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A. Michael Furman, Neil S. Kornfeld, Patrick J. Brennan, Andrew S. Kowlowitz, Andrew R. Jones and Shari Sckolnick  were listed as super lawyers in the 2019 New York Super Lawyers Magazine distributed in October 2019 and Rachel Aghassi, Benjamin Oxenberg and Aaron M. Barham were listed as New York Metro Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 […]

FKB’ s  Michael Furman and Shari Sckolnick successfully obtained a judgment dismissing a legal malpractice complaint from Judge McGrath in Supreme Court, Rensselaer County. This legal malpractice action stemmed from a law firm’s defense and representation of plaintiffs in an action where plaintiffs’ neighbor sued plaintiffs because their building and utilities encroached onto the neighbor’s […]

The plaintiff alleged that FKB’s client, who provides complex tax and estate advice to high-net-worth individuals, violated the Federal RICO Act by assisting the plaintiff’s wife to strategically cut the plaintiff out of any share of the wife’s family business or proceeds arising from the sale of the wife’s family business. The plaintiff further alleged […]

FKB’s A. Michael Furman and Andrew Kowlowitz are featured speakers at the New York State Bar Association’s Risk Management 2019: Protecting Your Law Practice Program. Mike Furman spoke on the topic “Third-Party Liability: Interactions with others.” Andrew Kowlowitz spoke on the topic “Effective Client Relations and Resolving Attorney-Client Disputes. ” The seminars took place in New York City on […]

FKB’s Tracy S. Katz successfully obtains a unanimous decision from the New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department affirming a favorable motion to change venue of a medical malpractice case from Bronx County to Rockland County. The action involves allegations of medical malpractice leading to alleged blindness of one eye in a then 23 year […]

FKB’s A. Michael Furman and Jason A. Kayne obtained a pre-answer dismissal of a legal malpractice action against a well-known defense firm arising from representation of a construction contractor in underlying property damage litigation The plaintiff alleged that FKB’s client negligently entered into a stipulation on the plaintiff’s behalf to indemnify the owner of a […]

FKB’s Andrew S. Kowlowitz and Jason A. Kayne obtained a favorable pre-answer dismissal from the New York County Supreme Court of a declaratory judgment action commenced against an attorney by his former client, seeking the disgorgement of sale proceeds from a 2005 real estate transaction that the plaintiff alleged were improperly withheld in his former […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Corey M. Cohen successfully obtained a voluntary dismissal from the bankruptcy trustee in an adversary proceeding to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition at the close of discovery and after seeking leave to move for summary judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. R. § 7056 in the in the United States Bankruptcy […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Andrew R. Jones successfully obtained a pre-note of issue CPLR § 3212 summary judgment dismissal in the Supreme Court, New York County of negligence and breach of contract counterclaims asserted against FKB’s law firm client. This matter stems from FKB’s client’s representation of the executors of an decedent estate (“Estate”) with respect […]

Andrew R. Jones and Daniel H. Butler recently obtained dismissal of all claims, including Plaintiff’s claims of negligence and fraud, and all cross-claims asserted by co-defendants, in connection to a lawsuit advanced against a title agency.  The title agency was accused of willfully delaying the recording of certain real estate documents as part of an […]