2019: A Milestone Year to Remember 2019 was a year to remember for Yankwitt LLP. We celebrated a milestone 10-year anniversary, achieved significant wins for our clients, expanded our practices with two new accomplished attorneys, and won several industry awards. Some of this year’s case highlights include: Obtained dismissal of […]
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Judge Román Grants in Part and Denies in Part Cross-Motions to Preclude Proposed Experts In Nemes v. Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., No. 17—cv—1688, 2019 WL 3982212 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 23, 2019), the plaintiffs, a husband and wife, brought products liability claims against defendants Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. and Barnett Outdoors, LLC […]
August and September were big months for Yankwitt LLP and our attorneys. In August, managing partner Russell Yankwitt was named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America® list in the area of Commercial Litigation, and just a month later, Russ and partner Kathy Marks were named to the 2019 New […]
Bolstering the Ranks The first half of 2019 saw a bolstering of the ranks throughout the firm with the addition of several new attorneys – two in White Plains and one in New Jersey. In February, Former U.S. Attorney Benjamin Allee joined Yankwitt LLP as a partner, and launched the […]
Judge Román Holds Environmentalist in Contempt of Court for Refusal to Comply with the Court’s Orders In Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. v. Spirit of Utah Wilderness, Inc., No. 10-CV-1136, 2019 WL 1517579 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 5, 2019), Judge Nelson Román sanctioned environmentalist Jeffrey Salt for failing to comply with the Court’s order […]