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Explore New York attorneys like Steven Warshawsky, Steven Weinberg, Steven Williams, Stewart McMillan, Susan Chana Lask, Sylvere M. Hyacinthe, Tanvir Rahman, and Victoria Scozzaro. in cities like Mount Kisco, Syracuse, New York, New York and Buffalo. These attorneys specialize in Employment & Labor in Zip codes like 10549, 10005, 14221.
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Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Steven Warshawsky

Firm: Steven M. Warshawsky, Esq.
118 North Bedford Road , Mount Kisco , New York 10549
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
The Warshawsky Law Firm provides sophisticated employment law representation to professionals, executives, hourly employees, and businesses, covering the full range of workplace issues and disputes. We primarily represent clients in the New York City metropolitan area, including Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties, but we handle cases throughout the State of New York. In 2023, our practice expanded to the State of Connecticut. We have handled cases in several other states on a pro hac vice basis. We handle all workplace issues, including wrongful termination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, discrimination and retaliation, minimum wage and overtime rights, family and medical leave, employment contracts and non-compete agreements, and layoffs and severance agreements.. Our practice focuses primarily on federal court litigation, but we also handle cases in state courts, before government agencies, and at arbitration proceedings. Unlike many lawyers who have never seen the inside of a courtroom, we are true trial and appellate lawyers who have successfully represented clients in jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and appeals.. The founder and principal of the firm is Steven M. Warshawsky. In his career, Mr. Warshawsky has served as an Assistant United States Attorney, an associate at prestigious national law firms, and a law clerk to federal judges. He possesses outstanding academic and professional qualifications, strong written and oral advocacy skills, an exceptional work ethic, and a commitment to excellence in all aspects of lawyering.. Mr. Warshawsky has tried numerous cases to verdict in federal courts in New York and Washington, D.C. He has briefed and argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals. He has represented Fortune 500 companies, chief executives, and senior government officials. He has litigated complex and cutting edge legal issues. His scholarly articles have been cited by courts in New York, California, and Texas, and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.. Mr. Warshawsky brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and sound judgment to every case. Federal judges have described him as “a wonderful lawyer,” “an extremely skilled lawyer,” and “a distinguished member of the bar.” His clients have described him as “an amazing and talented attorney with integrity,” “a gifted litigator,” “not afraid to fight for the little guy,” and “a lawyer’s lawyer.”. Mr. Warshawsky is dedicated to providing superior client service. He personally manages every client’s case, including the initial consultation, investigation, discovery, depositions, expert witnesses, motions, hearings, trial, and appeal. Mr. Warshawsky works closely with clients to develop an effective legal strategy that meets each client’s objectives and budget.. At The Warshawsky Law Firm, our mission is to provide our clients with personalized, professional representation. We carefully evaluate each new matter and give an honest, realistic assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of every client’s case. Because we don’t want to waste anyone’s time and money, we only take cases that we believe in and are confident we can help achieve the client’s goals.
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Thomas Gearon

Firm: Law Office of Thomas D. Gearon, P.C.
136 20 38th Avenue. , Flushing , New York 11354
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Troy Kessler

Firm: Kessler Matura P.C.
534 Broadhollow Rd Ste 275 , Melville , New York 11747
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Travis Mastroddi

Firm: Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP
2500 Marcus Ave , New Hyde Park , New York 11042
Practice Areas: Civil , Employment & Labor , Labor , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.3 out of 5

