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Address
110 East 42nd Street, Suite 1502
New York, New York 10017 (New York Co.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.9
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(Main Office) Vandenberg & Feliu LLP is a highly-rated, general practice firm with sophisticated commercial litigation, employment, commercial real estate, business law and ADR practices. Our litigators are seasoned trial and appellate lawyers with extensive experience in federal and state courts and various arbitral and administrative forums. Recent litigation includes complex commercial, bankruptcy, employment, and fiduciary responsibility matters. Our employment lawyers counsel and represent both management and individuals in all aspects of the employment relationship. Our commercial real estate transactions include sales, purchases, leases and 1031 exchanges. Our corporate practice includes a full range of public and private business transactions, including SEC filings, M & A and private placements. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and individuals for whom we provide the highest quality legal services at competitive rates. Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice including Litigation, Employment Law, Contracts, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Commercial and Residential Real Estate and Trusts & Estates, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Year Established: 1991
Firm Size: 8
Address110 East 42nd Street, Suite 1502
New York, NY 10017, (New York Co.)
PhonePhone: 212-763-6800
Fax: 212-763-6810
Website
http://www.vanfeliu.com
Alfred G. Feliu (Member) born New York, New York, April 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Author: Primer on Individual Employee Rights, 2d ed. BNA (1996). Co-Editor: Negligence in Employment, BNA (2002); Resolving Employment Disputes Without Litigation, BNA (1988). Executive Committee, NYSBA, 2007; Co-Chair: NYSBA ADR Committee, 1999-2004 and NYSBA Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee, 1994-1999. Appointed by Governor to New York State Human Rights Arbitration Advisory Committee, 1991-1997. Arbitrator and Mediator, National Employment Disputes Panel, American Arbitration Association, 1996-present. Reported Cases: Wallace v. Publicis, Inc. 2003 WL 22232955 (N.D. Ill. 2003); Citroner v. Progressive Ins., 208 F.Supp. 2d 328 (S.D.N.Y. 2002); Eisner v. Gluckstern, 741 N.Y.S. 2d 511 (1st Dept. 2002); Hylton v. Norrell Health Care, 53 F.Supp. 2d 613 (S.D.N.Y. 1999); Key v. Hearst, 963 F.Supp. 283 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); Yukoweic v. IBM, 643 N.Y. 2d 747 (3d Dept. 1996); Becker v. Wenco, 638 F.Supp. 650 (E.D.N.Y. 1986). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Raymond L. Vandenberg (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, February 21, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1970); University of Michigan (J.D., 1975). Warden, Chancellor and Vestry Member, St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City, 1989;. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Courts of Superior Jurisdiction). Reported Cases: Base Metal Trading, S.A. v. Russian Aluminum, 2003 WL 1618088 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); Worldcom, Inc. v. Prepay USA, 741 N.Y.S.2d 532 (1st Dept. 2002); Mobile Communications Plus, Inc. v. Eisner Computer Solutions, LLC, 2001 W.L. 1077876 (N.Y. App. Div., 2d Dept. 2001); Greencove Associates v. Equistate, LLC, 718 N.Y.S.2d 213 (2d Dept. 2000); PM-OK Associates v. Britz, 256 A.D.2d 151 (1st Dept. 1998); Enhanced Computer Solutions, Inc. v. Rose, 927 F.Supp. 738 (S.D.N.Y. 1996); Handelsman v. Hotel Copy Centers, 104 F.3d 353 (2d Cir. 1996). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Corporate and Contracts.Email: Raymond L. Vandenberg
Mark R. Kook (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey, January 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1975); New York University Law School (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, New York University Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation.Email: Mark R. Kook
Christopher A. D'Angelo (Member) born Bronx, New York, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York. Education: Villanova University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Fordham University (J.D., 1984). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Christopher A. D'Angelo
Mark B. Brenner (Member) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Massachusetts; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1977, New York; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1971); Boston College (J.D., 1974). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Westchester County Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; New York County Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Mark B. Brenner
Joshua M. Bernstein (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Philadelphia; 1998, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, New York. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., 1981); Temple University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Honors: 1989 Rubin, Quinn, Moss & Heaney Prize (Secured Transactions); 1989 Honorable Donald J. Orlowsky Memorial Prize (best appellate brief). Member: New York City Bar; New York State Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law.Email: Joshua M. Bernstein
Robert B. Bernstein (Member) born New York, NY, October 05, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences (B.A., History, 1977); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1981). Author: "Discovery of Document Abroad Following the Aerospatiale Decision," Fordham Corporate Law Institute, Annual Proceeding, 1988. Author: "U.S. Antitrust Recht," Frankfurter Kommentar, 2002. Of Counsel, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York, 1981-2007. Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP, Frankfurt, Germany, 1981-2007. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Frankfurt Germany Bar. Reported Cases: In re Commercial Money Center, Inc, 2007 WL 4554021 (N D Ohio, Dec. 19, 2007). E-Trade Fin. Corp v. MarketXT holding Corp, 2006 WL 2864963; In re CBI Holding Inc, Debtor, Bankruptcy Services Inc v Ernst & Young (424 F.3d 265 2d Cir 2005), see also 247 B R 342 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. April 5, 2000) (appeal still pending); Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp. v. MG Ref & Mktg., 2 NY 3d 495 (2004); Bernstein v Feiner, 13 A D 3d 519 (2d Dep't 2004); Metallgesellschaft AG v Sumitomo, 325 F.3d 836 (7th Cir 2003); Cary Oil Co v. Klam, 2003 N Y. App. Div LEXIS 1404 (1st Dep't feb. 11, 2003); International Cultural Prop Society v. Walter de Gruyter & Co, 2000 WL 943319 (SDNY July 10,2000); Kaye Scholer v. Dreyfuss, 266 AD 2d 51 (1st Dep't 1999); MG Ref & Mktg. v. knight Enterprises, Inc, 25F Supp. 2d 175 (SDNY 1998); Mataligesellschaft AG v. Hodapp, 121 F.3d 77 (2d Cir 1997); Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the United States of America v American Bankers Ins co, 1995 U.S. Dist LEXIS 10880 (E.D.N.C., May 12, 1995); Preferred Equities Corp. v. Ziegelman, 190 A.D. 2d 784 (Dep't 1993); In re Petition of Brierley, 23 Bankr. Ct Dec 429 (Bankr. SDNY 1992); H.L. Hayden Co v. Siemens Medical Systems, Inc, 879 F 2d 1005 (2d cir 1989); Minpeco S.A. v. Conticommodity Services, Inc, 676 F. Supp. 486 (S.D.N.Y. 1987); Marine Midland Bank v Brunswick Group, 1985 WL 3840 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 08, 1985); Navajo Refining Co v. United States Dep't of Energy, 750 F 2 966 (TECA 1984); Zidell Explorations, Inc v. Conval Int'l LTD., 719 F.2d 1465 ( 9th Cir 1983). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Robert B. Bernstein
