We are proud to share that five of our attorneys have been named 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in the NY Metro area and Upstate New York! This is a distinction reserved for a select group of attorneys - only five percent per state are named to Super Lawyers and 2.5 percent named to Rising Stars each year. Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on this honor.

Alan Russo, Founding Partner, New York, NY

Super LawyerTop Rated in Personal Injury General: Defense | Super Lawyers 2010-2022

Alan is the firm’s founding partner, leading the firm to its success today as a full service insurance defense firm. Clients turn to Alan to handle complex high exposure trials. Major insurance carriers and self-insured entities rely on his advice on matters relating to tort liability, trial practice, insurance coverage and litigation strategy.

Kevin G. Horbatiuk, Partner, New York, NY 

Super LawyerTop Rated in Personal Injury General: Defense | Super Lawyers 2016-2022

Kevin has been with the firm for more than 20 years; he focuses on defending claims for benefits under ERISA group insurance plans, property and casualty defense work and regulatory defense work. He has been retained to represent numerous national self-insured accounts in personal injury, property damage lawsuits and trucking accident cases as well as to provide pre-litigation services concurrent with the happening of a catastrophic event.

Florina Altshiler, Partner, Buffalo

Super LawyerTop Rated in Civil Litigation: Defense | Rising Stars 2017-2022

Florina is a trial attorney to her core. Clients turn to her for defense of large loss casualty matters. Her practice also includes medical malpractice, construction liability, general negligence law and criminal defense. An adjunct law professor at Columbia and SUNY Buffalo, Florina has been named to Lawline's Top Women Faculty list several times.

Marcin J. Kurzatkowski, Senior Associate, New York, NY 

Super LawyerTop Rated in Personal Injury General: Defense | Rising Stars 2017-2022

Marcin is not just a Super Lawyers Rising Star; he is a rising star at our firm too. He works with clients in the areas of premises liability, general negligence, regulatory compliance, property and casualty defense and labor law.

Fallon J. Mulerman-Orer, Associate, New York, NY

Super LawyerTop Rated in Personal Injury General | Rising Stars 2022

This is Fallon’s first year on the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list! Her experience includes all aspects of litigation including discovery matters, motion practice, court appearances including oral argument on motions, depositions, hearings, mediations and trials.