VBP&P is pleased to welcome Megan Lawless to the firm as Of Counsel. Ms. Lawless has a diverse legal background, having practiced commercial and products liability litigation at prominent firms in Philadelphia and New York, as well as serving as in-house counsel at a Fortune 500 telecommunications company in Washington, D.C.
VBP&P is pleased to welcome Margaret M. Crowley to the firm as Of Counsel. Ms. Crowley is a general practice attorney specializing in general liability, municipal liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and criminal defense. As a principal law clerk for the New York State Unified Court System, Ms. Crowley advised the court and assisted in the resolution of […]
Nassau County – On June 1st, the Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) hosted a televised Community Blood Drive (Fios 1). The NCBA Community came together to answer the need for blood donations. Just days prior to the drive, New York State issued an emergency request in light of a shortage of blood going into the busy […]
Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols and Porter, LLP is excited to announce that Jerry Giardina has joined the firm as a partner in the Valhalla office. Mr. Giardina has tried dozens of cases to verdict during his thirty plus years of practice in complex general liability and medical malpractice defense. He is a very welcome addition to […]
Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols and Porter, LLP is very proud to announce that Leilani Rodriguez has joined the firm as an associate working out of the Valhalla office. Ms. Rodriguez is an experienced litigator and appellate attorney.
On May 23, 2016, partner Jeffrey Nichols secured a unanimous defense verdict in Nassau County Supreme Court on behalf of a board certified urologist. Mr. Nichols’ client performed surgery on the plaintiff to address pelvic organ prolapse. Plaintiffs’ counsel alleged that four subsequent surgeries were required to address ongoing issues from the use of mesh […]
Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols and Porter, LLP is delighted to announce that Adam Covitt has joined the firm as a partner in the Garden City office. Mr. Covitt began his career as an Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorney’s office. For the past several years, he has specialized in medical malpractice defense […]
The firm is proud to announce that Michael J. Battiste has joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Battiste brings a wealth of knowledge in defending complex litigation, including toxic torts and product liability. He will be a valued member of the firm’s Medical Malpractice and Litigation practice groups.
On January 5, 2015, the firm opened its doors in Garden City and Valhalla. Since that time, we have grown from five attorneys to eighteen and nearly tripled our foot print in both offices. We are now proud to represent nearly twenty different hospitals, several large physician practices and individual doctors throughout the New York […]
On December 11, 2015, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a directed verdict at trial in New York County Supreme Court before the Honorable Joan Lobis. Mr. Patterson represented three physicians specializing in emergency medicine in the malpractice action concerning claims of a failure to timely diagnose and treat acute cholecystitis and sepsis. The plaintiff developed […]