'Joint venture' for Two big LI law firms
Pasternack Tilker Napoli Bern, has been created out of a joint venture between two large Long Island law firms -- Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano and Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik. The new firm will have 80 lawyers and a staff of more than 200 and offices in five states. Credit: iStock
Two large Long Island law firms announced Friday they have gotten together, but they're calling it a joint venture, not a merger.
Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano Llp, which has offices in Garden City, Bohemia and Southampton, has joint-ventured with Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik Llp, which has offices in Great River.
The combined firm, being called Pasternack Tilker Napoli Bern, will have 80 lawyers and a staff of more than 200 and offices in five states.
The Napoli firm is best known for the nearly $800- million World Trade Center settlement it obtained on behalf of injured rescue and recovery workers.
The Pasternack firm has won "hundreds of millions" in workers' compensation benefits over the years, said senior partner Jordan Ziegler.
The combination is a joint venture, he said, because the firms want to make the best use of each other's compensation and negligence departments.
Will it ever become a full marriage? Stay tuned, Ziegler says.
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