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Jason Tenenbaum
Melville, NY Attorney with 22 years of experience
35 Pinelawn Rd
Suite 105E
Melville, NY 11747
Free ConsultationAppeals, Employment, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Syracuse University College of Law
I am an experienced attorney specializing in no-fault insurance benefits, personal injury practice, employment law, and consumer protection law, with offices in New York and Florida. Over my career, I have written numerous articles for the New York State Law Journal on no-fault practice and authored more than 500 appeals on no-fault issues across New York, New Jersey, and Florida. My work has significantly impacted legal precedent, including successful arguments before the Appellate Division regarding standing rights for injured persons and attorney fees in no-fault master arbitration awards. I have also tried over 500 no-fault cases to verdict, representing both...
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Bernard D'Orazio
New York, NY Attorney with 39 years of experience
Appeals, Business and Collections
St. John's University School of Law
Bernard D’Orazio is a native New Yorker who has lived in New York City for more than 35 years. He served for eight years as an appointed member of Manhattan Community Board No. 1, which participates in City planning processes and other issues facing lower Manhattan. In addition, he was for many years a member of the Board of Managers of his 261-unit condominium building located in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan and also served as its President. Mr. D’Orazio is presently a Public Member of the Business Conduct Committee (formerly known as the Adjudication Committee) of The CME Group,...
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Esther Schwartz Zelmanovitz
Great Neck, NY Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning and Probate
Fordham University School of Law
Esther Zelmanovitz’s practice focuses on elder law and Medicaid planning, estate planning, probate and estate administration. Her individualized approach and legal experience in other areas including real estate, litigation, and corporate transactions give her an edge in assisting her clients with their estate planning. She tailors a plan specific to each client's unique situation with a client-centered approach and attention to detail.
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Raymond D. Radow
Great Neck, NY Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Ray Radow is a founding partner of the Radow Law Group, P.C. His practice concentrates on Real Estate and Commercial Litigation with a focus on Foreclosure Defense Litigation and Real Estate Transactions, as well as Personal Injury and Criminal Law.
Since the onset of the housing crisis, Mr. Radow has represented countless borrowers faced with the looming prospect of foreclosure and has regularly obtained loan modifications for eligible clients, resulting in significant reductions in monthly mortgage payments and, most importantly, keeping families in their homes.
Mr. Radow is a former Brooklyn prosecutor and has years of experience in private practice...
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Gerald Oginski
Great Neck, NY Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Gerry has been in practice since 1988. He helps injured patients and accident victims obtain money as a form of compensation for all your injuries caused by someone else's carelessness. He was one of the first lawyers in the country to use video to teach and educate consumers how lawsuits work in New York. Currently, Gerry has over 2400 educational videos on YouTube to help consumers understand how these cases work. Take a look...https://www.youtube.com/user/lawmed1/featured Also, see why thousands of people stop by Gerry's educational website to learn more about these life-altering cases...http://Oginski-Law.com Get your free...
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Brian Andrew Tully
Melville, NY Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Elder and Estate Planning
Touro Law Center
Brian Andrew Tully is the founder of Tully Law Group, PC. He is Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation and has been practicing elder law and estate planning since 1998.
Tully Law Group, PC focuses on helping elders and their families find and pay for good long-term care. Our firm helps those who are planning in advance and protecting their assets as well as those who have an urgent need for care and Medicaid benefits.
We provide a comprehensive service called Life Care Planning which combines asset protection, Medicaid qualification, care coordination, advocacy, and...
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Itamar Levy
Melville, NY Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Itamar Levy & Associates is located in the heart of Melville and New York City. Our firm is dedicated to providing the finest quality legal representation, advice and counseling. To us each client is treated with respect and not just seen as a case or matter. Our motto is “To Us, It’s Personal” for a reason. When you are represented by the Itamar Levy & Associates your case is as personal to us as it is to you. We offer extensive knowledge in Real Estate, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Divorce and Family Law, Business Law, and Litigation. The...
