Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP is pleased to announce that 14 attorneys were named to the 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers List and 8 were named 2021 New York Metro Rising Stars. The Super Lawyers list, a publication of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. A description of the selection methodology can be found at superlawyers.com.
The selection process for the Rising Stars list is the same as Super Lawyers, with one exception – to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.
Meltzer Lippe attorneys listed in the 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers are:
Howard M. Esterces: Estate & Probate
Jonathan D. Farrell: Employment & Labor
Jeffrey A. Galant: Estate & Probate
Avi Z. Kestenbaum: Estate & Probate
Larry R. Martinez: Employment & Labor
The following Meltzer Lippe attorneys are recognized on the 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars list:
David A. Bamdad: Estate & Trust Litigation
Daniel F. Carrascal: Employment & Labor
Ana Getiashvili: Employment & Labor
Christopher P. Hampton: Employment Litigation: Defense
Nicholas P. Melito: Employment Litigation: Defense
Robert S. Plosky: Business Litigation
Pedram A. Tabibi: Business/Corporate
Gerald C. Waters, Jr.: Employment Litigation: Defense