Founding Partners
Jerrold S. Parker
Born Brooklyn, New York. Admitted to bar: 1984, New York; New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2012, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia: 2013. Martindale-Hubbell rating of “AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5”. Voted by peers into Best Lawyers® for Personal Injury Litigation.
Herbert L. Waichman
Born Ulm, Germany. Admitted to bar: 1984, New York; New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court.
Partners
Raymond C. Silverman
Born Suffern, New York. Admitted to bar: 2000, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York.
Brett A. Zekowski
Born Rockville Centre, New York. Admitted to bar: 2000, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 2008, United States District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York; 2016, U.S. Supreme Court.
Jay P. Dinan
Born Zanesville, Ohio. Admitted to bar 1991, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
Managing Attorneys
Fred R. Rosenthal – General Negligence
Born Brooklyn, New York. Admitted to bar: 1975, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York.
Melanie H. Muhlstock – Mass Tort Division
Born Bronxville, New York. Admitted to bar: 1997, New Jersey; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1998, New York; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 2006 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Senior Litigation Counsel
Nicholas Warywoda
Born Rosedale, New York. Admitted to bar: 2001, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
Appellate Counsel
Jay L.T. Breakstone
Born Brooklyn, New York. Bar Admissions: New York (1977); Supreme Court of the United States (1986); United States Claims Court (1989); United States Court of Appeals, 2d Cir. (1977), 3rd Cir. (1982); United States District Court, Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York. (1977).
Mass Tort Associates
Born Nashua, New Hampshire. Admitted to bar: 2014, Massachusetts.
Born Pawling, New York. Bar admissions: New York (2014).Jessica Richman
Born in Syracuse, New York. Bar Admissions: New York (2016); Pennsylvania (2002); Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2017);Supreme Court of the United States (2016); United States Court of Appeals, 3d Cir. (2007); United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2003) and Middle District of Pennsylvania (2007).
Michael S. Werner
Born Rockville Centre, New York. Admitted to New York State bar: 2008. Admitted to U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York: 2012.
General Liability Associates
Born: Queens, New York. Admitted to New York Bar: 2017.S. Joonho Hong
Born Middletown, New York. Admitted to New York State Bar in 2009. Admitted to U.S. District Court, SDNY and EDNY in 2016.
Gerard Ryan
Born Rockville Centre, New York. Admitted to bar: 2013, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 2014, New Jersey, U.S. District Court District of New Jersey.
Denny Tang
Born: Queens, New York. Admitted to New York Bar: 2016. United States District Court, Southern and Eastern District Court.
Alex Tovstolug
Born: Ukraine. Admitted to bar: 2010, New Jersey, 2011, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Nursing Home Associates
James G. Kapralos
Born New York, New York. Admitted to bar: 1994, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Cybele S. Louis
Born in New York, New York; Admitted to bar 2016, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York.
Michael B. Zaransky
Born Brooklyn, New York. Admitted to New York Bar in 1999. Admitted to practice in the US District Courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Of Counsel
Jeffrey L. Goldberg
For the past 35 years, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Esq. has represented New York City Civil Service Clients with pride. After receiving his JD from Brooklyn Law School in 1974, Mr. Goldberg was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1975. Mr. Goldberg worked for the New York State Assembly Codes Committee and a major insurance company, before joining a premiere Civil Service law firm which represented the Uniform Fire Officers Association. It was early in his tenure at this firm that Mr. Goldberg discovered the particular niche in which he developed a level of expertise unparalleled in New York City legal circles.
Florida – Associates
Francisco Albites
Born in Nicaragua. Admitted to bar: 2010, Florida; 2016, U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida; American Bar Association, Miami-Dade County Bar Association.
Catherine Blackshear
Born: Big Spring, Texas. Admitted to bar: 2009, Florida;
Admitted to bar: 2014, Colorado.
Daniel C. Calvert
Born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Admitted to bar: 2012 – Tennessee; 2015 – Florida, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Elliott Tubbs III
Born Buffalo, New York. Admitted to bar: 2013, Florida State Courts, United States District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.
