Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Rotko has become the firm’s new managing partner, effective Jan. 1, 2026. He will maintain his active practice representing clients. Rotko succeeds Brian Linder, who served as the firm’s managing partner since 2006. He will oversee all aspects of CRKL’s operations. Linder will […]
CRKL partner Isabelle Kirshner has been selected by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers Top List. This is the fourth consecutive year she has been awarded the Top […]
Partner Effie Blassberger was recently named as co-vice chair of the UJA-Federation of New York’s White Collar Executive Committee. Blassberger joins three others to lead the White Collar Executive Committee: Douglas Zolkind of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as Co-vice chair, and Shari Brandt of Perkins Coie LLP and Paul Krieger of KKL LLP as Co-chairs. […]
Partner Isabelle Kirshner and associate Eliel Talo recently secured a full dismissal of sexual misconduct charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office against a respected and experienced doctor. A patient had alleged that the doctor abused her during a routine medical examination. Following a careful and thorough investigation, Kirshner and Talo identified significant evidence […]
Partners Isabelle Kirshner and Tom Rotko recently secured the dismissal of rape charges against a 22-year-old New York University student. Prosecutors dropped the most serious charges in late September after revealing that they could not prove the claims made by the female accuser. The case is still pending. Details of the incident surfaced in June […]
CRKL partner James Valentino and co-counsel Brian Heller of Schwartz Perry and Heller LLP recently secured a major ruling in a matter concerning how many work hours Wall Street firms can reasonably demand of a disabled employee. In Shiber v. Centerview Partners, a federal court ruled that a junior investment banker can pursue her claims […]
Partner Effie Blassberger and associate Thomas Dollar recently co-authored an article in Capitalism Today examining America’s conflicting and conflicted views toward the “#MeToo” movement since the October 2017 revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct came to light. The authors note that in the years since the initial reporting on Weinstein, it has become common to […]
Partner Effie Blassberger, together with co-counsel Wigdor LLP and Law Office of Kevin Mintzer P.C., recently secured a significant #MeToo victory on behalf of Julia Ormond in her case against Harvey Weinstein and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). In 2023, Ormond filed suit against CAA, Miramax, Disney, and Weinstein over Weinstein’s sexual assault of her in […]
Partners Effie Blassberger and Ramsey Hinkle recently secured a seven-figure settlement for the survivor of a decades-old sexual assault. For years after the brutal incident, the client felt powerless to act because of the perpetrator’s influential position at her workplace. When New York’s Adult Survivors Act finally gave her the opportunity to seek justice, Blassberger […]
Eight years after Weinstein’s fall, the #MeToo movement has reshaped law, politics, and public discourse. But its trajectory is no longer linear. In a recent editorial for the New York Law Journal, CRKL attorneys Effie Blassberger and Thomas Dollar examine where the movement stands today—at a moment of legal progress, cultural backlash, and contested narratives. […]