News

• October, 2009 – Congratulations to partners Martin Garbus (First Amendment/Media/Advertising), Ted Semaya (Business Litigation), Robert Swetnick (Business/Corporate) and Alan Van Praag (Transportation/Maritime)  for their selection in their fields as Super Lawyers in the New York Metro area for 2009.  See www.superlawyers.com
• October, 2009 – Partner Alan Van Praag has been named Titular Member of the Comite Maritime Internationale.
• September, 2009 – EVW welcomes new partner Robert Rubenfeld, a commercial real estate lawyer and litigator with broad experience, as the new Chair of the Real Estate Department.
• September, 2009 – Congratulations to partner E. Miles Prentice whose minor league baseball team, the Midland Texas Rockhounds won the 2009 Texas League championship.
• August, 2009 – EVW welcomes new partner Jeffrey A. Asher, whose practice concentrates primarily in the areas of Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Estates and Trusts Administration, Elder Law and Medicaid Planning, giving the firm more depth, breadth and experience in those areas.
• July, 2009 – Partner Jeffrey A. Asher was quoted in an article in FrontDoor.com discussing reverse mortgages.  See 5 Things You Need to Know Before You Do a Reverse Mortgage.
• June, 2009 – Partner Thomas A. Hickey has been appointed Circuit Court Mediator for the State of Florida.
• June, 2009 - Partner Robert S. Churchill was honored for having served for 25 years as general counsel for the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States which praised his ”dedication, skill as a trial lawyer and expertise representing charitable organizations” and his services in helping the organization “achieve its life-saving mission”.
• March, 2009 – Congratulations to partner Ted Semaya (Business Litigation) and to partners Alan Van Praag and Ted Semaya (International Law) for their selection in their fields as Super Lawyers, National Corporate Counsel Edition, as top attorneys in Business Litigation and International Law.
• February, 2009 – Congratulations to partner Alan Van Praag for his selection as one of the world’s leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers for inclusion in The International Who’s Who of Shipping and Maritime Lawyers 2009 and for inclusion in that practice area in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2010.  See www.Who’sWhoLegal.com
• January, 2009 – EVW welcomes new partner Martin Garbus, one of the country’s leading trial and First Amendment lawyers and one of the best intellectual property lawyers.
  

Recent Events

November, 2009 – Hilton Head, South Carolina

On November 5, 2009, partner Alan Van Praag will chair the meeting of the International Organizations and Conventions meeting of the Maritime Law Association meeting.

October, 2009 – Canada

In October 2009, partner Stephen Nagler chaired two panels at BioContact, the largest healthcare conference in Canada.  The panels were under the heading International Finance.  The first had four prominent venture capital funds. The second included four leading investment bankers. It is the fifth year that Stephen has chaired these panels at BioContact.
In October 2009, the International Litigation Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association chaired by partner Ted Semaya launched a new project in coordination with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County to assist the Court in preparing materials and procedures to host visits of the many foreign judicial and academic delegations that come to study the Court, particularly its Commercial Division, and to meet with the Justices of the Division. http://www.nysba.org/Content/NavigationMenu4/Committees/Committee_on_Interna.htm

July, 2009 – On Television

Partner Martin Garbus and his history and commentary as a First Amendment lawyer are featured in the HBO Documentary film SHOUTING FIRE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF FREE SPEECH, directed and produced by his daughter, Liz Garbus.

February, 2009 - London Shipping Law Centre

In February, 2009, partner Alan Van Praag, sitting on an international panel, delivered a paper on Security and Enforcement of Maritime Agreements and a paper on Rule B at the London Shipping Law Centre in London, England.  Lloyd’s Law List has commented extensively on the Rule B paper.