balancing Litigation Costs: The Need for Automatic Discovery Stays,” by partners Russell Yankwitt and Dina Hamerman in the August 15, 2019, issue of the newspaper. In the article, Russell and Dina propose amending the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to comport with the position taken […]
Category: Firm News
Sep 2019
The Westchester County Business Journal published the article, “Employment Laws Every Westchester Employer Should Know,” by Yankwitt LLP attorney Michael Reed, in its September 16, 2019, issue. In the article, Michael discusses two common, avoidable, and extremely costly pitfalls that employers often encounter related to notice of wage rate and wage statement requirements. The […]
Sep 2019
Yankwitt LLP successfully moved for summary judgment on behalf of Gayle Fedigan, a defendant who was sued for wrongful death after a woman died in a vehicle that Fedigan previously owned. The decedent’s estate alleged that Fedigan sold the vehicle to the decedent with an inoperable airbag, which allegedly led […]
Yankwitt also named in Top 25 Westchester County Super Lawyers WHITE PLAINS, NY (September 12, 2019) – White Plains, New York-based law firm Yankwitt LLP announced that two of its partners – Russell Yankwitt and Kathy Marks – have been named to the 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list in […]
Aug 2019
For the second time this summer, Yankwitt LLP settled a plaintiff’s case for more than a million dollars just days before trial. On behalf of residential building owners, Yankwitt LLP pursued claims in Westchester County Supreme Court, Commercial Division, against the defendant, the building manager, for breach of fiduciary duty […]