Todd Muhlstock

Firm: The Muhlstock Law Firm, P.C.
100 Garden City Plaza, Suite 500 , Garden City , New York 11530
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Todd D. Muhlstock formed The Muhlstock Law Firm, P.C. in early 2015, with a foundation of prodigious experience including:. • Advising and counselling various businesses, owners, professionals, employees and independent contractors regarding: employment law matters; hiring and termination; contract negotiation and drafting in assorted business transactions; corporate strategies; entity structure, formation and dissolution; and regulatory compliance issues.• Conducting over one hundred trials as lead trial counsel in numerous state and federal courts, as well as the pre-trial litigation of claims concerning: employment law, various commercial litigation, contract disputes, business accountings and dissolutions, lottery financing and assignments, healthcare insurance law, class actions, consumer fraud/false advertising and personal injury in numerous courts and administrative agencies.• Briefing and arguing appellate cases in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division First & Second Departments; the New Jersey Appellate Division; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.. Mr. Muhlstock is admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the United States of America; the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; the United States District Courts of the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), the District of New Jersey (DNJ) and the District of Puerto Rico (DPR); and all New York and New Jersey State Courts.  He has also been admitted pro hac vice in the United States District Courts of: the Southern District of Florida (SDFL), the Central District of California (CDCA), the Southern District of Indiana (SDIN), the District of Minnesota (DMN) and the Northern District of Illinois (NDIL).. Todd D. Muhlstock has been practicing law for over 20 years, including:  as a Founding Member and Partner in Baker Sanders, LLC (formerly Baker, Sanders, Barshay, Grossman, Fass, Muhlstock & Neuwirth LLC) (2005 – 2015);  as a Partner in Sanders, Grossman, Fass & Muhlstock, PC (2002 – 2005); as class action co-counsel with Girard Gibbs LLP (2012 – 2014); as Of Counsel for Compliance and Litigation to Eric M. Berman, P.C. (2008 – 2010); as General Counsel of The Zeus Organization LLC (2008- 2010); as an Of Counsel litigator to Sanders, Sanders, Block, Woycik, Veiner & Grossman (2004 – present); as Of Counsel for Employment Law and Compliance to Aronova & Associates, LLC (2015 – present); as Trial Counsel to Bergman, Bergman, Goldberg Fields & Lamonsoff LLP (2015 – present); as Co-Chair and Founder of the Superstorm Sandy Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) (2013 - 2014); as a Senior Associate with Mergel, Tubman & Grossman (1996 – 2002); and served as an intern with the law firm of O’Dwyer & Bernstein LLP (1995).
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.5 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.9 out of 5

Thomas Ricotta

Firm: Ricotta & Marks, P.C.
31-10 37th Avenue, Suite 401 , Long Island City , New York 11101
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Tom is a founding member and partner at the law firm of Ricotta & Marks, P.C., which specializes in plaintiff’s side employment law.  Prior to forming Ricotta & Marks, P.C. in June 2016, Tom was a partner at White, Ricotta & Marks, P.C. for three years and a Senior Litigation Associate for Leeds Brown Law, P.C. for over eight years, focusing his efforts on Plaintiff's employment law.  During the course of his professional career, Tom has distinguished himself as a successful litigation attorney who has won multiple federal and state trials, and has handled all aspects of litigation. As a result of his litigation successes, Tom has been listed on three separate occasions among Verdict Search's Top Verdicts publications for the years 2008 and 2009. His successes include his work as co-counsel in Bensy v. Malverne UFSD, et al. (jury award of $100,000), Hines v. Village of Hempstead Police Department (jury award of $350,000), Wallace v. Suffolk County Police Department, et al. (jury award of $875,000), as well as Olsen, et al. v. The County of Nassau, et al. (jury award of $1,000,000). Tom was also lead trial counsel in Fishman v. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, et al. (jury award of $734,000). Tom was co-counsel for the Plaintiff on Bianco v. Flushing Hospital Medical Center, where a jury awarded a record $13.5 million dollar emotional damage verdict in the Plaintiff's favor, and a total verdict of $15 million). Tom has been interviewed or quoted in various New York and national publications, including the New York Times, the New York Post, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Miami Herald, and the Los Angeles Daily News.  He is admitted to practice in New York, and has orally argued matters at both the New York State Appellate Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  He has also handled numerous mediations and arbitrations, as well as hearings within the United States Department of Labor, New York State Division of Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Tom is also an experienced representative of New York State teachers, having represented numerous teachers successfully within 3020-a hearings and Part 83 hearings.
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Thomas Moll

Firm: Thomas M. Moll, Esq. Goldberg Segalla, LLP
665 Main St Ste 400 , Buffalo , New York 14203
Practice Areas: Appellate , Construction , Corporate , Employment & Labor , ERISA, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.6 out of 5

Thomas M. Lopez

Firm: Katsky Korins LLP
605 Third Avenue 16th Floor  10158 , New York , New York 10158
Practice Areas: Corporate ,Employment & Labor ,Products Liability
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Thomas M. Gambardella

