Friedman Kaplan mourns the loss of our partner Larry Robbins, who passed away on November 2, 2024. He was 72. More

Friedman Kaplan is pleased to announce that it has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus for 2023–24. Mansfield is a year-long, structured certification process through Diversity Lab that the firm has committed to since 2022. Named for the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States, Mansfield’s accreditation process takes a behavioral science approach that embeds accountability, transparency, and knowledge sharing into talent practices, with the focus on opening the door wider and ensuring that opportunities for advancement are transparent and inclusive. More

Friedman Kaplan again has been named a Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), which recognizes law firms and corporations that show a strong commitment to building a more inclusive legal profession. More

In March 2024, Friedman Kaplan filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Leadership Now Project advocating in favor of the New York Early Mail Voter Act allowing all New York voters to cast ballots by mail during the early voting period. More

Friedman Kaplan recently obtained the dismissal with prejudice of a lawsuit that was initially filed by plaintiff HK Capital LLC against now defunct Signature Bank in 2021 – a decisive victory on behalf of its client, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Signature Bank (“FDIC-R”). More

Friedman Kaplan filed an amicus brief on behalf of a group of institutional investors representing more than $2 trillion in assets under management in support of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recently adopted climate disclosure rules for public issuers. More

For the fourth consecutive year, Bloomberg Law has named Friedman Kaplan to its annual Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Framework, which is a listing of law firms that meet or exceed a rising standard for diversity, equity, and inclusion in their firm. More

Friedman Kaplan is recognized in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 United States, with rankings in three categories: general commercial disputes, corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense – advice to corporates, and corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense – advice to individuals. In the latter category, partner and white collar practice co-head Mary Mulligan is individually recognized by The Legal 500 as a leading lawyer. More

Friedman Kaplan is ranked in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA in the “Elite” sections of the General Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations categories in New York. In addition, nine Friedman Kaplan attorneys are individually ranked in the guide with Mary Mulligan, Eric Corngold, Mala Ahuja Harker, Tim Haggerty, and Bonnie Baker regognized for their white collar defense practice, and Eric Seiler, Edward Friedman, Anne Beaumont, and Jason Rubinstein for their commercial litigation practice. More

Friedman Kaplan partner Katherine Pringle and associate Ian Bruckner were recently guests on the Re-Examination podcast discussing the amicus brief they, along with Friedman Kaplan partner Larry Robbins and paralegal Lilley Gallagher and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, filed earlier this year on behalf of 15 leading Founding Era historians in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Trump v. United States. More

Friedman Kaplan, together with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, filed an amicus brief on behalf of 15 leading Founding Era historians in the landmark United States Supreme Court case Trump v. United States. More

Partners Anne E. Beaumont, Stan Chiueh, and Mala Ahuja Harker have been selected as members of Law360’s 2024 editorial advisory boards, through which they will provide Law360 with input and feedback on its coverage and share insights on how to best shape future coverage in their respective areas. More

Friedman Kaplan is proud to announce that litigation counsel Geoffrey Cajigas has been selected to the 2024 Leadership Council (LCLD) on Legal Diversity Fellows program and that litigation associates Lance Bowman and Carolyn Young will join LCLD’s 2024 Pathfinder program. More

Friedman Kaplan proudly announces that Rahul Agarwal has returned to the firm as a partner following twelve years of government service in New York and New Jersey. Rahul is an accomplished trial lawyer and a seasoned litigator with a multi-faceted practice focused on representing corporate and individual clients in a variety of white collar defense and investigations matters as well as in connection with complex commercial litigation and crisis management. More

Friedman Kaplan is proud to announce that David J. Ranzenhofer has become a partner of the firm and that Geoffrey Cajigas and Anil K. Vassanji have each been promoted to counsel positions. More