New York, NY Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

228 E 45th St 1700 b, New York, NY 10017, USA

Mark D. Shirian, Esq., founder and principal of the Manhattan-based firm, Mark David Shirian P.C., is renowned for spearheading professional high-profile litigation, earning recognition in both federal and state courts. A dedicated personal injury attorney, Shirian has obtained multiple seven-figure settlements in noteworthy cases, earning recognition for his success and achieving the best possible outcome for his clients. His achievements also earned him recognition as one of The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40. Shirian’s practice concentrates in various areas of personal injury cases, employment law—encompassing employment discrimination and harassment—sports and entertainment law, as well as civil and intricate commercial litigation. Shirian has successfully challenged large Fortune 500 companies, school systems, and government entities, including recovering $1.5 Million for a client under the Child Victim Act. Shirian’s proactive work ethic and commanding advocacy skills have propelled his law practice as industry experts; featuring his expertise and legal triumphs by media outlets such as NBC, ABC, Fox News, The New York Times, The New York Post, and Daily News. A distinguished member of the American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, Sports Lawyers Association, and the Jewish Lawyers Guild, Shirian’s commitment to excellence extends beyond the legal realm. His background as a former high school wrestling coach and collegiate wrestler reflects his passion for hard work, collaboration, and leadership. Shortly after opening his firm, he was honored by the esteemed Hineni Heritage Center, a testament to his exemplary contributions to both the legal profession and the community. Shirian received his undergraduate degree from New York University and his J.D. from New York Law School.

Corporate and Transactional Law

505 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA

Marshall Sonenshine is Chairman and Managing Partner of New York investment banking firm Sonenshine Partners. Mr. Sonenshine was previously Partner in Wolfensohn & Company, the M&A boutique headed by former Salomon Brothers’ head of banking Jim Wolfensohn and US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. Mr. Sonenshine was part of the leadership team that merged Wolfensohn first into Bankers Trust, where he headed Media M & A and Aerospace/Transportation M & A, and later into Deutsche Bank, where Mr. Sonenshine was asked to serve as Global Co-Head of M & A. Mr. Sonenshine began his finance career at Salomon Brothers in New York. Since 2016, Mr Sonenshine has served on the adjunct faculty at Harvard Law School teaching Mergers and Advanced Corporate Transactions. From 2009-15 Mr Sonenshine was Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University Business School teaching Private Equity and Turnaround Management. Mr Sonenshine has been a global finance commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg and has published widely in the New York Times, Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Merrill Datasite, Harvard Law and Business Schools and Columbia Business School. Mr. Sonenshine holds a BA, magna cum laude, from Brown University and a JD from Harvard Law School, where he served as Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He studied at L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and, while at law school, he served as a Teaching Fellow in International Relations at Harvard University’s Government Department, and an Instructor in Legal Methods and in the International Tax Program at the Law School. Following Harvard he became law clerk to Hon. Lawrence Pierce of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, where he worked on major corporate, securities and M&A federal cases. Mr. Sonenshine counsels numerous leading companies globally including in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, China, Japan and Australia, and has advised on numerous major transactions worldwide, including the Disney/ABC merger, the merger of International Lease Finance Corporation into America International Group, the global restructuring of GPA Group plc with General Electric, the restructuring of Daimler Benz’s AEG industrial group, the Sony/Columbia Pictures and Guber Peters Entertainment merger, the sale of GE affiliated Genesis Lease to AerCap, the sale of Structural Dynamics to EDS and Simulia to Dassault Systemes, the proxy battle and hostile defense of The United States Shoe Corporation, the mergers of Chancellor Media, Capstar and Clear Channel, the sale of Simulia to Dassault Systèmes, the recapitalization of KKR-and-Wachovia backed New South Communications (later Nuvox), the representation of Alcoa in several global divestitures, the restructurings and sales in Chapter 11 of Riverstone Networks to Alcatel, of Hear USA to Siemens, and of the Philadelphia Inquirer and News to an Investor Group. In Asia Mr Sonenshine and Sonenshine Partners has represented numerous companies including two of China’s leading publicly traded manufacturers (Nine Dragons and Sirio Pharma) in their first North American acquisitions. Earlier, Mr Sonenshine was Senior Investment Banker in Fuji Wolfensohn, representing major Japanese companies in cross border Mergers. Mr Sonenshine is Trustee of Hunter College where he has served on the Executive Committee as Chairman of Endowment. He has also served as Chairman of the Harvard Law School Fund and as Co-Chair of the Center for Law Brain and Behavior at Harvard and Mass General. He has also served as Trustee, Executive Committee Member and Chairman of Development for Jazz at Lincoln Center and the International Center of Photography, as Member of the Brown University Annual Fund Executive Committee, and as Vice Chairman of ArtsConnection. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and has served as member of the Corporate Boards of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and as Member of the Democratic National Committee New York Tri State Finance Committee. Mr Sonenshine has also served as Chairman of RosettaBooks and as Executive Producer to three leading political and legal documentary films on HBO, including Loving Story, for which he holds Emmy and Peabody awards.

