Civil Rights lawyers in New York Adam Russ to David Lever

Firm: Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.

1425 RXR Plaza , Uniondale , New York 11556

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Construction , Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Employment & Labor , Housing & Construction Defects, Sexual Harassment, Wills, Litigation, Litigation

Adam H. Russ is a partenr at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., where he is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Department, Insurance & Insurance Litigation Department, Alternative Dispute Resolution Department, and Fine Art Law Practice Group.. Adam is an experienced AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated litigator.  He has been selected to the 2013 - 2015, and 2021 - 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers lists.  Adam has litigated and arbitrated matters for clients throughout the United States.. Adam represents clients in a wide range of state and federal suits, arbitrations, and mediations involving insurance runoff and agency disputes, art ownership, authenticity, and title disputes, complex contract and commercial claims, business torts, declaratory actions, bad faith and insurance/reinsurance coverage claims, real-estate disputes, wrongful termination and employment matters, and estate litigation.. Adam has prosecuted and defended actions for clients in a variety of industries, including insurance, art dealers/auctions, title insurance, electronics, technology, manufacturing, banking, health care, real estate, construction, and sanitation.. He has litigated various types of cases from class actions and multi-jurisdictional complex commercial cases to simple collection matters. In addition, Adam provides clients with pre-litigation advice and strategic planning, he conducts and supervises all aspects of litigation including pre-litigation investigations, discovery, alternative dispute resolution, motion practice, trials, and settlement negotiations. Adam recently successfully arbitrated a matter and, following a hearing, he obtained a $1.125 million award for his client, a ceding insurance company, against a reinsurer who refused to pay its share of certain losses and related expenses. In addition, the arbitration panel awarded Adam's client interest, attorneys' fees, and other damages.. Mr. Russ also performs a broad range of legal activities in areas complementary to his litigation practice, such as commercial and business transactions, including corporate formation, acquisition and governance, purchases and sales of assets, insurance agency and claims administration agreements, leasing and the purchase and sale of real estate, and estate administration and probate.  Recently, Adam represented a property and casualty insurer and reinsurer in connection with the sale, transfer, and reinsurance of another insurer's specialty property book of business to a managing general agent.. Mr. Russ graduated from the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and from DePaul University College of Law with a Juris Doctor dehree.. BAR ADMISSIONS:. New YorkMassachusetts (Inactive)Illinois (Inactive). U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitU.S. District Court Southern District of New YorkU.S. District Court Eastern District of New YorkU.S. District Court Northern District of IllinoisVarious Pro Hac Vice Admissions

Firm: The Baynes Law Firm

130 Main St , Ravena , New York 12143

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Civil Rights, Personal Injury

Firm: Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

333 Main St , Armonk , New York 10504

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Law Office of Daniela Nanau, P.C.

89-03 Rutledge Avenue , Glendale , New York 11385

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: The Law Offices of Cory H. Morris

863 Islip Avenue , Central Islip , New York 11722

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Cory Morris is admitted to practice law in New York State, Florida State, the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York. Mr. Morris is an advocate for equality, civil rights and social justice. In recognition of this, Mr. Morris became the recipient of an Equality Award at the Suffolk County New York Civil Liberties Union 50th Anniversary Gala and the New York State Bar Empire Justice Award for Pro Bono work. He is focused on working with people who are charged with a crime and/or substance abuse issues, regardless of the allegations, and helping people vindicate their constitutional rights.. Mr. Morris attended college on Long Island, starting at Nassau Community College, obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Adelphi University and his Master’s Degree from Adelphi’s Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies. While pursuing his graduate degree, his concentration was on forensic psychology, substance abuse, and impulsive disorders. He obtained an assistantship with Dr. Larry Josephs, was published in the Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories and contributed to Adelphi’s scholarship, working with a doctoral student and post-doctoral professor in developing his thesis titled “Impulsivity in the form of Suicidality in Borderline Personality Disorder.” Mr. Morris graduated Touro College at the top of his class, was a Dean’s List recipient and received both the David A. Berg Public Interest Fellowship and the Howard Glickstein Public Interest Fellowship. He is also the recipient of the Brian Lord Memorial Award for his demonstrated commitment to public interest.. Cory Morris currently maintains a practice in Suffolk County, New York and is the co-chair of the Suffolk County Bar Association's Young Lawyers Committee. As part of Touro Law School's Community Justice Center, Mr. Morris regularly does pro bono work and volunteers with the New York Civil Liberties Union, Nassau County Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Association and other non-profit organizations dedicated to helping the community. He serves as a Nassau Suffolk Law Services Advisory Board Member and is an adjunct professor at Adelphi University.