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Elliot S. Schlissel
Melville, NY Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Established in 1978, The Law Office of Elliot S. Schlissel is a multi-service firm of five lawyers committed to client-focused, cost-effective legal services in the Five Boroughs of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Our law office provides high quality, personalized legal services regarding divorce, family law, foreclosure defense, criminal cases, real estate, personal injury, elder law, bankruptcy, and wills, trusts and estates. Mr. Schlissel graduated from SUNY Oswego in 1972 and attended the Hofstra and Buffalo law schools.
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Scott Frederic Odierno
Melville, NY Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
New York Law School
Scott is a partner in The Odierno Law Firm, P.C. and his practice includes all manner of personal injury representation, from intake to trial. He has successfully resolved or tried cases in every major area of personal injury practice, including motor vehicle and truck accidents, labor law and scaffolding injuries, premises falls, and lack of security cases. Scott oversees all motion and appellate practice in the personal injury department.
He was born and raised in New York.
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Daniel William Aiello
Riverhead, NY Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Other than being a father and a husband, my passion is representing injured people against corporations and insurance companies that put profits over safety and devalue human life, and fighting against them and bringing them to justice. It’s my “why” as a plaintiff attorney.
After working for the largest insurance company in the tri-state area, I can tell you that all insurance companies follow the same business model—to take in money on premium dollars and payout as little as possible to injury victims. To do that, they hire defense attorneys and paid-opinion witnesses to escape accountability.
Rest assured, though, that if the...
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Christopher N Palermo
Hauppauge, NY Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Family and Personal Injury
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Christopher N. Palermo has been a partner at the law firm Palermo Tuohy Bruno, P.L.L.C. since 2004. After receiving his undergraduate degree at Villanova University in 1996, he then attended Touro College School of Law, where he received his law degree in 2001. After graduating from law school, Christopher joined the Law Firm his two brothers Edward Palermo and Steven Palermo had created several years earlier. Christopher immediately established the Family Court department at the law firm. Since then Christopher has exclusively limited his practice to the field of Matrimonial and Family law. Since 2003, Christopher has...
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Edgar M. Rivera
NEW YORK, NY Attorney with 11 years of experience
(646) 452-7211
1177 Avenue of the Americas
5th Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10036
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Civil Rights and Employment
Fordham University School of Law
Edgar M. Rivera is an aggressive and zealous advocate for employees who have been subjected to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour violations. Edgar has represented hundreds of employees in individual, multi-plaintiff, collective- and class action litigation before state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
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Yuriy Moshes
New York, NY Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationForeclosure Defense and Real Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Yuriy Moshes remained close to his roots as he received a Bachelors of Science degree from Brooklyn College and a Juris Doctor degree from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
During his years of practice, Yuriy has concentrated in litigation and real estate transactions as his areas of expertise. Through the years, he has successfully helped hundreds of homeowners in New York and New Jersey remain in their homes or, in the alternative, pursue liquidation options.
Yuriy has also assisted clients with all forms of commercial and residential transactional
work, including the preparation of various types...
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Stefan Stoyanov
New York, NY Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationCornell Law School
I am a former engineer and programmer turned lawyer helping clients in all aspects of intellectual property, technology & business law. Over the past 13 years I have represented and counseled clients in numerous patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters, including litigation, licensing, protecting technologies through patents, trademarks, copyrights and other methods, assessing risks for new product launches, assessing the strengths of IP portfolios, devising licensing strategies, helping with mergers and acquisitions, and many other.
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Glen Alan Kendall
New York, NY Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business, Employment, Estate Planning and IP
Brooklyn Law School
Glen A. Kendall has an exceptional track record representing small and medium-sized businesses and individuals in complex, high stakes litigation and arbitration across the New York area.
He regularly serves as lead counsel in business and employment matters involving breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, defamation, trade secret misappropriation, and copyright and trademark infringement. Mr. Kendall also handles trusts and estates matters involving probate, will contests, contested accountings, and fiduciary removal proceedings. Clients entrust Mr. Kendall because of his compassion, zealous advocacy, and creativity in problem-solving.
