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KBR is a proud silver sponsor of the 2025 AHRMNY Upstate Conference taking place in Binghamton, New York on October 19 – 20, 2025.

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This conference offers attendees the opportunity to network with healthcare industry professionals, legal experts and risk management teams. The program will feature expert-led discussions on communication strategies that drive patient outcomes, audit trail management, the growing role of home-based acute care and other legal and risk insights. To learn more visit the AHRMNY website here:… Read more »

Congratulations to KBR attorneys Rocco P. Matra and Nicholas M. on obtaining summary judgment in a premises liability case in Supreme Court, Kings County.

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In this case, Plaintiff tripped and fell while walking over a metal plate on a sidewalk that was placed down by our client several months prior to the accident date. During depositions and discovery, it was established that the actual cause of plaintiff’s fall was plastic straps on the sidewalk plate that had allegedly come… Read more »

KBR partner Alexander Sikoscow is Program Co-Chair of the 2025 New York City Bar Association Medical Malpractice Institute alongside Aleksey Feygin of Mark M. Basichas & Associates, P.C.

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This conference offers attendees the opportunity to network with industry peers, and engage in robust discussion of the present and future of medical malpractice litigation. To learn more or register now, please visit the New York City Bar Association website here: https://services.nycbar.org/MedMalpractice/

KBR attorneys Christopher DiGiacinto and Meredith Cook Lander will be presenting on the timely topic of CONNECTICUT v. NEW YORK, The Differences in Litigation Procedure and the Implications on Defense Strategy on September 26, 2025.

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This session will provide attorneys with a comparative overview of the key procedural differences between practicing law in New York and Connecticut. To register now click here: https://kbrlaw.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_juQ0plU6RQqw0JMiHNF1Ww#/registration

At the 19th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, KBR partner Dianna Daghir McCarthy will be speaking on the topic “Emerging Technology and Resulting Emerging Employer Liability”, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

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This session will explore how technological innovations create new legal, ethical, and compliance challenges for employers in areas such as privacy, discrimination, and workplace safety. Dianna will be joined by Brian D. Smith – Gallagher Bassett, Julie A. Moore – Bowles Rice LLP, Michael J. Mazurczak – Melick & Porter, LLP, and Thomas Sheffield –… Read more »

As Co-Chair of the 19th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, KBR partner Robyn Silvermintz will be participating as a panelist in a discussion on the topic, “The Disappearing Hybrid Work Environment- Pros, Cons and Potential Pitfalls.”

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This session will feature conversations regarding the disappearing hybrid work environment including the loss of employee flexibility, the associated benefits of collaboration and culture, and the risks of alienating talent or mismanaging workplace transitions and accommodation requests. Robyn will be joined by Corrie Hurm – Embroker, Marisa DeMartini – Ascot Group, Tracy Ellis – Sedgwick,… Read more »

KBR is proud to celebrate our distinguished attorneys for their inclusion in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America!

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7 attorneys were named to the 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list across 4 practice areas: Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Health Care Law, and Litigation – Labor and Employment. Congratulations to Patrick S. Dowdle, Ruth Corcoran, Philip Artusa, Jennifer Puglisi, Daniel W. Ishoo, Nicholas S. Maharajh, and Diana-Marie Laventure… Read more »