John C. Ohman (Member) born Oceanside, New York, August 1, 1956; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1992). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations; The Federal Bar Council; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Languages: French and German. Practice Areas: Technology Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: John C. Ohman
Monica P. McCabe (Member) born Bronx, New York, January 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1987, District of Columbia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Fordham University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); University of Chicago (M.A., in Political Science, 1984); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor in Chief, New York International Law Review, 1991-1993. Author, "Music Licensing Columnist," Licensing Journal, 2000. Board Member, Staten Island Children's Museum 1999. Board Secretary, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, 1996. Member, Governor's Judicial Screening Committee, 1991-1995. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Foreign and Comparative Law Com., 1990-1993; Intl. Human Rights Comm., 1993-1996); New York State and American (International Section, 1986) Bar Associations; Copyright Society. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Copyright; Trademark; Entertainment; Commercial Litigation.Email: Monica P. McCabe
ASSOCIATEDebra Kobrin Levy (Associate) born New York, New York, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2000); Fordham University (M.S.W., 2004; J.D., 2005). Member: New York City Bar; New York State Bars Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Debra Kobrin Levy
OF COUNSELMorlan Ty Rogers (Of Counsel) born North Tarrytown, New York, March 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut; 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1988) Phi Beta Kappa; New York University (J.D., 1991). Editor, NYU Moot Court Board, 1990-1991. Recipient, Best Brief, 1990 National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. Special Assistant District Attorney, Queens Cty., 1993. Member: New York City Bar. Reported Cases: Don Buchwald v. Marber-Rich, 11 A.D.3d 277 (1st Dep't 2004); Leo V. Berger Grantor Trust No. 1 v. Adell, 292 A.D.2d 295 (1st Dep't 2002); Glashow v. Linden Towers, 288 A.D.2d 257 (2d Dep't 2001); Brown-Phifer v. Cross County Mall, 282 A.D.2d 564 (2d Dep't 2001). Languages: Russian, Polish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Intellectual Property.Email: Morlan Ty Rogers
Michael S. Gruen (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, California; 1967, New York; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1963); University of California at Los Angeles (LL.B., 1966). Member, Moot Court. Director, New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1972-1994. Director, Columbia Land Conservancy, 1986-2002, President, 1988-1991. Director, Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program, 2001-2006. Director, Abingdon Theatre Company, 2001-2007. Director, Energy Vision, 2007-; Member, Municipal Art Society Law Committee, 1987. Member: City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French and German. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.Email: Michael S. Gruen
John Gregory Kost (Of Counsel) born Dayton, Ohio, September 24, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, New York and New Jersey; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1980); New York Law School (J.D., 1986). Licensed Real Estate Broker, New York, 1987. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Contracts.Email: John Gregory Kost
Edward W. Kerson (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, New York. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 1969); Yale University (M.Phil., 1972; J.D., 1976). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Securities Regulation, 1995-1998, 2002-2005); New York State and American Bar Associations.Email: Edward W. Kerson
Jeffrey E. Gross (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 1999, New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1995); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Comparing the Utility of Keyword and Concept Searches," Digital Discovery and E-Evidence, Vol. 7, No. 9, pp. 188-190, September 1, 2007. "Solicitation or Shrewd Tactics? Ethics of Speaking for Ex-Workers," New York Law Journal, p. 4, December 8, 2008. Co-Author: "E-Discovery: One Year of the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, New York University Annual Survey of American Law," 64 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 201 (2008). Formerly with: Pepper Hamilton; Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Commercial and Federal Litigation; Committees on: Electronic Discovery; Federal Rules) Reported Cases: Windt v. Qwest Communications Intern., Inc., --- F.3d ----, 2008 WL 2345151 (3d Cir. June 10, 2008); Taft v. Ackermans, 2007 WL 414493 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 31, 2007); Allied Irish Banks v. Bank of America, N.A., 240 F.R.D. 96 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2007); Allied Irish Banks, P.L.C. v. Bank of America, N.A., 2006 WL 278138 (S.D.N.Y., Feb. 2, 2006); Linens of Europe, Inc. v. Polo Linen Service, Inc. and Anthony Lampropoulos, 2005 WL 3500547 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2005); Rostropovich v. Guerrand-Hermes, 18 A.D.3d 211, 794 N.Y.S.2d 42 (1st Dep't 2005); Anderson v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 2000 WL 1201456 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 10, 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(80%); Securities Litigation(10%); White Collar and Regulatory Defense(10%).Email: Jeffrey E. Gross
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