Firm: The Harding Law Firm

1343 Balltown Road , Schenectady , New York 12309

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Charles Harding is the principal civil trial attorney for the Harding Law Firm with offices in Niskayuna, New York. He practices throughout New York State. Mr. Harding graduated from State University of New York at Albany with a B. A. degree, cum laude, in 1973 and from The Albany Law School of Union University with a Juris Doctorate in 1976. He has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience, sucessfully representing injured persons in thousands of cases. He has over 200 successful jury verdicts and has obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. In addition, he has successfully tried some of the largest divorce actions in the Capital district. He has been honored by his peers by being selected for inclusion in Martindale-Hubbell's listing of pre-eminent lawyers for over 15 years. He reached the pinnacle of his profession by being awarded an "AV" rating in 1995 and he has maintained the highest rating for legal ability and ethical conduct since 1995.. Mr. Harding has been admitted to practice in New York State; The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York; The United States District Court for the District of Vermont; and The United States Supreme Court. He maintains membership in The American Association for Justice, The New York State Bar Association, The New York State Trial Lawyers Association, The Capital District Trial Lawyers Association and The Schenectady County Bar is a past Chairman of the Schenectasy County bar Associations Judiciary Committee and a frequent lecturer.

Firm: Law Offices of Bryan E. Cameron

Main Street , Sayville , New York 11782

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Goldstein, Ackerhalt & Pletcher, LLP

70 Niagara Street Suite 200 , Buffalo , New York 14202

Practice Areas: Education, Estate Planning, Corporate, Civil Rights

Firm: Pennock, Breedlove & Noll, LLP

1407 Route 9 Nine North   Building 4 New , Clifton Park , New York 12065

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Raiser & Kenniff, PC

300 Old Country Rd. , Minola , New York 11502

Practice Areas: Assault & Battery, Civil Rights, Construction , Criminal Defense , Housing & Construction Defects, Personal Injury, Federal Crime, Federal Crime, Federal Crime, Federal Crime

