Sold Out Event Raised More Than $550,000 White Plains, NY (April 25, 2019) Russell Yankwitt, managing partner of White Plains, New York-based law firm Yankwitt LLP, recently co-chaired the annual Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) Equal Access to Justice dinner that raised an unprecedented $550,000. Yankwitt also serves on […]
NOTABLE DECISIONS OF THE WESTCHESTER FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS Judge Román Denies FLSA Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss Defendant’s Counterclaim for Unjust Enrichment In Franze v. Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution, LLC, 7:17-cv-03556(NSR)(JCM), 2019 WL 1244293 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 219), Judge Nelson S. Román denied Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss Defendant’s unjust enrichment […]
AUSA Deputy Chief of White Plains Division Transitions to Private Practice in Westchester County White Plains, NY (February 11, 2019) – White Plains, New York-based law firm Yankwitt LLP announced today that former Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) of the Southern District of New York, Benjamin R. Allee, has joined the firm […]
NOTABLE DECISIONS OF THE WESTCHESTER FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS Judge Román Grants in Part and Denies in Part Lyft’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint Alleging Disability Discrimination In Harriet Lowell et al. v. Lyft, Inc., No. 17-CV-6251 (NSR), 2018 WL 6250661 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 29, 2018), Judge Nelson S. Román granted […]
Yankwitt LLP successfully moved for summary judgment on behalf of its client, 373 Park, LLC, in connection with a personal injury lawsuit filed by its former employee, who claimed to have fallen on snow and ice on a ramp that ran from the dining room of 373 Park’s New York […]