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Richard is a partner in our insurance defense practice group.  He has over three decades experience in all aspects of litigation practice from intake to trial and appeal.  He has represented defendants in high exposure personal injury, property damage/fire, products liability and employment cases, as well as insurance coverage disputes. Reported Decisions Gonzalez v. ARI (More…)

André obtained his Juris Doctor in 2008 from Fordham Law School. He joined the firm in 2023 as a litigation associate. His extensive litigation experience includes the representation of insurance companies and their insureds, municipalities, lending institutions, cooperative and condominium boards, property management companies, and private clients, among others. André is admitted to practice in (More…)

Jonathan joined the firm in 2023 as a partner in the insurance defense department. He brings with him over thirty years’ experience in all aspects of insurance defense litigation including in the areas of  transportation, premises liability, and construction litigation.

Daniel joined the firm in 2022 as a litigation associate.  He has extensive experience in defending physicians, dentists, healthcare facilities and other healthcare providers against malpractice claims.

Daniel is an Associate Attorney at Silverman Shin & Schneider PLLC where he is a member of the firm’s litigation department. Daniel received his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2019. During Law School he was a member of the National Trial Team. He is also a member of (More…)

Bonnie Espino focuses her practice on a wide variety of commercial litigation matters.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Espino prosecuted commodities manipulations and antitrust violations at a regional law firm.  She is fluent in Spanish.

Elana is a partner in the Litigation practice group and specializes in defending employers under their Employment Practice Liability Insurance and Directors and Officers Insurance, and she coordinates local and co-counsel in multiparty and multijurisdictional litigation. Elana litigates and mediates employment discrimination, harassment, whistleblowing, retaliation, wrongful discharge, defamation, misappropriation, and other employment-related cases before federal and state (More…)

Peter has been practicing law since 1970 and is the founder and senior partner of the firm. He has over forty years of hands-on experience in all facets of corporate and commercial law. Peter started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, New York and then honed his corporate and commercial skills as (More…)

Don is a litigation partner who heads our New York Commercial Litigation practice. For more than 30 years, Don has engaged primarily in commercial litigation and arbitration with an emphasis in the areas of real estate development and ownership, construction, co-op/condo disputes, representation of lenders and other creditors’ rights litigation, partnership and shareholder disputes, transactional (More…)

Greg heads our New Jersey office. Greg has over twenty years experience in all facets of civil defense litigation, insurance litigation, corporate litigation and transactional law. Greg was a Ford Foundation Scholar at Rutgers Law (Camden) where he achieved an International Law Honors Certificate. After law school Greg accepted an invitation from the Austrian government (More…)