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Christina K. Ng focuses her practice on defending workers’ compensation claims and she has experience appearing before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, conducting negotiations, and leading depositions.. Before returning to private practice, Christina served as staff counsel for one of the nation’s largest insurers, where she attended hearings on behalf of its claims department on all issues of workers’ compensation law. She also has experience handling matters involving reinsurance, employment discrimination, and pharmaceutical liability.. While earning her J.D., Christina held internships with the New York City Police Department’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Trials and the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project. She was also a judicial intern for the Hon. Illana Grubel in New York City Family Court.

Charli Baldinger focuses her practice on workers’ compensation. An experienced litigator fluent in all stages of workers’ compensation matters, she handles trials, settlements, deposition of medical professionals, hearings before the Workers’ Compensation Board, the negotiation of schedule loss of use agreements, Section 32 agreements, and the researching and drafting of appeals.. Prior to practicing workers' compensation litigation, Charli worked for a private criminal defense firm, where she represented high-profile defendants in alleged securities fraud, racketeering, homicide, and other white-collar criminal matters. Charli also has experience in financial and contract law and litigation, including mortgage loan documents, residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as well as commercial leasing and purchase, sale, and easement agreements.. A graduate of New York Law School, Charli was vice president of the Dispute Resolution team and a semi-finalist in the regional division of the American Bar Association’s National Client Counseling Competition, as well as chairperson of the Fact Pattern and Judging Committees for the school’s first annual Negotiation Competition. At John Jay College of Criminal Justice she pursued a major in Justice Studies and minors in English and History, and was a member of the Pre-Law Institute and reporter and treasurer for the John Jay Times.

Catherine Breen focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. With close to a decade’s experience handling workers’ compensation matters on the claimant side, Kate offers clients unique insights and brings extensive knowledge of the claims process in order to mount successful defenses. Kate routinely appears before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, handling each case from inception through completion, and she also has extensive experience taking medical and lay testimony, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements, and drafting summations and appeals.. Kate earned her J.D. from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where she was the Student Bar Association Election Chairperson tasked with coordinating and overseeing the election process. She also held two internships with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. There, she assisted the district attorneys in all trial matters, including preparing witnesses, writing motions, and preparing files.

BAR ADMISSIONS:. State of New York, 2016. United States District Court, Eastern & Southern Districts of New York, 2016. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 2018. EDUCATION:. St. John’s University School of Law. Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus,

Asha Edwards focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. Her background includes insurance coverage litigation, and she has extensive experience reviewing coverage documents — including policy paperwork — and preparing regulatory and compliance reports. She is an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully tried cases involving compensability and insurance fraud. Asha has also litigated intellectual property claims and prosecuting trademarks within the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Asha earned her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law, where, as a member of the Hofstra Intellectual Property Association, served as its Networking and Alumni Executive Officer.

Angela Ulmer focuses her practice on the defense of a wide range of workers’ compensation claims. Her experience includes representing clients in workers’ compensation litigation before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, as well as preparing files for hearings in numerous jurisdictions throughout the state, deposing medical experts, and drafting appeals and rebuttals.. During law school at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Angela was the Program Editor for the Touro Moot Court Honors Board and earned several awards in national moot court competitions. She was also named the school’s Shirley & Murray Rubenstein Clinician of the Year for 2014 and was presented with the Moot Court Honors Board Member of Distinction Editorial Award.. As a legal intern in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Angela drafted omnibus motions and voluntary disclosure forms, sat second chair at DWI hearings and trials, and gave pleas and non-felony dispositions on the record.

Alexandra Simon, an associate in Goldberg Segalla’s Garden City office, concentrates her practice on workers’ compensation litigation.. Alexandra has significant experience in civil litigation in the areas of personal injury and general liability, including handling all aspects of litigation for large insurance carriers before courts throughout New York City and Long Island. In addition, Alexandra has experience handling arbitration matters as well as conducting settlement negotiations. She has also handled residential real estate transactions and estate administration.. While receiving her juris doctor from Touro Law School, Alexandra participated in the school’s trial advocacy program and received the highest student honor, the CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Trial Practice. Alexandra also participated in the study abroad program in Germany, where she spent a summer in Berlin studying international constitutional law and international human rights.. Throughout her law school career, Alexandra was a legal intern with the Nassau County Legal Aid Society, where she represented indigent defendants at criminal arraignments. She also interned at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in the Special Victim’s Bureau.

Admitted to practice in 1979, Maureen Rothschild DiTata earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1974) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  She received her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law (1978).. She is licensed to practice law before all New York State Courts and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and over the years has secured various pro hac vice admissions to practice in other states.  She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and serves on its Trusts & Estates and Elder Law Committees.. She is the current Co-Chair of the Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and serves on its Surrogate’s Court and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees.  She also belongs to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Long Island Chapter of the National Aging in Place Council [NAIPC], the Mineola/Garden City Rotary and the North Shore Service Group.  She serves on the Attorney Advisory Board of LIAF (the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation), on the Heart Advisory Council of the American Heart Association and on the Community Advisory Board of The Amsterdam at Harborside, a life care community in Port Washington.  She was honored by the Yashar Chapter of Hadassah as the 2010 Woman of the Year.  She is a frequent lecturer on issues concerning estate planning, asset preservation and elder law.

A former New York City prosecutor, federal law clerk, and accomplished defense attorney with nearly two decades of experience, I take great pride in delivering superior representation in high stakes criminal defense, white-collar and regulatory matters and investigations, as well as personal injury litigation.

30+ years experience in all Nassau County criminal courts.  Formerly Nassau County District Attorney's Office.   All phases of criminal defense.   Expert defense of DWI/DUI cases.  Domestic Incident cases favorably resolved, often dismissed.   Free consultation.  All calls promptly returned.   24 hour live answering service.   Call now.