3 Gannett Drive New  10604 , White Plains , New York 10604
Practice Areas: Construction ,Employment & Labor ,Insurance
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Thomas Fazio

Firm: Blodnick, Fazio & Associates, PC
1325 Franklin Ave. Suite 555 , Garden City , New York 11530
Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business , Construction , Elder , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Health Care & Hospitalization, Landlord & Tenant, Probate , Real Estate , Litigation, Litigation
Thomas R. Fazio graduated from Syracuse University and earned hisJuris Doctorate from City University of New York. He became a member ofthe New York State Bar in 1986. In 1996, Mr. Fazio began his own lawpractice serving corporations and small businesses in New York the last nine years, he has also served as in-house counsel forsecured commercial lenders with annual revenues in the billions ofdollars.. Mr. Fazio enjoys using his unique experience and varied resources tonegotiate and document important business transactions for large andsmall businesses. He concentrates in corporate formations, structureand finance, as well as operation and funding of medical facilitiesacross the country.
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Steven Weinberg

Firm: Gottesman, Wolgel, Malamy, Flynn and Weinberg, PC
11 Hanover Square  10005 , New York , New York 10005
Practice Areas: Appellate ,Employment & Labor ,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Theresa Marangas

Firm: Meier Law Firm, PLLC
10 Utica Avenue , Latham , New York 12110
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , General Practice, Municipal , Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Toxic Substances, Estate Planning
Theresa B. Marangas received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Albany and her Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut. Theresa draws upon her extensive legal experience to skillfully address the needs of her clients with her hallmark compassion and integrity.. Theresa is licensed to practice in the United States Supreme Court, all of the federal district Courts for New York and Vermont, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and in the State of New York.
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.6 out of 5

Terry Horner

Firm: Law Office of Terry D. Horner
81 So. Hamilton Street , Poughkeepsie , New York 12601
Practice Areas: Animal Bites, Aviation & Aerospace, Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Constitutional , Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Elder , Employment & Labor , Government Agencies, Insurance , Labor , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate , Securities , Sexual Harassment, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Toxic Substances, Transportation , Wills, Workers Compensation, Appeals
The Law Office of Terry D. Horner specializes in civil and criminal appeals in all New York State appellate courts, with 38 years' experience.  Mr. Horner is admitted to the New York Bar, the federal District Courts in New York State, and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Mr. Horner has represented civil and criminal clients in 150 appeals in the New York courts, with successes in the Court of Appeals, all four Appellate Divisions, and the Appellate Term.. Mr. Horner has been approved to handle assigned criminal appeals by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. In addition, he has researched and written perhaps 1,000 motions across the state involving a wide range of procedural and substantive issues.. Mr. Horner was formerly an appellate partner in a major statewide personal injury law firm, and was in public service as Chief Appellate Counsel for the Dutchess County Public Defender in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.9 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Tejash Sanchala

Firm: Tejash V. Sanchala, Esq. PLLC
700 White Plains Rd , Scarsdale , New York 10583
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Tejash V. Sanchala is a skilled and sought after employment law attorney with more than 15 years of legal experience advising international Fortune 500 companies, executives, and employees on a wide range of employment law matters (e.g., sexual harassment , discrimination , minimum wage and overtime disputes , non-competition agreements, employment agreements and severance agreements ).. Mr. Sanchala has represented Fortune 500 companies and worked at large and boutique law firms. He has successfully handled complex matters in federal and state court as well as in alternative dispute forums. He has extensively represented employees and employers in a wide-range of employment law matters and has successfully advised emerging and well established companies in a range of corporate matters. Mr. Sanchala has prepared employee handbooks and policies and procedures. Mr. Sanchala has trained many executives and companies on employment law matters. He regularly lectures before companies, human resources professionals, employees and groups on state and federal employment law topics. Mr. Sanchala has spoken at programs  which provide continuing education credits for lawyers and human resources executives. Mr. Sanchala has drafted articles on employment law as well. Mr. Sanchala's perspectives on employment law issues have been sought by reporters and the media.. Mr. Sanchala has a deep respect for the law and strongly advocates on behalf of his clients. He knows that his clients are very dependent on him to do the best he can and this is demonstrated in how he works with his clients, other attorneys, and the courts. Mr. Sanchala believes it is important to give back to his community and performs pro bono work for groups or individuals who are otherwise unable to obtain legal services. He has served on several Boards including the Westchester County Human Rights Commission where he served as a Commissioner and Chairperson of the Legislation Committee. In that role, he was a co-author and a strong advocate of legislation that expanded  the damages and remedies provisions of the Westchester County Human Rights Law. In addition, Mr. Sanchala served as Chairperson of the Westchester County Fair Housing Board. Mr. Sanchala was a co-author of Westchester County's Fair Housing Law.. Mr. Sanchala is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. After graduating from New York University, Mr. Sanchala earned a scholarship at Brooklyn Law School.
Lawyers Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Tanvir Rahman

