MEMBERS OF FIRM
Steven E. Pegalis (Member) born New York, N.Y., April 12, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, New York; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1992, Pennsylvania. Education: Queens College of the City of New York (B.A., 1962); New York Law School (LL.B., 1965; J.D., 1979). Author: American Law of Medical Malpractice, Second Edition. Adjunct Professor, Medical Malpractice, New York Law School. Member, Board of Directors, New York Law School. Member, Board of Editors, Cancer Litigation, New York Law Journal Publishing Company. Member, "The Experts Analyze Brain Damaged Baby Cases," National CLE Program Advisory Committee, American Bar Association. Fellow: Roscoe Pound Foundation.
Stephen E. Erickson (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, May 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: State University of New York at Oneonta (B.A., 1975); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member, New York Law Review.
Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, April 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1995, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1983). Paul J. Liacos Scholar.
James B. Baydar (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 30, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York; 1988, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1983); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1986).
Sanford S. Nagrotsky (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: State University of New York College at Oneonta (B.A., 1977); State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 1981).
ASSOCIATES
Rhonda L. Meyer (Associate) born Huntington, New York, June 4, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, New York. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1983); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1988).
Gerhardt M. Nielsen (Associate) born Mineola, New York, September 2, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, New York; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Hofstra Law Review, 1982.
Robert V. Fallarino (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, January 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New York and District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: St. John's University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. St. Thomas More Scholar.
Linda M. Oliva (Associate) born Bronx, New York, September 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1985); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Phi Alpha Theta; Sigma Delta Pi. Languages: Spanish and Italian.