Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partner Effie Blassberger has been named a winner of the 2026 Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar as part of Law.com’s Elite Trial Lawyers awards. The award honors women lawyers who have consistently excelled in high-stakes matters on behalf of plaintiffs and achieved exceptional results in complex litigation. Throughout […]
Effie Blassberger and Thomas Rotko secured the complete dismissal of an indictment charging a successful attorney with sex abuse in the first degree, a Class D felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. Brought in as new counsel after the indictment, Blassberger and Rotko conducted an extensive independent investigation that uncovered material misrepresentations […]
Partners Effie Blassberger and James Valentino, and associate Thomas Dollar published a New York Law Journal article analyzing the evolving litigation landscape under New York City’s Gender Motivated Violence Act (GMVA), with a focus on the statute’s 2026 amendments and their implications for corporate liability, preemption, and forum selection. The article titled “The Next Wave […]
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 New York Metro Super Lawyers® rankings. Nine attorneys were selected to the Super Lawyers guide, while two attorneys were named to the New York Metro Rising Stars list. For the fifth consecutive year, partner Isabelle Kirshner […]
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partners Isabelle A. Kirshner and Wayne E. Gosnell secured a 30-day sentence with five years’ probation for Daniel McAvoy in a high-profile Manhattan unlawful surveillance case. He will not be required to register as a sex offender. McAvoy originally faced 29 counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance with a maximum […]
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP has added Lauren Martin as an associate. Martin represents individuals and companies in complex criminal and civil litigation in state and federal courts. Before joining the firm, Lauren served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partner Wayne Gosnell, managing partner Tom Rotko and chairman Charles Clayman helped a New York City psychiatrist avoid jail time in an investigation that began following the death of Maura Mandt, an ESPN producer, in 2020. In a 43-count indictment, prosecutors alleged that Dr. Marianne Gillow illegally wrote prescriptions […]
Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partners Isabelle A. Kirshner and Brian D. Linder have been retained as sentencing counsel for Nikhil Gupta. Mr. Gupta faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with an alleged […]
In the latest win related to her #MeToo representation of Hollywood actress Julia Ormond, partner Effie Blassberger and associate Thomas Dollar, along with co-counsel Doug Wigdor, Meredith Firetog, Kevin Mintzer, and Laura Koistinen successfully argued for the New York Supreme Court to order Creative Artists Agency (CAA) co-founder Michael Ovitz to testify in court as […]
Partner Isabelle A. Kirshner and associate Eliel A. Talo secured the full dismissal by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office of felony assault charges filed against a world-renowned chef. Through careful analysis of hours of surveillance footage, Kirshner and Talo surfaced evidence that the complaining witness had lied to the police. As a result, the Manhattan […]