Firm: Wigdor LLP
85 5th Ave , New York , New York 10003
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Tanvir Rahman is a Senior Associate at Wigdor LLP.  Mr. Rahman, an experienced trial lawyer, focuses his practice representing both plaintiffs and management in the areas of labor and employment law, commercial law, civil rights law, appellate litigation, and complex class action litigation.  Mr. Rahman currently manages several multi-plaintiff and high net worth single plaintiff employment discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation cases, in both federal and state court, and in arbitration.  Mr. Rahman also serves as lead counsel for dozens of wage and hour and other types of class action litigations involving employees in a wide range of industries including transportation, restaurant and hospitality, banking, and retail.  On the management side, Mr. Rahman has significant experience representing and counseling clients in employment law matters, who have ranged from large, international investment banks to multi-national corporations.  Mr. Rahman also has extensive experience in commercial law, including litigating issues concerning breach of contract, enforceability of non-compete/non-solicitation covenants, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and tortious interference.  Mr. Rahman also has substantial experience litigating non-employment civil rights cases, including police brutality, racial profiling, Section 1983 and 1981, and discrimination against retail shoppers.. Publicity and Recognition. Mr. Rahman’s cases have garnered significant media attention. His cases are regularly reported in print and online media, including the New York Daily News, New York Law Journal, Law360, Reuters, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Franchise Times, and The Boston Globe. Mr. Rahman’s work has also been recognized by Super Lawyers, and he has been named to the New York Metro Rising Stars list three years in a row (2015, 2016, and 2017.) This is a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of the attorneys in the New York Metro area. Mr. Rahman’s expertise has also been published in the New York Law Journal.. Notable Outcomes. While the overwhelming majority of the matters litigated by Mr. Rahman on behalf of plaintiffs have resulted in substantial out-of-court, confidential settlements totaling in the tens of millions of dollars, some of Mr. Rahman’s most notable publically-disclosable outcomes include:. Awards. Mr. Rahman was selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star by Super Lawyers for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.  Mr. Rahman has also had the privilege of giving presentations and speaking on panels throughout the country on hot bed topics in labor and employment law.. Education. Mr. Rahman, a New York City native, is a proud graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was a member of its Journal of International Law and Politics.  Mr. Rahman also graduated summa cum laude from the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College of the City University of New York, with . degrees in Political Science and Economics.. Admitted to Practice. Mr. Rahman is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and District of New Jersey.
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Sylvere M. Hyacinthe

3 Gannett Drive New  10604 , White Plains , New York 10604
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor ,Health Care & Hospitalization,Medical Malpractice,Products Liability
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Susan Chana Lask

Firm: Law Offices of Susan Chana Lask
244 Fifth Avenue   2369  10001 , New York , New York 10001
Practice Areas: Adoption,Appellate ,Bankruptcy,Child Custody & Visitation,Civil Rights,Contracts,Corporate ,Criminal Defense ,Defamation, Libel and Slander,Divorce,DUI/DWI,Elder ,Employment & Labor ,Family ,Immigration & Naturalization ,Legal Malpractice,Lemon ,Police Misconduct,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate ,Traffic Violations,Trusts,Wills
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.6 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.0 out of 5

