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The Golden Rothschild New York City office has moved to a new location.
The new location is:
40 Wall Street
28th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(212) 964-0120 (Phone)
(212) 566-3515 (Fax)
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GRSLB&G has been awarded the Metropolitan Ranking of Tier 1 for Defendants Personal Injury Litigation, and Tier 2 for Construction Litigation by the 1012 U.S. News "Best Lawyers."
The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. An unprecedented amount of data was collected in the project's second year, and this combined data resulted in the 2011-2012 "Best Law Firms" rankings. To be eligible for a ranking, a law firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in Best Lawyers as part of the annual peer review assessment. This year that lawyer was Kenneth R. Rothschild, Esq.
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Read more: GRSLB&G Awarded “Best Law Firms” Ranking By U.S. News
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Golden Rothschild is pleased to announce that Christopher H. Westrick and Catherine M. Shiels have authored a chapter in a new booked entitled "Construction Insurance: A Guide for Attorneys and Other Professionals", which was published by the American Bar Association in April 2011. Mr. Westrick and Ms. Shiels wrote Chapter Four of the book on the subject of Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Insurance in the construction litigation context. This chapter discusses a variety of sub-topics including general principles of Workers' Compensation, common Workers' Compensation issues in Construction matters (independent contractor versus employee, relationship between owners, general contractors and subcontractors, leased and special employees, joint ventures, attempts to restrict Workers' Compensation by contract, illegal aliens and undocumented workers), exceptions to the Workers' Compensation exclusivity provision, third party actions by injured employees against non-employers, pass-through tort liability to employers, and settlements including subrogation, liens and Medicare and Medicaid.
Please contact Mr. Westrick or Ms. Shiels for more information about this publication. The book is also available for purchase directly from the American Bar Association at the following link:
Construction Insurance: A Guide for Attorneys and Other Professionals
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Four shareholders at Golden Rothschild have been honored by their peers by being identified in the annual "Super Lawyers®" publication. Kenneth R. Rothschild was included on the "Super Lawyers®" list for Insurance Coverage; Gary S. Spagnola was included on the list for Civil Rights Litigation, Philip A. Lundell, Jr. was included on the list for Civil Litigation Defense and Catherine M. Shiels was included on the list for Workers' Compensation.
Kenneth Rothschild, Gary Spagnola, Philip Lundell and Catherine M. Shiels have been included in the "Super Lawyers®" magazine on the list for top attorneys in New Jersey for 2011. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by "Super Lawyers®" . The selections for "Super Lawyers®" are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics' attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.
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Two shareholders at Golden Rothschild have been included on the "Rising Stars" list by New Jersey "Super Lawyers®" for 2011. The "Rising Stars" list is limited to 2.5 percent of the lawyers in New Jersey. Jeffrey S. Bell was included on the Rising Stars list in the category of Civil Litigation Defense. Christopher H. Westrick was included on the Rising Stars list in the category of Construction Litigation.
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