General Information

Year founded: 1950
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Overview

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Through six offices and 235 lawyers, Rivkin Radler consistently delivers focused and effective legal services. We’re committed to our best practices, requirements that go beyond professional and ethical standards. Our work product is clear and delivered on time. As a result, our clients proceed with confidence.

We provide strong representation and build even stronger client relationships. Many clients have been placing their trust in us for more than 25 years. Our unwavering commitment to total client satisfaction is the driving force behind our firm.

We are the advisor-of-choice to successful individuals, middle-market companies and large corporations. And for clients who prefer to speak their native language, we can communicate in French, French and Haitian Creole, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Panjabi, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.

Our firm provides representation in the following 22 practice areas: Appeals; Banking; Bankruptcy; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Complex Torts & Product Liability; Construction; Corporate; Directors & Officers Liability; Employment & Labor; General Liability; Health Services; Immigration; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Fraud; Intellectual Property; Medical Malpractice Defense; Privacy, Data & Cyber Law; Professional Liability; Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use; Trusts & Estates; and Tax.

The Firm's experience and capabilities have been recognized by leading industry organizations:

  • Chambers USA ranked our Insurance Coverage Practice Group in the Insurance: Dispute resolution: Insurer category
  • Chambers USA ranked our Health Services Practice Group in the Healthcare category
  • The Legal 500 listed our Insurance Coverage Practice Group in the “industry focus – insurance – advice to insurers” category

Rivkin Radler is committed to fostering diversity within an inclusive environment that respects the individual, promotes different perspectives, encourages distinctive ideas and drives dynamic results.

We employ individuals with varied backgrounds and life experiences who together create a firm with a rich and vibrant culture: one that enables us to attract and retain the best talent and allows us to bring a diversity of thinking to bear for the benefit of our clients. Our attorneys lead professional organizations, strengthen nonprofits that support the public good and pursue scholarly legal endeavors that advance our field.

Rivkin Radler recognizes that ensuring a strong culture of diversity and inclusion demands more than policy statements and written goals. It requires continuous effort, focus and action. The firm is actively expanding its initiatives internally through our policies, procedure and best practices, and externally, through the clients and community organizations with whom we partner.

Our Women’s Initiative Committee supports the professional success of women in the legal profession by enhancing professional opportunities inside and outside of the firm, encouraging active leadership and collaboration within the community and sustaining a positive and supportive environment. The Committee dedicates its work to recognizing the accomplishments of women; forging a professional path for women; providing experiential learning opportunities; and creating networking and other professional opportunities.

With client service and convenience in mind, the Firm offers five locations in the metropolitan and upstate New York area: Albany, N.Y.; Hackensack, N.J.; Jacksonville, FL; New York City, N.Y.; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and Uniondale, N.Y.

Rankings

Rivkin Radler LLP is metro ranked in 17 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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Metro Rankings

Albany
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 2 for Corporate Compliance Law
Tier 2 for Health Care Law
Tier 3 for Trusts and Estates
Jacksonville
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Highlighted Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.
Health Care Law
My company retained Rivkin Radler to assist in the acquisition of a large medical practice. We received expert legal counsel. The attorneys we worked with were always readily available and exceeded our expectations with regard to turnaround times and deliverables.
Health Care Law
I have only worked with Jeff Rust from Rivkin Radler. He has an excellent understanding of the intricacies of Health Care Law, and his knowledge of this field is unsurpassed. As a legal advisor, he has been extremely available, reliable, and approachable. His integrity is his greatest asset.
Thomas Pappas – St. Francis Hospital
Insurance Law
I have been working with Rivkin Radler for years and have consistently received superior service. The attorneys provide excellent work product, are extremely responsive and are a pleasure to work with. They are all experts in insurance law and are the perfect resource to my company.
Helen A. Lynch, Senior Litigation Counsel – Aegis Insurance Services, Inc.
Health Care Law
I have worked extensively with Ben Malerba at Rivkin Radler. He has been a key component of our success, and I find his advice and insights to be invaluable.
Samuel Beran – Surgical Specialty Center of Westchester
Insurance Law
I have had great success with Rivkin Radler attorneys and have worked very closely with Michael Kotula and Anne Murray. They are exceptional attorneys and very strategic in their approach. They have the ability to take complex environmental claims and successfully target coverage issues for both the court and opposing counsel. This ability has allowed us to reach settlement early on in the litigation and has proven to be quite cost effective. I highly recommend Rivkin Radler, specifically Michael Kotula and Anne Murray.
Colleen Shields – Ark Syndicate Management Ltd.
Trusts and Estates
We have been dealing with Rivkin Radler for years. Jeff Greener, a partner specializing in Estate Planning, is an expert that makes one feel at home. He does not overwhelm you and in this field it's all about the bedside manner.
Michael Kessler – Levine Builders
Health Care Law
Each lawyer at Rivkin Radler treats you like family and goes above and beyond in your best interests.
Gary Mirkin, CEO – Allied Physicians Group
Insurance Law
I found Rivkin Radler to be very knowledgeable in the insurance law field. They’ve received good results for my company and are very cost-effective. I especially have enjoyed working with Mike Jones in the New Jersey office.

Rankings

Metro Rankings

Albany
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 2 for Corporate Compliance Law
Tier 2 for Health Care Law
Tier 3 for Trusts and Estates
Jacksonville
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 2 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 2 for Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 3 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 3 for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Long Island
Tier 1 for Elder Law
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Health Care Law
Tier 1 for Insurance Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Health Care
Tier 1 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Labor Law - Management
Tier 2 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 3 for Real Estate Law
New Jersey
Tier 1 for Insurance Law
Tier 2 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 2 for Litigation - Environmental
New York City
Tier 3 for Construction Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Appellate Practice
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Cannabis Law
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance and Compliance
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Elder Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • FDA Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Patent Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Technology Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

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Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.
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Main Location

Office Locations

Jacksonville, FL
Riverplace Tower
1301 Riverplace Boulevard, 10th Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32207
United States
904-792-8925 Call our Jacksonville, FL location at 904-792-8925 Get Directions Get directions to our Jacksonville, FL location
Hackensack, NJ
21 Main Street Court Plaza South West Wing – Suite 158
Hackensack, NJ 07601
United States
201-287-2460 Call our Hackensack, NJ location at 201-287-2460 Get Directions Get directions to our Hackensack, NJ location

Management and Personnel

Managing Partner
Evan H. Krinick
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