For Immediate Release:
Oct 10, 20082008, 10, 10
Hofstra Law professors and alumni named New York "Super Lawyers"
Hofstra Law professors and alumni named New York "Super Lawyers"
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Hofstra Law School Professors Leon Friedman and Alan Resnick, along with 86 Hofstra Law alumni were named New York metro’s “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine.
Super Lawyers are the top five percent of attorneys in the New York metro area, based on peer surveys and independent research.
Professor Friedman, Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, was recognized for his work in civil liberties. Professor Resnick, Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law, is of counsel to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York City, where he consults on bankruptcy, insolvency and commercial law issues.
The following Hofstra Law alumni were also honored:
Robert M. Abrahams ’76, Business Litigation, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Paul H. Aloe ’83, Business Litigation, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Kudman Trachten Aloe LLP
Michael F. Bachner ’81, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Securities Litigation, Bachner & Associates
John H. Bae ’89, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cyril A. Baines ’74, Appellate, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, The Perecman Firm LLC
Jay G. Baris ’78, Securities & Corporate Finance, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Phillipe Bennett ’81, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property, Alston & Bird LLP
Richard H. Block ’77, Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation: Defense, Dreier LLP
Jeffrey B. Bloom ’79, Plaintiff: Personal Injury, Malpractice, General and Professional Liability, Gair Gair Conason Steigman & Mackauf
Michael S. Bogin ’89, Environmental, Environmental Litigation, Sive Paget & Riesel PC
Joseph M. Brettschneider ’86, Family Law, Brettschneider & Brettschneider
Loren H. Brown ’92, Civil Litigation Defense, DLA Piper LLP
Lanning G. Bryer ’83, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Ladas & Parry LLP
Daniel P. Buttafuoco ’78, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Daniel P. Buttafuoco & Associates
Konrad L. Cailteux ’85, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Defense: Products Weil, Gotschal & Manges LLP
Michael B. Carlinsky ’89, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges LLP
Thomas F. Cerussi ’88, Personal Injury Defense: Products, Personal Injury Defense: General Cerussi & Spring PC
Frank J. Ciano ’90, Personal Injury Defense: Products, International Business Litigation Goldberg Segalla LLP
Harris N. Cogan ’78, Securities Litigation, Business Litigation, Blank Rome LLP
C. Payson Coleman ’76, Aviation, Banking, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Ilene S. Cooper ’79, Trust & Estate Litigation, Estate Planning & Probate, Farrell Fritz PC
George A. Davis ’90, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
Lile H. Deinard ’74, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, International, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Edmund M. Emrich ’81, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Kaye Scholer LLP
Stephen G. Epstein ’75, Real Estate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Julie R. Evans ’86, Civil Litigation Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts, Wilson Elser Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
Samuel J. Ferrara ’94, Family Law, General Litigation, Abrams, Fensterman Fensterman Eisman Greenberg Formato & Einiger LLP
Michael E. Foreman ’85, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Jordan C. Fox ’84, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Belluck & Fox LLP
Judith D. Fryer ’75, Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Michael B. Gallub ’86, Personal Injury Defense: Products, General Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Herzfeld & Rubin PC
Ronnie Gouz ’81, Family Law, Berman Bavero Frucco & Gouz PC
Charles S. Gucciardo ’78, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Malpractice, The Gucciardo Law Firm
Jeffrey M. Haber ’88, Securities Litigation, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz LLP
Seth A. Harris ’87, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice Construction Litigation, Burns & Harris Esqs.
