WHITE PLAINS, NY (November 3, 2022) – Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms in Commercial Litigation, White Plains Metropolitan Tier 1. Firms included in the 2023 Edition of U.S. News – Best […]
Yankwitt LLP, acting as independent counsel to the defendant in a negligence action arising from an automobile accident, prevailed on a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ punitive damages claim. The defendant, who was insured and represented by insurance counsel, retained Yankwitt LLP to serve as shadow/advisory counsel, a role we […]
October 7, 2022 (West Harrison, NY) — On October 4, 2022, Yankwitt LLP obtained a critical ruling for its client, Million Air, an operator of fixed base operations (FBOs) at Westchester County Airport and other airports around the country, in a lawsuit against the County of Westchester, NY. The lawsuit […]
WHITE PLAINS, NY (October 18, 2022) –Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes and bet-the-company litigation, announced today that Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt has been named a Litigation Star in Benchmark Litigation’s 2023 guide. Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the leading litigation law firms and lawyers […]
CPLR 3126 provides the trial courts with broad discretion to sanction parties for failing to comply with their discovery obligations. One of the most drastic remedies is striking a party’s pleading, which requires a clear indication that a party’s failure to comply with discovery is “willful and contumacious.” Given the […]