Immigration Law

14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1414, New York, NY 10122

Matthew D. Goldsmith received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 2005. Mr. Goldsmith is active in all phases of immigration and nationality law, focusing primarily on employment based immigration. He is admitted to practice as an attorney in New York and is a member of the American Bar Association. He is also an active member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) where he is a member of the Department of Labor Committee, the Young Lawyers Division Committee and the Media Committee.

Personal Injury Law

40 Fulton St 24th floor, New York, NY 10038, USA

Matthew J. Peluso joined Lipsig, Shapey, Moverman, Freund & Wisell, PLLC with over eight years of intensive litigation experience. Matt previously worked for a highly respected defense firm representing insurance companies. Shortly after admission to the New York State Bar, Matt immediately started trying cases and consistently obtained successful jury verdicts on behalf of his clients. He has tried over 20 cases to verdict in all five New York City boroughs, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley. After his great results as a defense attorney, Matt decided to pursue his true passion and help people who have been seriously and catastrophically injured – those who are truly in need of justice. Matt prides himself on his thoroughness and attention to detail and knows that success for his client can only be achieved through tireless preparation. Matt has always believed in helping others and serving the community. While attending college, Matt tutored and mentored inner-city kids after school to ensure that they were in a safe environment and were kept off the streets. While in law school, Matt worked for the District Attorney and was assigned to the Public Integrity Bureau in White Plains, and later to the Mount Vernon City Court, where he worked closely with prosecutors and police officers to help keep the community safe. He also provided pro bono representation to students facing suspension in New York City Public Schools to make sure that they stayed in school and remained on the right path. A former ocean lifeguard, Matt knows the importance of safety protocols and procedures and also knows the potential dangers that exist when rules that are designed to protect the community are needlessly disregarded.

Bankruptcy Law

230 Park Avenue, 30th floor, New York, NY 10169

Melanie L. Cyganowski joined Otterbourg P.C. as a partner in 2008, after serving a full 14-year term as a Bankruptcy Judge in the Eastern District of New York. From November 29, 2005 through the end of her term, she was the Court’s Chief Judge. Graduating magna cum laude from the School of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Ms. Cyganowski then served as a law clerk to the late Hon. Charles L. Brieant, former Chief Judge in the Southern District of New York. Following her clerkship, Ms. Cyganowski was a litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Ms. Cyganowski presently chairs Otterbourg’s Bankruptcy practice. She was lead co-counsel to the Official Committees of Claimants in LTL 1 and LTL 2, and Aearo Technologies (3M); co-counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of consenting governmental parties in Purdue Pharma, and counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of States with Acthar-related claims in Mallinckrodt. She has been appointed as Receiver in SEC v. StraightPath Management, SEC v. Platinum Partners, and in ÂCP Investment Group, LP. Her other fiduciary appointments include (a) Chief Restructuring Officer and Temporary Operator of Brooklyn’s Interfaith Medical Center, a 287-bed acute care teaching hospital with ambulatory and out-patients clinics in the surrounding Bed-Stuy neighborhood, and (b) Patient Care Ombudsman in Randolph Health, Promise Healthcare, 21st Century Oncology and California Proton. She has also represented Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in bankruptcy cases, including L&L Wings, Quirky and Escada. In addition, Ms. Cyganowski has represented the FDIC as Receiver in various bankruptcy cases; has served as the Auditor of Capital One in connection with a consent judgment in a national matter; and is an arbitrator/mediator in numerous disputes, including Drivetrain (Puerto Rico post-confirmation), Madoff, Lehman, Century 21, Quebecor and Metaldyne. In 2014, Ms. Cyganowski was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy. An author of numerous articles, she sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Practice & Law. Ms. Cyganowski is also a Fellow of the American and New York State Bar Foundations, and a retired adjunct professor of law at St. John’s University School of Law.