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Spanning the course of 3-miles, FKB participated in the American Heart Association’s Wall Street Run & Heart Walk that took place on May 17th, 2018. This event encouraged all participants to exercise for a charitable cause. Donations were raised for the American Heart Association by supporters and participants alike, with a central mission to improve and advocate […]

FKB’s Andrew S. Kowlowitz and Aaron M. Barham obtained a favorable pre-answer dismissal of a legal malpractice case on October 30, 2018, and thereafter successfully opposed plaintiff’s motion to vacate the dismissal order. In the underlying EPLI action, plaintiff alleged that he was wrongfully terminated due to his national origin, and as retaliation for complaining […]

FKB successfully obtained CPLR § 3212 summary judgment dismissal from Justice Shlomo Hagler in the Supreme Court, New York County. This Judiciary Law § 487 claim is based on FKB’s client’s representation of plaintiff’s husband in an underlying matrimonial action in Westchester County initiated in 2004.  Despite being represented in the proceedings by three successive […]

The case involved allegations that the defendants failed to diagnose orthostatic hypotension and to implement appropriate fall precautions for a patient with a history of cardiac disease and dizziness.  The patient fell in his hospital room and fractured his spine at C5-C6 requiring emergency surgery resulting in quadriplegia. Plaintiff’s cardiology and internal medicine experts argued […]

FKB successfully obtained CPLR § 3212 summary judgment dismissal from Justice Shlomo Hagler in the Supreme Court, New York County. This Judiciary Law § 487 claim is based on FKB’s client’s representation of plaintiff’s husband in an underlying matrimonial action in Westchester County initiated in 2004.  Despite being represented in the proceedings by three successive […]

FKB successfully obtained a pre-answer dismissal on a motion to dismiss from Justice Saliann Scarpulla, Supreme Court, New York County. In this matter, FKB’s client represented one of several investors in the purchase of a STOLI (Stranger Originated Life Insurance) Policy obtained from Transamerica Life Insurance Company (“Transamerica”), and was adversarial to Plaintiffs in a […]

Tracy S. Katz and Megan Feinberg obtained dismissal of claims of fraud, RICO violations, intentional infliction of emotional distress and tortious interference with business relations, via highly complex motion practice.  The main case sounded in medical malpractice and FKB successfully argued to the court that that all of the other causes of action must be […]

FKB’s Andrew Jones,  Shari Sckolnick and Aaron Baram obtained a favorable pre-answer dismissal of a legal malpractice case in New York Supreme Commercial Division on April 5, 2018. The Insured law firm was retained to wind down a leading office furniture installation company in Manhattan, comprised of two main shareholders. The Insured law firm had […]

FKB’s Andrew Kowlowitz will be a featured speaker at the American Bar Association’s Spring 2018 National Legal Malpractice Conference on the topic “My Client is a Nightmare!” How to Prepare Your Difficult LPL Client for a Deposition.” The Conference will take place April 25th -27th, 2018, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC. Click for […]

FKB successfully obtained the First Department’s affirmance of a New York County Supreme Court Commercial Division decision granting our pre-answer motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs’ lawsuit arose out of a dispute amongst LLC members of a venture to construct a luxury boutique hotel near Hudson Square, a neighborhood at the intersection of the SoHo and Tribeca […]