A significant portion of Mr. Kendall’s practice involves...
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Arthur Larkin
New York, NY Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationNew York University School of Law
Arthur Larkin is a civil rights litigator with nearly thirty years’ experience in the state and federal courts, and over the past twenty years he had handled some of the highest profile wrongful conviction and class action lawsuits in New York City. He has negotiated settlements worth over $75 million in those lawsuits as well as numerous other lawsuits.
With fifteen years’ experience defending the City in such matters, Arthur knows how best to present a winning case at trial and/or during settlement discussions.
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Alex Umansky
New York, NY Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights and Employment
New York Law School
Alex Umansky is a dedicated New York workplace discrimination attorney at Law Office of Yuriy Moshes, P.C. He works at the forefront of the fight for employee rights, and is committed to continuing his stellar track record of obtaining substantial and just verdicts for his clients. Among his career successes have been multiple six-figure verdicts and judgments, including one for $400,000 and a seven-figure verdict of $1,692,000 in a construction accident case, which was one of the top verdicts in New York that year.
Mr. Umansky’s commitment to fighting on behalf of those that have been wronged is reflected in his...
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Jennifer Harrington
New York, NY Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Washington & Lee University
My passion is family law. It is what drove me to become a lawyer, motivated me through law school, and gets me excited to start my day. Family law has always been a part of my life, in experience, study, and practice. A childhood spent in and out of domestic court piqued my interest in the different elements of such a complex and human-driven area of the law. My goal is to make every client feel heard in a situation where communication may have broken down. I will vigorously advocate for all of my clients, because I am...
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David Edward Robbins
New York, NY Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Securities
Villanova University School of Law
Mr. Robbins is a partner in the New York City law firm of Kaufmann Gildin & Robbins LLP and specializes in commercial arbitration and mediation. He represents investors, brokers and firms in disputes and brokers and firms before regulatory agencies. He is also an expert witness in malpractice cases arising out of securities arbitrations. He and his firm have been responsible for the return of tens of millions of dollars to investors and have represented many brokers accused of wrongdoing in arbitrations and regulatory matters. Mr. Robbins served as Special Deputy Attorney General...
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Nikki Breeland
New York, NY Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and University of Mississippi School of Law
Nikki attended Mississippi University for Women, and obtained her B.A. in Political Science in 2013. She also attended Missouri University of Science & Technology where she obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, in History in 2015.
Nikki received her J.D., magna cum laude, in 2018 from the University of Mississippi School of Law with a concentration in Entertainment & Sports Law. Nikki served as a member of the Mississippi Law Journal, Federal Courts Law Review, and Mississippi Sports Law Review. Nikki was selected as a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society and served as the President of the...
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Jonathan Damashek
New York, NY Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
To Jonathan S. Damashek, the best part of his job is being able to stand up for people who deserve their day in court. “I like fighting for the little guy against the large corporate defendants and insurance carriers to help them recover what they lost in their lives,” he says.
In this regard, Damashek seeks to recover monetary compensation for his clients that covers their past and future pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost earnings and benefits, and loss of their enjoyment of life. After graduating from New York Law School in 1997, Damashek started his career...
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Elsa Ayoub
New York, NY Attorney with 21 years of experience
Immigration
American University Washington College of Law
Elsa Ayoub, Esq. has extensive experience representing multinational corporations and individuals with respect to the best short and long-term visa strategies for their specific needs in a wide range of industries, including media, financial services, advertising, education, entertainment, banking, consumer products, health care services and health care management services. She represents corporate clients and their foreign national employees in all phases of the immigration process, as well as in the transfer of their foreign national executives, managers, and key employees to the United States. Elsa also counsels individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary ability in their field of endeavor and who...
