Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP will once again participate in “Your Velocity”- Columbia University Medical Center’s fundraiser for clinical care and research at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.  To learn more about Velocity, click here: www.velocityride.org. This year’s Your Velocity will once again be socially distant- we will walk, run and ride on our own, […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi publishes an article on the New York State Bar Association Insurance Focus blog by USI Infinity entitled “Fortifying the Firm: How to Confront Digital Threats to the Modern Law Firm” The article can be found here.

FKB’s Andrew Kowlowitz and Daniel Butler successfully dismissed all claims against FKB’s client, a third-party defendant in a construction-site accident case, by way of a summary judgment motion.   Plaintiff, a construction worker, alleges that a chimney collapsed in the demolition phase of a construction project, and fell downward on to him from the floor above […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Christopher D. Skoczen obtained the dismissal of an appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals of an Order dismissing an action against FKB’s client law firm, alleging, inter alia, fraud, civil rights violations, and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The Second Circuit upheld the findings of […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Spencer Richards obtain Pre-Answer dismissal of a Complaint alleging violation of Judiciary Law § 487 filed in the Supreme Court, New York County filed by a pro se attorney against FKB’s client for allegedly asserting multiple misrepresentations during a prior litigation to enforce the terms of a note allegedly arising from […]

FKB’s Andrew R. Jones and Aaron M. Barham recently obtained dismissal of a legal malpractice lawsuit on behalf a prominent and well respected medical malpractice defense attorney.  The underlying representation arose from FKB’s client’s representation of an orthopedic surgeon in a New York Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) investigation in which the surgeon consented […]

According to Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP partners Rachel Aghassi and Andrew Jones, who focus on professional liability and legal malpractice defense, lawyers often encounter successful solicitations that are usually quite sophisticated. Aghassi says there is one simple thing lawyers can do to protect themselves: wait at least three weeks – and even as long as six weeks, for […]

FKB’s Andrew R. Jones and Salvatore Lapetina obtained a pre-answer dismissal of a legal malpractice lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court, Queens County, by a former client who alleged FKB’s client, an experienced attorney, failed to commence an action for assault and battery within the applicable statute of limitations period. In its CPLR 3211(a)(1) and (a)(7) motion to dismiss, […]

FKB’s Andrew R. Jones, Aaron M. Barham and Nicole Palermo obtained a pre-answer dismissal of a legal malpractice lawsuit filed in the New York Supreme Court, Queens County arising from a property easement dispute. The Plaintiff’s allegations involved two different representations – first, where FKB’s client represented Plaintiff for a commercial property transaction, and second, […]

FKB’s Andrew Jones, Corey Cohen and Nicole Palermo authored an article that was published in the May 21, 2021 special edition of the New York Law Journal, entitled “The 30-Day Rule for Insurer Coverage Disclaimers Still Stands.”  The article details the timing challenges that insurers face and provides practical tips on how to solve common problems such […]