New York

The New York office’s relationships with the business community and key New York metropolitan area institutions have been the catalyst for our continued growth and expansion to our position at the vanguard of the world’s leading law firms. Weil's four departments – Corporate, Litigation, Restructuring, and Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits – form the core of the New York office.

Weil partners in the New York office have been recognized for their leadership, innovation and groundbreaking successes across a variety of practice areas.

Recent achievements include:

• Executive Partner Barry Wolf was honored with the Judge Joseph M. Proskauer Award at the UJA-Federation of New York’s Lawyers Division Annual Event 2024.

• Corporate Department Chairman Michael J. Aiello and Restructuring Department Co-Chair Matt Barr were named among the 2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law by Crain’s New York Business.

• Corporate Department Chairman Michael J. Aiello was also named to The Legal 500’s inaugural M&A Powerlist: United States, in 2024. He was previously named a 2023 Dealmaker of the Year by the New York Law Journal, and was honored with the Impact Dealmaker Award by The Deal in 2022. Michael has been repeatedly recognized as “one of the most influential people in the board room” by the NACD Directorship 100.

• Private Funds partner Andrew Chizzik was recognized as a 2023 Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer. 

• Global Litigation Department Co-Chair David Lender was named a Law360 Trials MVP, and Private Funds partner Stephanie Srulowitz was named a Law360 Fund Formation MVP for 2024. They join Private Funds partner Andrew Chizzik who was named a Law360 MVP in 2023 and 2020 (Fund Formation), IP & Media practice Head Benjamin E. Marks who was named Law360 MVP (Media & Entertainment) in 2021, as well as two New York partners who previously received this recognition: Corporate Department Chairman Michael J. Aiello (Mergers & Acquisitions), and Amy Rubin (Benefits).

• White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations Co-Head Sarah Coyne and Securities Litigation partner Stacy Nettleton were named 2023 Lawyers of the Year by Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law.

• Intellectual Property & Media practice Head Benjamin E. Marks was named Practitioner of the Year (Copyright) at the 2024 Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards.

• In 2023, The National Law Journal recognized Head of Weil’s Employment Practice Group John P. Barry as an Employment & Discrimination Law Trailblazer. Previously recognized by The National Law Journal: Intellectual Property & Media practice Head Benjamin E. Marks was named a Sports/Gaming/Entertainment Law Trailblazer in 2022; Restructuring Department Co-Chairs Matt Barr and Gary Holtzer as Crisis Leadership Trailblazers in 2021; Securities Litigation partner Stacy Nettleton as a Litigation Trailblazer in 2020; and Restructuring partner Jacqueline Marcus as an Equality Trailblazer in 2019. They join a total of 35 Weil lawyers nationwide who have received this honor since 2015. 

• Banking & Finance partner Justin Lee was recognized as a 2023 Notable LGBTQIA+ Leader and Private Equity partner Trey Muldrow was named a 2022 Notable Diverse Leader in Law by Crain’s New York Business.

• Appeals and Strategic Counseling partner Adam Banks was recognized as a 2024 Notable Black Leader by Crain’s New York Business.

• Corporate Department Chairman Michael J. Aiello and Restructuring Partner Ronit Berkovich were named Northeast Trailblazers by The American Lawyer in 2022. 

• Litigation partner Diane Sullivan was named Litigator of the Year at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards in 2022. She has been repeatedly recognized among the Top 250 Women in Litigation and the Top 10 Women in Litigation in the U.S. by Benchmark Litigation, most recently in 2023. 

• Litigation Department Co-Chair Jonathan Polkes was named 2022 Securities Litigator of the Year at Benchmark Litigation’s U.S. Awards.

• Both Restructuring Department Co-Chairs, Matt Barr and Gary Holtzer, and Restructuring partners Ronit Berkovich, Kelly DiBlasi and Jessica Liou were named Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers by Turnaround & Workouts 2016-2024. 

• Twenty-six partners have been recognized by the business and legal press as Rising Stars in 2022-2024: Dennis Adams, Luna Barrington, Kevin Bostel, Tim Burns, Evert Christensen, David Cohen, Kelly DiBlasi, Jessica Falk, Amanda Fenster, Andriana Georgallas, Olivia Greer, Cassie Kimmelman, Sachin Kohli, Justin Lee, Jenna McBain, Robert Niles-Weed, Jacqueline Oveissi, Paul Overmyer, Brian Parness, Megan Pendleton, Amanda Rotkel, Michelle Sargent, Rebecca Sivitz, Stephanie Srulowitz, Lauren Tauro and Stefania Venezia.

Weil has performed more than 1 million hours of pro bono service since our current program was launched in August 2005. We offer legal services on a diverse range of matters, including protecting housing rights, representing death row inmates, safeguarding prisoners’ rights and advising small businesses, and use our legal skills to support causes such as racial justice, human rights and economic opportunity. Our program was recognized for outstanding pro bono service by the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers North America Report, and our significant pro bono work contributed to Weil being ranked on The American Lawyer’s A-List. Each year we celebrate pro bono work across the Firm with our Pro Bono Service Awards.

Among our many important matters, we assisted our longtime partner the Innocence Project in eliminating a backlog of 5,000 inmate requests for assistance and helped exonerate clients who had been wrongly convicted. We fought for free and fair elections and against vote suppression. Weil lawyers championed women’s reproductive rights and secured name changes in identity documents for transgender clients. And our attorneys battled religious discrimination against the Orthodox Jewish community in suburban New York. Read more about our pro bono program here.

In addition to our pro bono work, members of the New York office are engaged through support of local organizations including Big Brother Big Sister, PENCIL and the Read Alliance, which recognized Weil with the Trailblazer Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. Additionally, many partners and staff serve on boards of national and local nonprofits and charity organizations.