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Susan Kassel
East Islip, NY Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
New York Law School
Susan A. Kassel is a divorce attorney practicing in Suffolk County and the founder of the Law Offices of Susan A. Kassel, P.C. For two decades, she has been practicing law in the state of New York. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and New York School of Law. Ms. Kassel has been recognized with an 8.3 Excellent rating on the legal website Avvo.com. Contact her firm today to request your no-cost consultation.
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Jaclyn Nayar
New York, NY Lawyer with 12 years of experience
43 West 43rd Street
Suite 026
New York, NY 10036
Estate Planning and Probate
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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Geoffrey George Gussis
New York, NY Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and IP
Washington University School of Law
I have practiced business law for two decades, and have significant experience in counseling companies from their start-up phase through a sale. My experience includes negotiating strategic transactions and advising on day to day business issues. I have significant experience in technology transactions, from SaaS to Agile development and traditional software licensing.
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Joel R. Brandes
New York, NY Attorney with 56 years of experience
Appeals, Divorce and Family
New York University School of Law and Brooklyn Law School
Joel R. Brandes, of the New York Bar, concentrates his practice in New York divorce and family law appeals. He also consults with and advises attorneys on appellate, trial court and international child abduction matters in all of the New York state and federal courts. He has been recognized by the New York Appellate Division as a "noted authority and expert on New York family law and divorce .” He is the author of the treatise Law and the Family New York 2024-2025 Edition (12 Volumes), Law and The Family New York, 2d (9 volumes), Law and the Family...
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Steve Alizio
New York, NY Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationEducation
University of Michigan Law School
Steve has extensive and varied experience within the education sector. Prior to law school, Steve was a high school mathematics teacher in New York for seven years. He received his M.S.Ed. from Hofstra University, and he studied philosophy and politics at The George Washington University and Pembroke College, Oxford University.
Steve earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was the Executive Development Editor of the Michigan Law Review, Vice President of the Education Law and Policy Society, and Event Coordinator for Legal Advocates for Children and Youth. Steve spent his final semester at...
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T. Edward Williams
New York, NY Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, International and Real Estate
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Mr. Williams' experience includes both trial and transactional work. Mr. Williams has appeared in Federal and State courts, representing individuals and businesses in various matters, including claims involving Employment Discrimination, Bankruptcy Adversarial Proceedings, Breach of Contract, Real Estate Disputes, Real Estate Partition, Real Estate Litigation, Shareholder Disputes, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP).
On the transactional side of his practice, Mr. Williams focuses on Private Placement Memorandum (PPM), Choice of Entities issues, Partnership Dissolution, Post-and-pre-nuptial Agreements, and Trusts and Estate Planning.
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Jacqueline Nicole Newman
New York, NY Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Cardozo School Of Law
Jacqueline Newman joined Berkman Bottger Newman & Rodd, LLP in 1998 and is now the managing partner of the firm. Ms. Newman's practice consists of litigation, collaborative law and mediation. She specializes in complex high net worth matrimonial cases and negotiating prenuptial agreements. Ms. Newman has taught the Collaborative Family Law class for The NY Association of Collaborative Professionals and the Center for Mediation in Law, as well as the Introduction of Matrimonial Law for Collaborative Divorce Professionals for the New York State Unified Court System. At Fordham University School of Law, she taught Family Law Practice with Barry Berkman....
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Jules Martin Haas
New York, NY Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant and Probate
New York University School of Law and New England Law | Boston
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Christopher Thomas Mcgrath
Garden City, NY Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Dayton School of Law
Christopher McGrath is a partner at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. and serves in the Garden City office. He has won many multi-million dollar verdicts for his clients in the area of personal injury. Contact him today to set up a free consultation.
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Manuel G.R. Rivera
New York, NY Attorney with 28 years of experience
Securities
Harvard Law School and Yale University
I am a New York-based corporate lawyer with more than 15 years of experience representing middle market public companies, particularly in technology, retail, mining and energy businesses, in securities law compliance and corporate governance matters, financing transactions and corporate acquisitions and mergers.
