| Our firm handles legal matters in the following practice areas:
|
· Construction-Labor Law
· Products Liability
· Professional Malpractice
· Asbestos and Lead Poisoning
· Toxic Torts
· Automobile and Premises Liability
· Insurance
Defense Litigation |
·
Nursing Home Litigation
· Recreational Torts
· Ski Litigation
· Environmental and General Liability
· Negligence Cases
· Trucking Liability and Transportation Law
· Appellate Practice |
|
|
Christopher J. White (Partner)
Admitted to bar, 1984, New York and New Jersey. Admitted to Federal Court for
the Southern, Eastern, Northern & Western Districts of New York; District Court
of New Jersey, 1984. Education: St. John's University (B.S., Acct.,
1980); University of Dayton (J.D., 1983). Member: The Association of the
Bar of the City of New York; Young Lawyers Committee 1985-1987, Committee on
State Legislation 1988-1990; New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers
Section, Chairperson Evidence and Procedure 1992-1995; The Defense Research
Institute, Inc. (DRI); Defense Association of New York, Board of Governors 1995-
2000; Defense Association of New York, Golf Chairperson 1993 - 1998; American
Trial Lawyers Association; Judge-Fordham University School of Law Legal Research
& Writing Moot Court Competition; Board of Directors Hempstead Golf & Country
Club; Chairman Greens Committee Hempstead Golf & Country Club; Member of Golf
Committee Hempstead Golf & Country Club.
|
Joseph H. McSpedon (Partner)
Admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Admitted to Federal Court for the Southern and
Eastern Districts of New York, and U.S. Supreme Court. Education:
Manhattan College (B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1974); Fordham University Law
School (J.D., 1981). Member: American Bar Association, Tort Trial &
Insurance Section; American Trial Lawyers Association; The Defense Research
Institute, Inc., (DRI)-Construction Law and Products Liability Committee;
Defense Association of New York, Board of Governors 2006-14; Lions Club International member Bedford Village Lions 2012-current; Lecturer, New York
State Bar Association, Trial Seminar.
|
Michael A. Cannella (Partner)
Admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Admitted to Federal Court for the Eastern
District of New York. Education: St. John's University (B.S., Acct.,
1985); Brooklyn Law School, (J.D., Cum Laude 1992). Member: Defense
Association of New York.
|
———————————
|
Sally Ann Monteleone (Senior trial Counsel) Admitted
to bar, 1995, New York & New Jersey. Education: St. John’s University
(B.A., English, Magna Cum laude, 1991); City University of New York School of
Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Defense Association of New York, New York State
Bar Association.
|
Bruce L. Steinowitz
Admitted to bar in New York 1984, Connecticut 1997, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern & Eastern Districts of New York. Hearing Officer and Mediator 2010-present, The Jansen Group and Fairclaims. Education:
B.A. Queens College of CUNY; New York Law School, J.D 1984.
|
Janet V. Scully
(Senior Associate) Admitted to bar in New York State 1982; United States District
Court for the Southern & and Eastern Districts of New York(1983); United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1984); United States Claims Court(1984); United States Court of International Trade (1983) Education:
Manhattanville College (B.A., 1975); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1980) Member: New York State Bar Association.
|
Irwen C. Abrams
(Senior Trial Counsel) Admitted to bar, New York & United States District Court, both Southern & Eastern Districts. Education:
St. John’s College, Sante Fe (B.A., Mathematics 1982); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1989), National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1995. Arbitrator, Kings County Small Claims Court.
|
|
OF COUNSEL:
Sarah A. Jarosak Admitted to bar, 1984, New York and Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York; Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A. History, l980); Union University, Albany Law School, (J.D. l983). Member: Albany Law Review; .
|
|
|
