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57 distinguished civil litigation attorneys in New York, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Wayne Felle

Wayne Felle

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

6024 Main St, Williamsville, NY 14221

Wayne Felle, Esq. - Attorney is a Certified Trial Attorney with 25 years of experience in the field of personal injury representation. He is a member of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, and New York State Bar Association. Mr. Felle has a proven track record of success in Personal Injury, Auto Accident and Child Injury Law. Your family will have the experience of a proven trial attorney on your side every step of the way.

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David M. Doré

David M. Doré

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

11 Broadway, Suite 615, New York, NY 10004

David M Doré has an extensive litigation background of over 30 years with national law firms as Managing Attorney. As Managing Attorney, Mr. Doré was the “lawyers’ lawyer”, advising and coordinating litigation strategies for attorneys and paralegals. The Law Offices of David M. Doré, P.C. is a litigation firm. Mr. Dore’s experience included consultation with attorneys on procedural rules for Federal and State and City courts for all New York metropolitan area court systems as well as courts in numerous other jurisdictions and countries. Coordinate service and filing of documents in courts for matters various New York State and Federal Courts. Mr. Doré trained attorneys and paralegals on Federal and State courts electronic filing procedures and court procedural rules in Federal and State litigation. He has handled commercial litigation procedural issues for matters pending in New York, and involving parties in California, Florida, Wisconsin and Washington, DC courts. He has coordinated cases related to international service of process under the Hague Convention and Inter-American Treaties; effecting service pursuant to those provisions in China, Italy and the Caribbean. Mr. Doré advised attorneys on White Collar criminal defense Federal and State, procedural rules, working alongside former Assistant U.S. Attorneys and coordinating cases with United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Coordinated investigations of entities infringing on copyright ownership and trade violations, including the dismantling of hundreds of counterfeit sellers of cigarettes. Mr. Doré also worked for the New York City Corporation Counsel conducting pretrial discovery and investigations for the Bronx Tort Division. Interview witnesses, including 50-H hearings, depositions of numerous prisoners at various New York State Correctional institutions. He has appeared and defended the City of New York in hundreds of cases at New York County Supreme Court, Bronx County Supreme Court and New York City Small Claims court. These appearances were at over 500 preliminary conferences and hundreds of depositions examining plaintiffs with actions against the City of New York. His advice was sought by Police Officers, Firefighters, Sanitation Inspectors, Public School teachers and other New York City personnel for pending litigations. In 2021 Mr. Doré was honored to be appointed to the AAJ Voter Protection Committee by President Navan Ward, Jr. President of the American Association for Justice.

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Civil Litigation

205 Syosset-Woodbury Rd, Syosset, NY 11791

The Honorable Frank N. Schellace , is a retired Judge , who presided as a Special Referee in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County for14 years. He also served the Law Secretary ( professional Law Clerk ) to Justice Kenneth D. Molloy for 12 years and Justice Ute Wolff Lally for 4 years in that Court. He also served as a Court Attorney of that Court for 4 years. Prior to his Judicial appointments he served as Counsel to New York State Assemblyman George Madison and Armand D'Amato. He also served as a Law Clerk and Senior Law Clerk in the Town Attorneys Office of the Town of Hempstead. A 1978 graduate of Hofstra law School , where he was selected as a Law Fellow in Civil Procedure , he received a BA degree with honors from the SUNY Stony Brook in 1975. He currently serves as a Special Master in the NYS Supreme Court in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. He has a general Law practice with a focus on Commercial Litigation and Elder Law.

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Leonard F. Lesser

Civil Litigation

100 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10017

Len specializes in complex commercial and tort litigation. Len prosecutes and defends business litigation in federal and state courts around the country, and arbitration tribunals administered by JAMS, AAA, ICDR, FINRA, and other ADR providers. He focuses on business torts; copyright, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition claims; partnership, joint venture, shareholder, and LLC member disputes; corporate transaction, post-closing, and busted deal disputes; contract and UCC disputes; financial services litigation; securities litigation; insurance disputes; real estate disputes; and employment litigation. He also prosecutes and defends toxic tort, product liability, premises liability, medical liability and personal injury claims. Len is AV-Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized and selected for inclusion in New York Metro Super Lawyers® for the years 2008 through 2024. This survey, published by Thomson Reuters, honors the top five (5%) percent of New York City-based attorneys. Len has also been recognized in Best Lawyers peer review publication, and has been recognized for his copyright litigation work by Global Law Experts, ACQ (Acquisition Finance) Magazine, Corporate Int'l Magazine, and Corporate LiveWire.

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Nadia Pervez

Nadia Pervez

Featured Lawyer

Civil Litigation

6268 Jericho Tunrpike, Suite 8, Commack, NY 11725

Nadia M. Pervez, shareholder at Pervez & Rehman, P.C., graduated from Hofstra University School of Law in 2010. Shortly after graduating, Nadia worked as a solo practitioner at Pervez Law, P.C, and focused on Employment, Matrimonial, Real Estate and Civil Litigation matters. Since partnering with Aneeba Rehman in 2014 and forming Pervez & Rehman, P.C. she has acquired a plethora of experience ranging from cases involving Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Misclassification, and Wage & Hour Disputes. ?Nadia is assertive, responsive and committed to providing creative solutions to her clients.

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