Friedman Kaplan is pleased to announce that partner Mary Mulligan will be co-head of the firm’s Chambers and Legal 500-recognized white collar criminal defense practice. She has distinguished herself as a leader in the white collar defense bar and joins partner Eric Corngold in overseeing the group. More
Jan 18, 2023Friedman Kaplan is proud to announce the promotions of Elizabeth Bierut and David Ranzenhofer to counsel. More
Jan 5, 2023Litigation associates Scott H. Henney and Alexandra G. Elenowitz-Hess helped author a recent report issued by the Appellate Courts Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA). The report provides non-partisan, objective information about each of the seven candidates in consideration to be nominated by New York Governor Kathy Hochul to fill the Chief Judge vacancy on the New York Court of Appeals. More
Dec 21, 2022Friedman Kaplan is proud to announce that litigators Timothy Haggerty, Alexander Levi, Michael Palmieri, and Priyanka Wityk have been named to the partnership of the firm. More
Oct 27, 2022Friedman Kaplan has been named a Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, recognizing those law firms and corporations showing a strong commitment to building more diverse organizations and a more inclusive legal profession. More
Oct 11, 2022- Aug 25, 2022
Friedman Kaplan proudly announces that Lawrence S. Robbins has joined the firm as a partner effective August 23, 2022. Mr. Robbins’ work includes sophisticated, high-stakes complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy litigation, as well as high-profile white collar and investigations representations, including appeals. More
Aug 23, 2022Eric Corngold, Edward Friedman, Bruce Kaplan, and Eric Seiler are each recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® guide’s 2023 New York, NY listings. Mr. Corngold is recognized in the white collar criminal defense category, while Mr. Friedman, Mr. Kaplan, and Mr. Seiler are listed in the commercial litigation category. Mr. Seiler also is recognized in arbitration and bankruptcy litigation. More
Aug 22, 2022As part of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Leaders at the Front initiative, Friedman Kaplan Management Committee member Mala Ahuja Harker made a public pledge of her personal and the firm’s commitment to DEI, which details specific, meaningful, and measurable goals to advance diversity in our firm and the legal profession. More
Jul 29, 2022Friedman Kaplan partner and Management Committee member Mala Ahuja Harker was recognized by Crain’s New York Business in its inaugural Notable Diverse Leaders in Law list. More
Jul 13, 2022Friedman Kaplan is recognized in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 United States in its general commercial disputes listing as well as in the corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense section, in which the firm is ranked in the “advice to individuals” category as well as recognized as a firm to watch in the “advice to corporates” category. More
Jun 14, 2022Friedman Kaplan is ranked in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA in its General Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations categories in New York. Further, partners Anne Beaumont, Edward Friedman, and Eric Seiler are recognized individually for Commercial Litigation, and partners Eric Corngold, Mala Ahuja Harker, and Mary Mulligan and counsel Bonnie Baker are individually listed in the White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations category. More
Jun 3, 2022Litigation partner Stan Chiueh has been selected as a member of Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board, and litigation associate Anil Vassanji has been selected to Law360's 2022 Access to Justice Editorial Advisory Board. More
Apr 6, 2022Three Friedman Kaplan associates have been selected to participate in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 2022 Fellow and Pathfinder programs. Elizabeth Bierut will join LCLD’s 2022 class of Fellows, and Bria D. Delaney and Dielai Yang have been selected to join LCLD’s 2022 class of Pathfinders. More
Mar 15, 2022Friedman Kaplan, along with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, obtained a major pro bono victory affecting millions of people around the world when the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated a rule implemented by the Trump Administration that significantly hampered the Diversity Immigrant Visa program. More
Mar 3, 2022Friedman Kaplan senior counsel Steven M. Pesner, P.C. has been named to the 2022 list of Client Service All-Stars by The BTI Consulting Group. Now in its 21st year of publication, BTI’s Client Service All-Stars list is based solely on unprompted feedback from in-depth telephone interviews with top legal decision makers at large and Fortune 1000 organizations. More
Feb 15, 2022Friedman Kaplan obtained a decisive victory on behalf of certain former directors and officers of generic pharmaceutical distributor Aceto Corp. by obtaining the dismissal of a putative shareholder class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which was then upheld on appeal. More
Feb 4, 2022