Attorneys Bio Page - Parker Waichman LLP

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 – Mass Tort Division

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 – General Negligence

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.

Keith E. Gitman

Born: Plainview, New York. Admitted to Bar: 2007, Florida; 2008, Washington, D.C. and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; 2013, 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

Harrison Biggs

Born Nashua, New Hampshire. Admitted to bar: 2014, Massachusetts.

Chris Oxx

Born Pawling, New York. Bar admissions: New York (2014).

Jessica Richman

Born: Syracuse, New York. Bar Admissions: New York (2016); Pennsylvania (2002); 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).

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.

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

Daniela D. Campoli – Associate

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.

Joanne Porcelli

Born in the former Yugoslavia. Admitted to the New York Bar: 2002.

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

William J. Dubanevich

Born New York, New York. Admitted to the New York Bar: 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (2003), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; (2003), U.S. District Court, Western District of New York (2010) and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida (2012).

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.

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