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Isabelle A. Kirshner was recently recognized by Chambers and Partners in the Chambers USA 2022: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business Guide as a leading lawyer in “Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations—New York.” Isabelle has more than thirty years of experience defending individuals and entities in a wide range of criminal matters including investigations and […]

Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partner James Valentino recently secured a dismissal for a client charged with Assault in the Third Degree and other criminal offenses stemming from a domestic incident.  Valentino convinced the prosecution to dismiss the case without any probationary period or a final order of protection, which are typical conditions of a […]

CRKL attorneys James Valentino and Thomas Dollar recently concluded their representation of an individual who had been sued by his former employer in Federal Court for allegedly violating the non-competition provision in his employment agreement and other employment related claims.  Valentino and Dollar convinced the Court to dismiss most of the claims against their client including […]

CRKL partner Thomas C. Rotko recently secured a very favorable outcome in a high-profile case involving a renowned sommelier. Caleb Ganzer, named a Food & Wine sommelier of the year in 2017, was arrested in July 2021 and charged with multiple felonies including third-degree arson, third-degree criminal mischief, and second-degree reckless endangerment for allegedly setting […]

Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partner Wayne Gosnell recently secured the minimum sentence for his client in a New York weapons possession prosecution case that arose from the  January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The high-profile case was extensively reported by The New York Times, New York Post, The Daily News, NY1, The […]

Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder, together with Freedman + Taitelman, are representing Chris Cuomo in an arbitration against his former employer, CNN America, Inc. and Turner Services, Inc. The demand for arbitration, filed with JAMS, alleges that Cuomo’s former employer wrongfully terminated him and further violated his employment agreement by allowing its employees to disparage […]

Is a New York criminal defense lawyer required to inform a client that he has been suspended from practicing law by another jurisdiction and faces inevitable reciprocal discipline in New York? A team of lawyers at CRKL recently argued in briefs to the New York Court of Appeals that such a disclosure is indeed required […]

As reported by the New York Law Journal here, Partners Charles Clayman and Isabelle Kirshner represented CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo in connection with the New York Attorney General’s investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by former Governor Andrew Cuomo.