For over 30 years, clients have been asking Gerry to handle high exposure claims with complex factual and legal issues. As a former CPA and Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Gerry brings a practical, no-nonsense approach – – at the beginning of a case – – to the chances of success and the costs and benefits of litigation.

A wide variety of clients – – including insurance carriers, railroads, professional firms, construction companies, and financial institutions – – have asked Gerry for advice and representation. Clients value his recommendations as to whether to litigate or settle and at what price. Clients also ask Gerry to work with their local counsel across the country on difficult cases, including assisting with briefs at the trial and appellate court levels and serving as plaintiff’s counsel in mock trials for high exposure cases.

Gerry’s passion is good, clear legal writing. A former Editor-in-Chief of the Fordham Law Review and law clerk to the Honorable William H. Timbers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Gerry is a gifted writer with a knack for preparing tightly organized briefs to courts and memoranda to clients. Gerry is often called upon to prepare summary judgment motions, post-trial briefs and appellate briefs in numerous federal and state trial and appellate courts across the country. He has been asked to prepare amicus curiae briefs for high courts, including the United States Supreme Court. And, his ability to concisely analyze the strength and weakness of a case led one client to ask Gerry to develop an executive summary reporting format to be used by all of its defense counsel across the country.

Because of his analytical and writing skills, clients look to Gerry for assistance in a wide variety of practice areas. The breadth of his experience in civil litigation rivals any lawyer in the country. Examples of some of Gerry’s cases are listed below.

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Gerry’s diverse litigation practice is a product of the path that led him to LCBF. Before graduating from college, he worked in a variety of construction jobs, and to this day construction accident and defect cases make up a substantial part of his practice. Before attending law school, Gerry was a CPA with Arthur Andersen & Co., which provided him with unique insights for defending the many accountants, attorneys, insurance agents and title agents he has represented over the years. While attending law school, he worked as a New York City taxi cab driver, where he learned the fundamentals of client service, and then as Editor In-Chief of the law review, where he honed both his writing and leadership skills.

After law school and the clerkship, from which he gained invaluable appellate and trial court experience, Gerry worked for two years at Hughes Hubbard and Reed, where he worked on major corporate litigation, including defending claims against the Hunt brothers for allegedly attempting to corner the silver market and national accounting firms for security fraud claims. He left to take a position in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was fortunate to serve under John S. Martin, Jr. and Rudolph W. Giuliani. There, he gained extensive, first-hand trial and appellate experience, and was promoted to Chief of the Tax Unit.