Melville, NY Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

445 Broadhollow Rd suite 232, Melville, NY 11747, USA

Ian Chaikin is the founding member of Chaikin Trial Group and a licensed attorney in NY, NJ, and FL. He began his career at a top NYC personal injury firm, quickly earning a reputation as a fierce advocate. Known for saying, “You come in as a client, but you leave as a friend,” Ian has secured numerous Million- and Multi-Million-Dollar recoveries. He’s been named a New York Super Lawyer and is a proud member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His work has been featured in New York Magazine’s “Personal Injury Leaders,” and his firm is recognized as one of NYC’s top boutique trial firms. With over 20 years of experience, Ian combines hard work, strategy, and personal attention to get results. He holds finance and law degrees from Hofstra University, where he won the oral argument competition. A Long Island resident, Ian is fluent in English, Hebrew, and Spanish, and enjoys family time, snowboarding, and weightlifting.

Personal Injury Law

145 Pinelawn Rd suite 130n, Melville, NY 11747, USA

Jessica Kronrad is a senior trial associate with The Odierno Law Firm, P.C. and a year 2000 graduate of Hofstra University Law School. She has a diverse background in law practice and vigorously advocates on behalf of negligence victims. Throughout her career, Ms. Kronrad has obtained millions of dollars in trial verdicts and settlements. She has dedicated her career to holding insurance companies accountable and ensuring injured victims receive just compensation. Ms. Kronrad has over 20 years of experience with a wide variety of negligence cases from inception through trial verdict. She appreciates the importance of prosecuting each case expeditiously while making sure our clients receive maximum value. Ms. Kronrad is admitted to practice law before all the Courts of the State of New York and is admitted to Federal Court in the Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York State.

Securities Law

58 S Service Rd, 200, Melville, NY 11747

Mario Alba is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Melville office. He is a member of the Firm’s Institutional Outreach Team, which provides advice to the Firm’s institutional clients, including numerous public pension systems and Taft-Hartley funds throughout the United States, and consults with them on issues relating to corporate fraud in the U.S. securities markets, as well as corporate governance issues and shareholder litigation. Some of Mario’s institutional clients are currently involved in securities cases involving: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc; Livent Corporation; Ryanair Holdings plc; Southwest Airlines Co.; Impax Laboratories Inc.; Super Micro Computer, Inc.; Skechers USA, Inc.; and XPO Logistics, Inc. Mario’s institutional clients are also involved in other types of class actions, namely: In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, In re Epipen (Epinephrine Injection, USP) Marketing, Sales Practices and Antitrust Litigation, Forth v. Walgreen Co., and In re Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation.

Personal Injury Law

145 Pinelawn Rd suite 130n, Melville, NY 11747, USA

Michael A. Spector was born Mineola, New York in 1977. He obtained a Bachelor Arts Degree in Marine Affairs with minors in Economics and Chemistry from the University of Miami in 1998. In 2003, Michael graduated from Hofstra University Law School. Michael worked at Tell, Cheser & Breitbart LLP as outside counsel for several insurance companies. Michael has also worked in-house at The Robert Plan and as staff counsel, then trial counsel in the no-fault litigation department of Travelers Insurance Company. Michael joined the no-fault litigation department in 2007, and since then has appeared in every civil court in the City of New York and in every district court on Long Island. Michael’s outstanding success in settling cases and ability to obtain Plaintiff verdicts has prompted him in being lead counsel on all AAA arbitration and motion-calendar matters. In 2025, Michael was recognized as one of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 in New York

Intellectual Property Law

576 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, NY 11747

Ray Farrell is a senior partner and co-founder of the firm with extensive experience in advising U.S. and international clients of all sizes on the effective development and utilization of their patent and trademark portfolios, with an eye towards achieving optimal return on the resources dedicated by a given client to its intellectual property strategy. Additionally, he advises clients on navigating freedom-to-operate issues to help them minimize risks while executing product launches or brand development. This experience was acquired over twenty-five years working with clients on the development of complex IP portfolios and commercial product launches in highly litigious environments. After first learning what each client’s unique business goals and objectives are, he then works with the client to formulate an overall intellectual property strategy to achieve those milestones. He continuously works with the clients to ensure that any changes, either to the client’s vision or the laws potentially affecting that vision, are addressed by advising the client of appropriate options, thereby ensuring a highly efficient and continuously optimized plan of execution. With a continuous attitude of “we are just getting started,” Mr. Farrell enjoys perfecting client service delivery processes and developing the careers of aspiring IP professionals as well as learning alongside them in order to offer the most effective and efficient team to best serve the needs of the firm’s clients. Mr. Farrell also has a strong belief in mentoring startup entrepreneurs so they can receive the early guidance necessary to set them on a sound trajectory for their venture’s success. To this end, he continuously donates extensive amounts of time educating startup entrepreneurs on the benefits of a sound intellectual property strategy to optimize their venture’s growth and either their continued development or ultimate exit. To help expand upon his individual mentoring efforts, he was principally involved in organizing participation in the MIT Venture Mentoring Outreach Program, a consortium made up of prestigious scientific research laboratories, academic institutions, business incubators, and a business accelerator.