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

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Antitrust Law

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, USA

Brian focuses his practice on global and domestic antitrust investigations and other regulatory investigations, as well as related class action litigation. He has represented clients involved in wide-ranging investigations and class action litigation relating to activities in North America, Europe and Asia. Brian also has experience in a variety of complex commercial litigation, including securities fraud litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and private equity litigation, among others.

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Brian McGrath

Brian McGrath

Distinguished Lawyer

Securities Law

800 Third Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Area of Practice: Financial Services Litigation Brian McGrath counsels companies on a wide range of complex commercial legal issues. The co-chair of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, he has helped clients navigate litigation involving financial services, intellectual property, antitrust, and white collar criminal investigations throughout his career. An outside-of-the-box thinker, Brian partners with his clients to provide them with simple, tailored solutions for their legal problems. In recent years, Brian has leveraged his broad experience to focus on serving clients in the financial services industry. He works with a number of financial institutions—including mortgage loan servicers—regarding lender liability and consumer protection statues. He also handles complaints concerning the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), as well as regulatory issues involving Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforcement actions. Brian began his career with a prominent international law firm, representing clients in high-stakes commercial litigation matters in a variety of business sectors. In addition to handling landmark biotechnology patent litigation, Brian defended the interests of professional athletes in sports labor law matters involving the NFL and NBA Player's Associations. He also previously served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office. Before joining Hinshaw, Brian bolstered his financial services industry knowledge and litigation experience in the New York office of a New Orleans-based firm. In addition to championing the diversity and inclusion efforts at his former firm, Brian was the Managing Partner for the New York office.

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Bryan M. Goldstein

Family and Divorce Law

107 Greenwich St 25th floor, New York, NY 10006, USA

Bryan is a Partner of GHSK and the head of its Matrimonial & Family Law practice. Bryan’s practice embraces a diverse set of clients and the challenging issues they face. Bryan understands the situations many of our family law clients are enduring can be arduous, delicate, and emotional. Bryan approaches each client’s matter with knowledge, compassion, and understanding. He collaborates with clients to determine their desired outcomes and develop creative strategies to achieve them. Bryan provides representation at every level, including complex and sophisticated family law matters for high-net-worth individuals. He handles a wide variety of family law matters, from the negotiation of pre- and postnuptial agreements to separation and divorce proceedings (contested, same-sex, and uncontested). He is a skilled and constructive negotiator when clients attempt to settle issues by agreement, and a powerful advocate when the determination of the Court is necessary. Bryan’s divorce clients face many issues including custody and parenting time/visitation, child support, spousal maintenance/alimony, equitable distribution of assets, as well as domestic violence and orders of protection. He also helps clients traverse the ever-changing landscape of family law as it relates to same-sex couples. Bryan was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers each year since 2020 and earned the recognition of the Top 10 Attorneys under 40 by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He frequently presents at various forums discussing divorce and considerations involved such as financial issues and LGBT+ issues. He has also been quoted in articles by various media outlets such as USA Today.

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Carlos Perez-Hall

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

377 Broadway 6th floor, New York, NY 10013, USA

Carlos Perez-Hall is a Partner of the firm and a member of its Board of Directors. He Co-heads the firms' Landlord/Tenant division and is responsible for the Firm's practice in Bronx County. He represents a range of property owners who own units subject to various regulations, including but not limited to the rent stabilization code, the rent control law, and various affordable housing programs. His clients range from residential and commercial properties, low income tax developments, supportive housing programs, Mitchell-Lama Cooperatives, Housing Development Finance Corporations, free market cooperatives and condo’s as well as small unregulated properties. He is intimately familiar with the various forms of section 8, city/state government subsidies. Most recently, he has helped his clients navigate the newly enacted Good Cause Eviction Law. Mr. Perez-Hall also defends property owners against lawsuits and code infractions issued by various administrative agencies in New York State and City, such as the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Department of Housing and Community Renewal, and the Department of Buildings. He is a member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA) was the 58th President of the PRBA. He is also a member of the Bronx Bar Association and currently serves on its Judiciary Committee. Over his 8 years as Chair of the PRBA Judiciary Committee, Mr. Perez-Hall served on various judiciary committees and special task forces for the City Bar, New York State Bar, and (as a representative of the PRBA) several NYS Democratic Party judicial screening panels for Civil and Supreme Court. In 2025, Mr. Perez-Hall was appointed to the Housing Advisory Council for the 3rd time; (prior terms: 2013-2015 & 2019-2021). The Council is responsible for screening candidates who seek to be appointed as a Judge in the Housing Court of New York City as well as screening sitting Housing Court Judges who are seeking re appointment to the bench. Mr. Perez-Hall is also a former member of the Character and Fitness Committee for the First Department where he interviewed individuals seeking admission to the Bar.

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Carly Krasner Leizerson

Family and Divorce Law

527 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Carly Krasner Leizerson practices in all areas of matrimonial and family law including high conflict financial cases, child custody, relocation, child support modification actions, and the negotiation of prenuptial and separation agreements. She has also appeared before the Federal Courts in actions brought pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction. A litigator by training, she is a zealous advocate for her clients. Her deep understanding of the unique emotional and financial challenges facing families and individuals during the separation and divorce process allows her to find creative out-of-court solutions whenever possible, and her litigation background provides her with the tools and experience to aggressively litigate cases through trial and appeals, when necessary. Beginning in 2018, Carly has been recognized by her peers in Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the areas of matrimonial and family law, and in 2019, she was recognized by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys as a “Top 10 Under 40”. Prior to joining the Firm, Carly was an associate at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, where she practiced matrimonial and family law. Carly received her law degree, cum laude from Pace University School of Law in 2012, where she was the Symposium and Submissions Editor of the Pace International Law Review. Carly is a member of the Family Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

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