Brooklyn, NY Lawyers

Social Security Disability Law

16 Court Street, Suite 2400, Brooklyn, NY 11241

Our Principal Attorney, Louis R. Burko, was born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, where he currently resides. He is the second generation of the Burko family of lawyers to work at the firm. Mr. Burko began his legal career as a law clerk at Severance, Burko, Spalter, Masone & Laurette PC in 1992 before spending time working as a Licensed Workers’ Compensation Representative. After receiving his Juris Doctorate degree from the Brooklyn School of Law in 1999, Louis began practicing law. He became the firms principal in 2005 and currently is head of our Social Security Disability practice. Mr. Burko has years of experience handling claims with the Social Security Administration and can help you with your initial application and appeals, if necessary.

Family and Divorce Law

186 Joralemon Street, Suite 910, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Maria Coffinas practices in all areas of matrimonial law and family law and has focused her entire professional career on these matters. Maria is a calm, confident negotiator with a long list of favorable, comprehensive out-of-court settlements. Her demeanor is especially beneficial in emotionally charged and difficult cases. A skilled Brooklyn Family Law Attorney with almost 40 years of courtroom and trial experience, Maria has earned a well-deserved reputation for her high-quality work, superb knowledge of the law, ethical standards and commitment to her clients and cases. Early in her career as a family lawyer, Maria's legal work on behalf of a client — a mother facing a challenge to the custody of her children — established a bedrock legal principle of family law, namely that children have the right to independent, impartial counsel of their own at court proceedings concerning their custody and living arrangements. This landmark case helped secure the rights of children all across New York state. However, it is more important to Maria that her work on this case allowed the mother to maintain custody of her children. The former client still keeps in touch with Maria and thanks her to this day.

Family and Divorce Law

2607 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA

Martin E. Friedlander is the founding partner of Martin Friedlander, PC. Martin E. Friedlander, Esq. is an attorney practicing law for over thirty-years. He specializes in complex matrimonial, high net worth matters, and complex custody proceedings. Mr. Friedlander started his law career as an associate to Jeffrey S. Sunshine, Esq. who is now the Administrative Judge for Matrimonial matters in New York State. In 2008 Martin Friedlander founded a boutique matrimonial firm in New York City. Martin Friedlander appears before all Supreme and Family Courts and before the Appellate Divisions. Mr. Friedlander has handled cases in the Hague Convention. He specializes in Arbitration and Mediation and has extensive knowledge on all issues relating to a “Get”. A fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys, International Academy of Family Lawyers, and the New York State Advisory Matrimonial Committee. Mr. Friedlander is a member of the NYS Bar, AFCC and Brooklyn Bar Association.

General Practice Law

260 Broadway suite 2, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA

Prior to returning to Brooklyn A, after leaving in 2018, Ndukwe was of Counsel to Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C. handling commercial litigation, license agreements, landlord/ tenant inter alia. Ndukwe graduated from SUNY Purchase in Purchase New York with a double degree in Political Science and Economics. He went on to attend Touro Law School, graduating in 2006. Immediately following graduation from law school, Ndukwe went on to work at DHL as an in-house attorney handling OSHA and workers compensation claims and hearings. Between 2008- 2013 he was a staff attorney at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley handling primarily landlord/tenant, public benefits, unemployment, and social security benefits foreclosure and bankruptcy cases before joining Brooklyn A in 2013.

Labor Law

225 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Steven Coren is the principal of the law firm bearing his name with offices located in Brooklyn. He was admitted to practice in 1978 in the State of New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He later gained admission to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Court of Claims. He is a member of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), ABA Litigation Section. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”), Labor and Employment Law Section as well as the NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers.