Lewis Johs joins the Jewish Business Network, with guest speakers Kevin O’Connor, CEO of Dime Community Bank and Simon Jacobson, Author of Towards A Meaningful Life, for an inspiring breakfast with some of Long Island’s top business leaders.
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Lewis Johs is proud to sponsor the Long Island Metro Business Action (LIMBA) networking program each month. We were pleased to finally attend the first live event since the pandemic. Carrie Meek Gallagher, the recently appointed, Director of the Long Island Office of the Public Service Commission, educated us about the structure of the agency […]
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On November 18, 2021, Commercial Litigation Partner Annemarie Jones was a recipient of the Schneps Media Power Women of Long Island Award. Annemarie was honored with numerous women in business, philanthropists, doctors, real estate agents, educators, accountants, and lawyers. Power Women honors “females who make Long Island the thriving and vibrant place it is to […]
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Counsel, Keith D. Black, obtained a favorable judgment from the Kings County Surrogate’s Court in an exhaustive kinship proceeding, where he successfully proved that the decedent’s missing and unknown father was deceased. Keith, in representing the maternal heirs of the deceased, also established that the decedent’s father died with no other children. The court directed […]
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On November 16, 2021, Partner Tom Dargan served as a Panelist in connection with a national webinar organized and presented by IMG (“International Motorcoach Group”) for its members. Tom discussed several major legal considerations facing the transportation industry in 2022, including ADA compliance issues and cybersecurity concerns. Tom addressed and answered several questions from the […]
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Tom Dargan and Jeff Pincus, Principals and Co-chairs of the firm’s Trucking and Transportation Practice Group, presented a seminar to the New York State Bar Association on preparing and defending truck drivers, safety directors and corporate representatives in the transportation industry at depositions. The lecture focused on best practices for preparing these witnesses in advance […]
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Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, is proud to announce that we have been recognized as a Top Workplace on Long Island for the fourth year in a row. This year the recognition is honored by the Long Island Press, a monthly news and lifestyle publication serving Long Island. Following a confidential survey completed by our […]
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Senior Counsel Jessica Klotz authored an article on The PAID Act, a federal statute, which was published in this edition of Paradigm magazine. The Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act was signed into law on December 11, 2020 and becomes effective December 11, 2021. This Act makes it easier for self-insured entities and liability insurance carriers to ascertain to […]
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In a decision likely to have far reaching effects, a unanimous Appellate Division, First Department found that the distinction between a prepopulated and re-typed signature in an e-mail is a “needless formality that does not reflect how law is commonly practiced today.” Tellingly, the Court held that it is not the signoff that controls but […]
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Partner Jeff Pincus was honored to have co-chaired this year’s annual conference for the Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA). The TLA is a national association of lawyers who concentrate their practice in the transportation industry. This three-day conference focused on issues in the transportation industry and included panel programs on casualty, logistics and current regulations from […]
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