SKRS’ practice is diverse. We are prepared to address a wide range of client needs from complex litigation involving cutting edge issues in commercial, matrimonial, and employment law to performing sophisticated transactional work for our private corporate, not-for-profit, and individual clients.
From pleadings to motion practice to trial and appellate work, our lawyers are full service litigators and regularly appear before a wide range of state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and religious and secular arbitration panels. Also, having vast litigation experience is an asset in connection with the Firm’s corporate and business counseling practice because we understand how careful and precise drafting can avoid disputes that can grow into litigation long after the agreements have been signed. At Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow, LLP we provide personal attention to all matters regardless of size, and foster feelings of trust and confidence in the outcome with our clients.
No business is immune from disputes that can grow into litigation and when they do – efficiency, cost effectiveness and results are the only things that matter. SKRS’ commercial and civil litigation practice covers a wide spectrum of business and personal disputes. Our Manhattan based lawyers regularly litigate matters involving all types of contractual issues, partnership shareholder disputes, breach of contract claims, business torts, real estate disputes, unfair competition, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, actions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), defamation, trade libel, and estate related litigation.
Our diverse commercial and civil litigation practice has required our litigation attorneys to develop an expertise with a myriad of relevant federal and state statutes and prevailing case law. The litigators regularly appear before the federal and state trial and appellate courts and before secular and religious arbitration tribunals. The firm has a successful history in litigating cutting edge commercial issues starting in 1985 when Franklyn H. Snitow, the firm’s founding partner, successfully argued Sedima v. Imrex, a case which established a private right of action under RICO, before the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Snitow and other attorneys at the firm have successfully argued before the New York State Court of Appeals, the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Although our litigators are comfortable going to trial, we also recognize that there are significant risks involved and therefore when possible we work with our clients and adversaries to craft solutions and settlements that resolve disputes to the mutual satisfaction of the parties.
Family and Matrimonial Law
Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow LLP’s family and matrimonial law practice addresses the complete range of matters affecting the family in the court system, encompassing negotiated agreements, litigation, mediation, and arbitration of disputes, including before Bais Din (religious tribunals). Our firm is well-suited to meet the needs of our clients in connection with the negotiation and preparation of premarital, marital, separation, and cohabitation agreements. Our attorneys have the expertise and experience in litigating difficult cases, which require substantial and complex discovery. They are well known and well respected by the matrimonial judges who they appear before. In the event that the parties are unable to reach an amicable resolution, we are prepared to try such cases to conclusion, addressing all aspects of a divorce proceeding such as equitable distribution, custody, parenting time, and maintenance. If a client wishes to appeal a decision, we have extensive experience perfecting and arguing appeals before the Appellate Division.
Corporate Transactions
General Business and Not for Profit Counseling
Any corporate, real estate, or not-for profit transaction can prove to be complex. At Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow, LLP, we have extensive experience in corporate transactions of varying size and complexity, including mergers and acquisitions; asset, stock and membership interest acquisitions; formation and structuring of limited liability companies and other entities; joint venture and strategic alliance transactions; employment, distribution and manufacturing agreements; real estate transactions and general corporate representation.
From forming your company to assuring that its agreements with its employees, shareholders, partners and suppliers fully protect your interests, we are there every step of the way. If you are purchasing a company or have decided to sell your business, you want a lawyer with experience who can close the transaction while ensuring that you maximize value. We will work with you to draft agreements that clearly reflect the rights and obligations envisioned by the parties, and help you avoid pitfalls in contractual language that can lead to future disputes and litigation.
SKRS attorneys regularly serve in a role akin to an outside general counsel to corporate clients, some of whom have been counseled by our attorneys for over 20 years, handling the daily legal issues, contractual and otherwise, that arise in the operations of their organizations.
Our firm also regularly advises not-for-profit entities and organizations, including but not limited to private schools and religious institutions, on issues ranging from governance and by-laws to real estate transactions requiring Attorney General approval to internal and external disputes that impact on individual board members or the entity as a whole.
No matter what stage your business or organization is in, or what routine or unexpected issue has arisen, the attorneys of SKRS are prepared to advise you through the legal hurdles, and assist you in focusing on growing your business or organization.
Employment and Labor Law
If you are an employer or an employee in the New York City area and are in need of a labor law attorney, Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow LLP can help. Our experienced employment lawyers represent clients throughout New York City, Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The attorneys at Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow LLP successfully address the many labor and employment issues faced by private and municipal employers and employees in today’s marketplace.
Our firm has a stellar history over the years of trying numerous labor and employment matters successfully to verdict.
Recognizing that preventing discrimination in the workplace in the first instance is far less costly than dealing with its aftermath, the New York City labor law attorneys at Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow LLP also help clients to avoid becoming embroiled in unnecessary and costly litigation. We provide training and consultation on workplace issues, including lectures and seminars to mid-level and senior management to prepare appropriate anti-harassment policies and employee handbooks which serve as valuable tools to limit the need for our clients to litigate costly employment discrimination suits.
