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THE FIRM
PARTNERS
Edwin L. Smith
Thomas
Michael Laquercia
Reed M.
Podell
ASSOCIATE
PROFILES:
Robert
W. Napoles
Tracy
L. Groves
Lana S. Kaganovsky
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The Firm Partners:
Reed M. Podell
Reed M. Podell is a firm partner whose practice
concentrates in the areas of construction site accidents, premises
liability, automobile accidents, UM/SUM claims, coverage issues,
subrogation claims, declaratory judgment actions, defamation claims,
professional malpractice, and appeals. Mr. Podell's broad
background also includes familiarity with securities arbitration,
administrative proceedings, adoption, and matrimonial actions.
A graduate of New York
Law School,
Mr. Podell is a member of the New York
and New Jersey Bars, and is also admitted to the United States Supreme
Court, and the United States District Courts of the Southern and Eastern
Districts of New York,
and the District of New Jersey. Additionally, Mr. Podell is a
member of the New York State Bar Association, and together with Mr.
Smith, Mr. Podell co-authored Undocumented
Aliens= Lost Wage Claims Limited by Federal Policy, Outside
Counsel, New York Law Journal, February 4, 2005; Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB: Have
Undocumented Aliens Lost the Right to Recover Unearned Lost Wages as
Damages in Personal Injury Actions? Vol. 32, No. 1, NYSBA
Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal (Summer 2003);
and The Public Policy of Workers= Compensation
Law Sec. 11 Prevails Against Collateral Estoppel Argument,
NYSBA Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section Journal (Spring
2002). Also, on January 26, 2006, Mr. Podell was a panel speaker at
the annual meeting of the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law and Trial
Lawyers Sections of New York State Bar Association, discussing Lost Wage
Claims for Undocumented Workers.
Mr. Podell successfully effected changes in New York State law on various issues,
including: the ability of an undocumented alien to recover unearned lost
wage damages; an attorney=s exposure to treble damages in a legal
malpractice action for committing perjury; and, the application of the
doctrine of collateral estoppel.
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