Stewart McMillan

Firm: Law Offices of Stewart Mcmillan
244 Westchester Ave Ste 410 , White Plains , New York 10604
Practice Areas: Condominium , Construction , Contracts, Employment & Labor , Personal Injury, Products Liability
Stewart McMillan, Esq. is a former New York State Prosecutor duly licenced to practice criminal law in both the States of New York and Connecticut since 1995 and 1996, respectively. Mr. McMillan's main office is located in Larchmont, New York in Westchester County. He also has branch offices in Manhattan County in New York City and in Stamford, Connecticut. Over the years Mr. McMillan has represented the accused in all of the New York City Courts as well as in Westchester, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk Counties and in Fairfield County, Connecticut.. With a dramatic rise in alcohol awareness in the past five years alone, sponsored by groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) the enforcement of DWI related crimes and the penalties associated therewith have increased dramatically.. Mr. McMillan, a member in good standing of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association and the Fairfield County Bar Association, has used the experience he has gained, both as a Prosecutor and a defense Attorney, to win at trial and hearings as well as to extract extremely favorable plea deals.. Among the factual circumstances that Mr. McMillan has encountered in his years of representing the accused include those charged at "checkpoints", those charged who are drinking (but not operating) in a parked vehicle and those whom the police mistakenly have believed exhibited the classic characteristics of intoxication (i.e., slurred speech, watery eyes and a disheveled appearance) because they were either ill, infirm, or because they had ingested legal, prescription or over-the-counter medication, such as cough medicine. DWI is a serious crime with serious and dramatic long-term ramifications if not handled properly. Although no Attorney can guarantee any specific result, a skilled and/or experienced attorney like Mr. McMillan can give an accused the best chance of beating these serious charges.. Mr. McMillan's DWI related practice areas include:
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 4.4 out of 5

Steven Williams

Firm: Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet PC
250 S Clinton St Ste 600 , Syracuse , New York 13202
Practice Areas: Civil , Labor , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor
I have been a litigator for over twenty-five years. I was an attorney in the US Navy JAG Corps for five years, where I acted as a prosecutor, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and counsel to Rear Admiral F.M. Dirren, Jr. I reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander.  Upon leaving the Navy in 1995, I joined Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C. I was made a partner at the firm in 1997. I handle a wide range of litigation matters (commercial litigation, contracts, personal injury, employment law, defamation, construction accidents, professional malpractice, motor vehicle claims, etc.). I am AV rated by Martindale and Hubble, which is its highest rating. I have been named as one of the Best Lawyers in America each year since 2007 for my work in personal injury litigation, products liability and employment law. Likewise, and because I practice all over NYS, I have been included among the Best Lawyers in New York City, Central New York and Western New York. I have been repeatedly named as one of the top 50 attorneys in Upstate New York by SuperLawyers.com.I have had the pleasure of appearing before most of the appellate courts in NYS. I had the honor of making what was viewed as "new law" by the NY Law Journal when I represented a client before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. I have earned several multiple multimillion dollar verdicts. Among those was the largest defamation verdict in our nation's history ($188 million), stemming from a case I tried in Brooklyn, NY. More recently, I have had great success representing pension funds relative to their losses stemming from the Madoff Ponzie scheme. In February of 2014, I represented an oil import company (on a contract claim) in a three-week trial in Houston, and I earned a judgment of $1.4 billion.I have appeared on the O'Reilly Factor and several television programs to discuss various legal issues. I take great pride in my work, and I thoroughly enjoy it.
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5
Lawyers Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Victoria Scozzaro

Firm: Tully Rinckey, PLLC
5488 Sheridan Dr. , Buffalo , New York 14221
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Victoria Scozzaro assists terminated employees in a range of employment law matters, including claims related to wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, improper pay claims, including failure to pay overtime and other wage & hour violations. Victoria fights to achieve justice for firm clients who have experienced illegal conduct related to their employment.. Before joining the Wyatt and Associates, Victoria worked for a public defender in Vermont, where she supported litigation on a variety of cases including felony and misdemeanor criminal, DUI, and motor vehicle- related cases. She also worked for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, where she conducted administrative hearings at the Environmental Control Board of the NYC Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH) on a variety of environmental issues. During law school, Victoria taught speech and debate in the Chittenden Regional Correctional facility on a weekly basis. She also served as a note editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.. Victoria earned her law degree (J.D.) at Vermont Law School.. Vermont Law School, Juris DoctorBaldwin Wallace University, BA in Sustainability and Honors Business Administration

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