I have guided several dozen U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers in complying with federal securities law periodic reporting requirements and new regulations including the JOBS Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. I also advise major shareholders and corporate insiders in resales of restricted securities, estate planning transactions involving public company stock and compliance with insider...
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Elise G. Liebowitz
New York, NY Attorney with 40 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Fordham University School of Law
My firm represents clients with all their real estate needs (sales and purchases, commercial leasing and representing co-op and condo boards) and estate planning needs, including wills, health care proxies, probate of wills and administration (the court process after a loved one passes away and the administration of the decedent’s estate).
Elise G. Liebowitz has been practicing law for 36 years, with a wide range of experience, including having practiced at some of New York’s prestigious Wall Street law firms (Proskauer Rose and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan).
Ms. Liebowitz is a native New Yorker, born, raised and educated in...
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Michael David Siegel
New York, NY Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
University of Chicago
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Ted Little
Astoria, NY Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Tax
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ted advises small business owners, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and even other corporate attorneys on the intricacies of commercial tax law, from the time of a business’s formation through to investment exit. Ted has significant experience working with clients across a wide range of scales and industries to effectively achieve their tax structuring aims, including structuring tax-free corporate mergers and cross-border transactions.
Early in an investment’s lifecycle, Ted can help you choose (and form) the ideal entity for your venture’s long-term success, balancing tax and administrative costs. And when the time comes to bring in new investors, to sell a portion of your...
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Stephanie Ann Selloni
Garden City, NY Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
Touro College
Stephanie Selloni opened the doors to the Law Office of Stephanie Selloni in 2009. Her experience prior to that point included a strong legal foundation from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center as well as a position as a trial attorney at the Nassau County Legal Aid Society. As a private practice attorney, Stephanie is able to provide the highest levels of attention and dedication to all of her clients, whether they face misdemeanor or serious felony charges. The Law Office of Stephanie Selloni is located in Garden City, New York, and serves the needs of adults...
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Philip Kusnetz
Garden City, NY Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Domestic Violence, Family and Personal Injury
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Over 20 years of Litigation and Trial Experience With Highly Successful Results. Quality Representation at Reasonable Rates. Call Now for Your No-Cost Case Consultation (516) 368-2484.
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Elizabeth Montesano
Garden City, NY Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
New York Law School
As a partner with the Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. law firm in New York City, medical malpractice attorney Elizabeth Montesano has achieved unprecedented success advocating on behalf of those victimized by medical malpractice and other acts of negligence and wrongdoing.
Serving clients throughout the state, Ms. Montesano has earned a reputation as a deeply compassionate attorney who aggressively pursues the most favorable outcomes possible for those she serves. Throughout the course of her career, she has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and awards on behalf of those suffering as the result of birth injuries, missed and delayed...
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Peter Mandi
Bohemia, NY Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Family and Real Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Peter V. Mandi & Associates, Inc. is an experienced law firm serving Suffolk County and all of Long Island with quality legal services regarding divorce and family law matters. Our firm provides effective and individualized attention to each client. We are compassionate and dedicated, offering a kind and helpful hand through tough times. When you face the prospect of divorce or other family law difficulties, you need passionate legal counsel. We handle both contested and uncontested matters with the highest degree of caring, competence and professionalism. You should be comforted by the attorney you hire and our firm will exceed...
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Gail Beichman Saul
Garden City, NY Attorney with 30 years of experience
Divorce, Family, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Hofstra University and State University of New York - Binghamton
Gail B. Saul is an experienced matrimonial attorney, specializing in the areas of Divorce and Family Law. She handles cases involving custody, support, visitation, orders of protection, paternity, enforcement, modification of divorce judgments, prenuptial agreements, and postnuptial agreements in all counties of New York State. Ms. Saul is also a Court Certified Matrimonial Mediator. Gail Saul provides her clients with personalized attention, experience and knowledge of the law, and zealous representation. She works hard to obtain positive results for her clients.
Gail B. Saul, Esq., strives to bring each one of her clients the highest level of dedication, service, and professionalism....