A Yankwitt LLP litigation team led by Partner Ross Morrison successfully secured the dismissal of nearly all claims in a complex commercial dispute involving a breach of an alleged oral partnership agreement. The plaintiff had filed a lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of New York claiming that […]
A litigation team led by Partner Ross Morrison successfully opposed a motion to dismiss 17 causes of action in a legal battle involving family members and their real estate business. The case centers around a dispute among Yankwitt LLP’s clients, their mother and other family members, including a brother and […]
In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department, reaffirmed the New York rule that a plaintiff opposing a motion for summary judgment cannot raise a new theory of liability not already alleged in her complaint in the opposition brief. This principle came as an unpleasant surprise in 2016 to […]
Yankwitt LLP obtained a resounding summary judgment victory in the Westchester Supreme Court, Commercial Division on behalf of its client, the former CFO of a technology staffing company, in litigation against the company and its CEO. Yankwitt LLP filed the lawsuit on behalf of its client after the company and […]
Firm ranks in top 10 again this year. White Plains, NY (April 10, 2025) Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has been ranked the seventh Best Small Company to Work for in New York by the Best Companies Group, announced on April 10, 2025. This […]