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 […]
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 […]
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 […]