My career allows me to come to the aid of good people during the hardest, often saddest & most stressful times of their lives. I am there for them 24 hours a day 7 days a week, 365 days a year. I am a Crisis Trial Lawyer. I work on Criminal Defense, Family Law, Catastrophic Injury, and Whistleblower-Qui Tam cases. If your life has been touched by a crime, serious accident or an violent/messy family situation, please call on me, 24/7/365. I am here to help you.. ---Anthony J. Colleluori, a well respected New York and Long Island trial and appellate lawyer, has practiced for over 25 years, focusing his practice on Criminal Law; First Amendment & Obscenity; Constitutional Law & Civil Rights; Civil RICO and Federal False Claims Act cases.With a reputation as a tough and aggressive trial lawyer, Mr. Colleluori represents clients in the various areas of criminal law in the District, Town, Village Criminal, Civil, Family, County and Supreme courts. His cases have also included civil rights actions, Federal False Claims Act (Qui Tam or Whistle Blower) cases and civil RICO cases. He has handled all level of criminal matters including white collar crimes, homicides, arson and racketeering. Mr. Colleluori has represented clients in both the New York State and Federal courts (mostly in the courthouses of the Second Department of the New York State Courts and in the Second Circuit, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in the federal courts) but has also appeared pro hoc vice in other East coast states.Mr. Colleluori’s recognitions include the Master Advocate designation by NITA and was named one of NY State's top 100 Trial Lawyers in 2007 conferred by the American Association of Trial Lawyers. He has  of an "AV" Peer Review rating and listing in Martindale- Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent holds a perfect rating of 10.0. Tony was awarded a prestigious Outstanding Service Award by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Tony has been tapped to serve as a Special Prosecutor in Nassau County, New York and has served the New York Supreme Court as a Fiduciary Referee in Foreclosure actions. He has appeared in Who's Who in American Law; and he has been previously listed as An Outstanding Young Man in America.A frequent lecturer, moderator, and author, Tony has lectured at and/or chaired Continuing Legal Education courses for the American Bar Association; the New York State Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; the NYS Bar Association CLE and Criminal Justice Section (both Practical Skills Courses as well as Advance Skills Courses); the Nassau County (New York) Bar Association s Academy of Law; the Suffolk County (New York) Bar Association’s Academy of Law; The Hofstra University Trial Techniques Program; the Weidner University (Delaware) Trial Techniques Program; The National Institute of Trial Advocacy Basic Trial Course; and the Practicing Law Institute (PLI); as well as for numerous civic and religious organizations.Author of over twenty (20) trial skill and criminal law related articles and lecture notes, Mr. Colleluori regularly lectures at high schools and colleges on Long Island and in the outer Boroughs of New York City. He has presented on diverse legal topics including DWI/ DUI and criminal law issues, legal ethics and representation of civil rights and Whistle Blower (Qui Tam) Plaintiffs/Relators. He has testified before the New York State Assembly Rules Committee and has submitted testimony to the United States House of Representatives.In addition, Mr. Colleluori is the author of the “In Your Face Defense” series. He has taught a generation of young lawyers how to stand up to the government and courts and not be pushed around regarding alleged deadlines, guidelines, and other "official" bars to a fair defense. He authored the seminal six-part series “Handling a DWI Case” for the Nassau Lawyer. He also published the article "How to Write a Pre-Sentence Report" for the ABA-ALI publication the Practical Lawyer. He has written a featured Letter published in the Sunday edition of Long Island's Newsday entitled “A Strong Defense of Liberty.”Tony has been featured on numerous talk radio stations including WOR, WALK, WCBS, AP Radio, WGGB (Labor Lines) among others. Frequently sought out for his legal opinions he has appeared on various international, national and New York metropolitan area television shows including CNN (Lou Dobbs Money Line); Fox (Good Day New York); Court TV ABC; NBC; CNBC, MSNBC, CBS; PBS; News 12 Long Island; News 55 Long Island; and News 1 New York. He has been heard and seen on international TV and radio stations run by the BBC (Great Britain), RAI (Italy) RIA (Ireland).A dedicated trial and appellate lawyer, Mr. Colleluori has made a name for himself as a concerned advocate who puts the client before the case. He devotes over 25 percent of his time to working on pro bono or reduced fee cases. He is a member of the 18b Panel (Major Felony Offense panel) of the Nassau County (New York) Bar Association (and is assigned the most serious of criminal cases) the Criminal Justice Act Panel of the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (Long Island Branch) which handles Federal criminal cases and the Eastern District's Pro Bono Panel which handles Federal civil cases (mostly in the area of Civil Rights and general business cases as well as employee discrimination and Whistle Blower [Qui Tam] protection cases).A lifelong member of his Long Island community, Mr. Colleluori served on numerous philanthropic and civic efforts, including being a past alumni advisor to the Syosset HS (NY) radio station ( FM) and alumni chair and District Justice to the J.F. Kennedy Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. He has twice served on the local Soccer Board of Directors (once on its Executive Committee). He also served as a member of the Committee to Save Syosset Hospital and as a volunteer counsel for Children of the Night. He is a former assistant to a New York state assemblyman.Tony has put his money where his mouth is philanthropically, raising money for the Leukemia Society, Cystic Fibrosis, and UNICEF and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Presently he is on the National Board of Directors of the Scleroderma Foundation where he chairs the Development Committee.. Tony's peers have elected or selected him to serve on the Board of Directors of the Nassau County Bar Association (where he also chaired both the Criminal Law and Procedure Committee and the Construction Law Committee) the Board of Directors of the NYSACDL, President of the Nassau County (NY) Criminal Court's Bar Association, Past Secretary of the NYS Bar Associations Criminal Justice Section (where he also served as CLE chair) and He serves the ABA Criminal Law Section as Chair of the Criminal Practice Management/Small and Solo Firm Committee.Mr. Colleluori has defended the civil rights of hundreds, if not thousands of New Yorkers, Long Islanders and Americans in the various courts he serves. Whether defending a DWI, a homicide, victims of police brutality or whistle blowers who just cannot sit by and watch others rip off America's treasury, Tony has stood by their side, lighting their legal path and helping to carry, if not completely shouldering their legal burdens.Mr. Colleluori is a father of two boys and has been married to his wife, Mary Rose, for Twenty Eight  years.

Firm: The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, LLP

500 Fifth Avenue  10110 , New York , New York 10110

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Class Actions,Consumer Fraud,Discrimination,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Products Liability

Firm: Law Office of Anna Marie Richmond

14 Lafayette Square , Buffalo , New York 14203

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Litigation, Constitutional, Employment

Anna Marie Richmond is a solo practitioner, based in Buffalo, New York who focuses her practice on protecting her clients' civil and constitutional rights in federal and New York State Courts, and before administrative agencies. She represents clients who have suffered discrimination prohibited by New York and Federal law.  She litigates cases involving employment discrimination, housing discrimination, LGBTQ issues, police misconduct, sexual harassment, access to public accommodations, discrimination in education, retaliation under the anti-discrimination laws, prisoner civil rights, and similar issues.

Firm: Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C.

