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Evan Krinick

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Work Department

Appeals; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage

Position

Evan H. Krinick, Rivkin Radler’s managing partner, is a trial and appellate lawyer.

Since he joined the firm in 1987, Evan has served as counsel in hundreds of noteworthy commercial, banking, healthcare, municipal/public authority, tort liability, insurance, and insurance fraud matters. Among his many significant engagements, he represented the Long Island Power Authority (“LIPA”) in a series of cases arising from its acquisition of the Long Island Lighting Company (“LILCO”) and the Shoreham Settlement agreement, and he represents LIPA in all litigation arising from Superstorm Sandy. For decades, he also has been the lead extra-contractual attorney for State Farm in New York. Evan also has helped to develop Rivkin Radler’s insurance fraud practice.

A prolific author, Evan’s column on insurance fraud appears regularly in the New York Law Journal. He previously was the Long Island Appellate Review columnist for the New York Law Journal and the Uniform Commercial Code columnist for the The Banking Journal. For well over a decade, he has written the insurance law column for the New York Law Journal‘s annual New York Court of Appeals special section.

Career

Evan was chairman of the Leadership Council of the Long Island Mentoring Partnership, was inducted into the Long Island Business News’ 40 Rising Stars Under 40, and – before joining the firm – served for two years as a law clerk to the Hon. Fritz W. Alexander II, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Memberships

American Bar Association: Member

American Judicature Society: Member

New York State Bar Association: Committee on the Civil Practice Law and Rules

Nassau County Bar Association: Appellate Practice Committee

New York County Lawyers’ Association: Appellate Advocacy Committee

Education

Albany Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude

Union College, B.A. in Law and Public Policy