Neil E. Herman ’85, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business/Corporate, Business Litigation, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Alan Kaminsky ’83, Personal Injury Defense, General, Construction Litigation, Civil Litigation Defense, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Richard S. Kanowitz ’92, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Erik J. Kapner ’75, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Defense: Products, Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Rebecca M. Katz ’90, Securities Litigation, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz LLP
Adam T. Klein ’90, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Class Action/Mass Torts, Outten & Golden LLP
Spencer D. Klein ’89, Mergers & Acquisitions, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP
Robert Komitor ’80, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Personal Injury Levy Phillips & Konigsberg LLP
Jeff S. Korek ’86, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff, Gersowitz Libo & Korek PC
Andrew A. Kress ’79, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Kaye Scholer LLP
Bernard A. Krooks ’85, Elder Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Tax, Littman Krooks LLP
Richard G. Leland ’74, Environmental, Environmental Litigation, Land Use/Zoning, Fried Frank Harris Shiver & Jacobson LLP
Jeffrey A. Lieberman ’85, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Clifford Chance LLP
Lance J. Lieberman ’75, Intellectual Property, Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP
Judith A. Livingston ’79, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Plaintiff, Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Victoria A. Lombardi ’80, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Silverson Pareres & Lombardi LLP
Kenneth Mauro ’80, Appellate, Mauro Goldberg & Lilling LLP
James J. McCrorie ’92, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Law Office of James McCrorie LLP
Charles J. McEvily ’73, Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, DaSilva Hilowitz & McEvily LLP
Raymond T. Mellon ’81, Construction Litigation, Real Estate, Zetlin & DeChiara LLP
Janis M. Meyer ’81, Business Litigation, International, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Saul Morganstern ’81, Antitrust Litigation, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Kaye Scholer LLP
Terry A. Myers ’74, Business/Corporate, Business Litigation, International, Gibbons PC
Larren M. Nashelsky ’91, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Andrew L. Oringer ’84, Employee Benefits/ERISA Employment & Labor, Tax, White & Case LLP
Michael D. Patrick ’78, Immigration, Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy LLP
Barry J. Peek ’77, Employment & Labor, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein PC
Rona L. Platt ’94, Insurance Coverage, Appellate, Congdon Flaherty O’Callaghan Reid Donlonm Travis & Fishinger
Marc D. Powers ’80, Securities Litigation, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Baker Hostetler LLP
Eliot L Relles ’94, Securities & Corporate Finance, Banking, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Alan D. Reitzfeld ’76, Aviation, Information Technology/Outsourcing, Holland & Knight LLP
Keith Ian Rieger ’79, Family Law, Barrocas & Rieger LLP
Brad D. Rose ’85, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Entertainment & Sports Pryor Cashman LLP
Andrew B. Roth ’75, Health Care, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC
Scott K. Rutsky ’90, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation, Proskauer Rose LLP
Ben B. Rubinowitz ’81, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Gair Gair Conason Steigman & Mackauf
Donald L. Sapir ’75, Employment & Labor, Employment Benefits/ERISA, Sapir & Frumkin LLP
Neal S. Schelberg ’79, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Proskauer Rose LLP
Brad Eric Scheler ’77, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Steven R. Schlesinger ’76, Business/Corporate, Business Litigation, Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP
Nathan Schwed ’81, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP
Mark J. Seelig ’89, Business/Corporate, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
Scott D. Talmadge ’89, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Kaye Scholer LLP
Evan Torgan ’82, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Torgan & Cooper PC
Norton L. Travis ’77, Health Care, Business/Corporate, Garfunkel Wild & Travis PC
Linda J. Wank ’90, Estate Planning & Probate, Non-Profit, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Deborah Clark Weintraub ’86, Securities Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, Health Care Whatley, Drake & Kallas LLC
Gregg M. Weiss ’81, Estate Planning & Probate, Gardner Weiss & Rosenblum LLP
Perry Weitz ’83, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Personal Injury Defense: General Weitz & Luxenberg PC
Stephen I. Widlitz ’75, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury General Widlitz & Stern PC
Michael D. Zarin ’85, Land Use/Zoning, Environmental Litigation, Environmental, Zarin & Steinmetz
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The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University is located 40 minutes from New York City in suburban Long Island. Hofstra Law is home to nearly 1,100 students, an alumni base of more than 10,300 members and a distinguished full-time faculty of 50 professors and approximately 80 adjunct professors, including many scholars recognized as national and international experts in their field. The law school is part of Hofstra University and is fully accredited by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association.