910 Franklin Avenue, Suite 200 , Garden City , New York 11530

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Andrew Weiss is a Senior Associate at Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C., specializing in Employment Law, Civil Rights Litigation, and Trial Advocacy.. Prior to joining Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C., Andrew Weiss was an associate at a prominent New York Civil Rights firm, and an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department. While with the City, Andrew litigated over one-hundred cases involving police misconduct, taking several to trial. After becoming an associate at a boutique plaintiff’s civil rights firm, Andrew litigated matters involving police misconduct, inmate abuse, and personal injury all across New York State.. Andrew is a practiced trial attorney. He graduated law school as one of the top trial advocates of his class, earning him the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and the Judge Edward Hart Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Since graduating, Andrew has taken numerous trial verdicts at both the state and federal levels. He has also successfully defended a trial verdict through his advocacy in New York State’s First Appellate Division.

Firm: Nesenoff and Miltenberg, LLP

363 Seventh Avenue   Fifth Floor  10001 , New York , New York 10001

Practice Areas: Arbitration,Bankruptcy,Business Formation,Business ,Civil ,Civil Rights,Construction ,Corporate ,Defamation, Libel and Slander,Landlord & Tenant,Mediation,Probate ,Real Estate ,Wills

Firm: Finkelstein & Partners

436 Robinson Ave New  125503341 , Newburgh , New York 12550

Practice Areas: Animal Bites,Aviation & Aerospace,Business & Commercial,Business Organizations,Civil Rights,Constitutional ,Construction ,Consumer Protection,Contracts,Discrimination,Elder ,Employment & Labor ,Government Agencies,Health Care & Hospitalization,Insurance ,Labor ,Land Use & Zoning,Landlord & Tenant,Legal Malpractice,Medical Malpractice,Nursing Home Negligence,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Securities ,Sexual Harassment,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Toxic Substances,Transportation ,Trusts,Wills,Workers Compensation

Firm: The Bellantoni Law Firm

2 Overhill Road , Scarsdale , New York 10583

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Amy L. Bellantoni is an experienced attorney who passionately advocates for the rights of her clients. She has represented cases involving criminal charges, family law, employer/employee discrimination claims, and many more legal matters in state and federal courts. Ms. Bellantoni is an avid protector of the Constitutional rights of clients and fights aggressively when a client has suffered from police misconduct and civil rights abuses. Her past legal experience includes serving as Senior Assistant District  Attorney for Rockland County, where she prosecuted hundreds of felony and misdemeanors. She is a seasoned litigator who can competently take any case to trial.

Firm: Burns and Harris

Broadway , New York , New York 10279

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents,Civil Rights,Labor ,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury

Firm: Paniccia & Beck, LLP

Centre Plaza   400 New  13901 , Binghamton , New York 13901

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Business Organizations,Civil Rights,Condemnation & Eminent Domain,Constitutional ,Construction ,Contracts,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Estate Planning,Family ,Labor ,Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Personal Injury,Probate ,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate ,Wills

Firm: Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP

666 Old Country Road , Garden City , New York 11530

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Alexander Klein is the head of Barket Epstein’s commercial litigation unit and a co-chair of its division on Civil Rights. He joined the firm in 2013 after having worked for the Bank of New York Mellon and Merrill Lynch, as well as on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He then graduated from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with a full merit scholarship.. Since joining the firm, Mr. Klein has helped grow the civil litigation practice exponentially. In the commercial sphere, he has represented and won cases for companies of all sizes, from growing local businesses to international publicly traded corporations. He has won cases that clients and prior lawyers labeled “impossible,” and won decisions that changed the law for clients’ respective industries. He has also been at the cutting edge of a range of litigation practice areas spanning from commercial finance to scholastic discipline to the ever-sensitive interface between civil and criminal law.. In addition to his commercial practice, Mr. Klein has been a driving force in Barket Epstein’s renowned division on civil rights. In that capacity, he has contributed to several newsworthy matters, including Christopher Loeb’s civil rights case that helped lead to the imprisonment of Suffolk County’s District Attorney and Chief of Police and Samuel Brownridge's wrongful conviction case against the City of New York.  He has also represented clients in quieter but equally important matters, recovering millions of dollars on behalf of many disadvantaged members of society.. Applying his commercial and financial background, Mr. Klein also represents criminal defendants in high-stakes white collar federal cases. There, in the white collar sphere, he has been recognized several years in a row by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star.”

Firm: Lever & Ecker, PLLC

120 Bloomingdale Road , White Plains , New York 10605

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil Rights, Construction , Government Agencies, Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Labor , Lemon , Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Sexual Harassment, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Toxic Substances, Workers Compensation