Joan Gilbride, Managing Partner of KBR’s Labor and Employment Group, participated in a panel Discussion on litigating Employment Discrimination cases.  Joan presented management’s perspectives on pre-trial and trial practices at the New York County Lawyer’s Association on May 14^th, 2013.

KBR Partner Douglas FitzMorris won a defense verdict on behalf of an emergency room physician and a hospital following a 13 day jury trial in New York Supreme Court, Queens County.

KBR Partners Steve Weiner and Wayne Borgeest will be featured speakers at a seminar in Memphis, Tennessee on May 2-3, 2013 on the topic of Litigation Risk and Defense Strategies for Long Term and Assisted Living Providers, Insurers and Brokers

KBR Partner Jonathan Bruno and Associate Alex Niederman Win Dismissal of Accountant Malpractice Lawsuit

KBR Partner Joan Gilbride is a participating panelist in an ABA webinar addressing discrimination claims by working family caregivers.

KBR Partner Barbara Costello will be a speaker for the American Bar Association’s CLE, “Recent Developments in Employment Practices Liability: What’s Keeping In House Counsel and EPLI Carriers Awake at Night,” on the topic of emerging employment practices liability exposures.

KBR Partner Jonathan Rubin obtained a defense verdict in New York Supreme Court, Bronx County on behalf of a surgeon in a medical malpractice case involving a retained foreign object. 

KBR Partner Steven D. Weiner, Co-Team Leader of the Appellate Practice Group Jacqueline Mandell and Senior Associate Julie A. Mickiewicz win Summary Judgment.

KBR Partners Jonathan B. Bruno and Kristopher Dennis were recent speakers at a Strafford webinar entitled “Attorney Professional Liability: Responding to Claims and Minimizing Malpractice Risks.”

KBR Partners Jonathan Bruno and Paul Colucci, and Associate Katherine Gotelaere, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital, the hospital’s parent company and a pediatrician in a civil rights and medical malpractice case tried in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York.

KBR Partner Jonathan Bruno and Associate Deborah Zawadzki Win Summary Judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Lawsuit

KBR Partner Julianna Ryan will be a speaker on the topic of the Lloyd's of London insurance market.

Partner Margaret Davino has been elected as Chair-elect of the Health Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

KBR Partner Jonathan Bruno and Associate Deborah Zawadzki Win Dismissal of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Lawsuit.

KBR Partners Andrew Kaufman and Rocco Matra along with Jacqueline Mandell, Of Counsel and a Team Leader of the KBR Appellate Practice Group, obtained a reversal on appeal, winning summary judgment for their clients in a medical malpractice action.

Congratulations to KBR Partner Douglas FitzMorris, Co-Team Leader of KBR’s Appellate Practice Department Jacqueline Mandell, and Associate Naomi Nova in obtaining a final dismissal of a twelve year old case with a tortured procedural history involving allegations of wrongful death following an unwitnessed stroke.

KBR Partner Jonathan B. Bruno and Associate Alex N. Niederman Win Dismissal of $1.2 Million Legal Malpractice Lawsuit

KBR Partner Jonathan B. Bruno and Associate Alex N. Niederman Win Dismissal of Legal Malpractice Case

KBR Partner Joan Gilbride and Associate Brian Sher win unanimous reversal of the trial court’s ruling with respect to the ‘prior and pending’ exclusion in an E & O policy.

KBR Partner Joan Gilbride and Associate Cara O’Sullivan win summary judgment in the Eastern District of New York on behalf of an employer dismissing Plaintiff’s claims of retaliation for his participation and opposition to discrimination in a New York State Division of Human Rights (“NYSDHR”) conference and for the filing of his own complaint of retaliation.

KBR congratulates Jacqueline Mandell and Edward Guardaro, Jr. on the publication of New York Medical Malpractice.

KBR Partner Joan Gilbride and Associate Brian Sher win dismissal of all defamation claims made by a disgruntled employee against her employer.

Partners Jonathan B. Bruno and Kristopher M. Dennis were speakers at the New York City Bar’s Bridge-the-Gap Program, on the topics of Legal Malpractice Claims and Risk Management.

KBR Partner Joan M. Gilbride and Associate Robert A. Benjamin, of the Insurance Coverage and Directors and Officers Litigation groups, obtained an affirmance by the New Jersey Appellate Division of summary judgment entered in favor of their client, a directors and officers policy insurer.

KBR Partner Joan M. Gilbride and Senior Associate Laura B. Juffa  win summary judgment in the Southern District of New York knocking out age and disability discrimination as well as retaliation claims on the threshold issue of whether the Plaintiff was an independent contractor or employee.

KBR Partner Jonathan B. Bruno and Associate Alex N. Niederman win appeal of a legal malpractice case before the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department.

KBR is pleased to announce that Matthew M. Collibee has joined the Firm as an Associate.

Joan Gilbride, NYC based partner, was interviewed concerning the potential exposure presented by retaliation claims at the PLUS Professional Risk Symposium on March 29^th, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.

Jacqueline Mandell, one of the Practice Team Leaders of KBR’s Appellate Practice Department, wins summary judgment in a medical malpractice case involving the death of a patient.

KBR is pleased to announce that Edward J. Guardaro, Jr. has joined the Firm as a Partner and Adonaid C. Medina, and Alyssa M. Panaro have joined the Firm as Associates.

KBR Partner Jonathan Bruno wins dismissal of an appeal before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

KBR Partner Joan M. Gilbride and Associate Tyra R. Saechao win summary judgment in insurance broker liability case in New York Supreme Court, Kings County.

KBR Partner Douglas FitzMorris recently won a defense verdict on behalf of a urology practice following a six day jury trial in Queens County, New York.

KBR is pleased to announce that Stephanie Gitnik and Margaret O’Connor have become partners of the firm and Jacqueline Mandell has become Of Counsel with the firm.

KBR Appellate Counsel Jacqueline Mandell wins summary judgment when First Department reverses order denying relief to an obstetrician who performed an emergency c-section to save the life of a dying fetus which was ultimately stillborn.

KBR Partner, David Varriale, Wins Summary Judgment in Nursing Home Negligence Case Alleging Failure to Timely Diagnose Breast Cancer

KBR Partner Douglas J. FitzMorris recently won a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital and emergency room physician following a nine day jury trial in Queens County, New York.

KBR Partner Douglas J. FitzMorris wins a defense verdict on behalf of an orthodontist following a 10 day jury trial in Richmond County, New York.

KBR Partner Douglas J. FitzMorris wins a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital and a gynecologic oncologist following a two week jury trial in New York County.

KBR Partner Jonathan B. Bruno obtained a defense verdict in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in an employment discrimination case alleging a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

KBR Partner Joan Gilbride was a Participating Panelist on Emerging Employment Law Issues

Long Arm Jurisdiction Has Its Limits

KBR Partner Andrew S. Kaufman Wins Defense Verdict In Brain Damaged Baby Case

KBR Partner Andrew S. Kaufman Wins Defense Verdict In Failure To Diagnose Gastric Cancer Case

The Proof Is In The Handwriting - KBR Partner Jeffrey C. Gerson Wins Defense Verdict In Podiatric Malpractice Case Where Plaintiff Alleged That The Signature On The Consent Form Was Not Hers