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Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP
1010 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, New York 11530
Telephone: 516-873-6334
Fax: 516-873-8912
E-Mail: thefirm@oandb.com
www.oandb.com


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(West Caldwell, NJ Office: 1129 Bloomfield Avenue, #214, 07006)
     (Tel: 973-882-8508)
     (Fax: 973-882-8717)
Established: 1983
Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Directors and Officers Liability, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Insurance Corporate Practice, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Litigation, Insurance Regulation, Professional Liability, Property Liability, Reinsurance, Toxic Torts
Firm Profile
From our inception more than 25 years ago, each attorney at Ohrenstein & Brown is imbued with this tenet: to eagerly accept and meet the challenges of our clients' matters with all the requisite professional legal skills and resources at our command. More importantly, to properly service our clients means to understand our clients' businesses - their needs and objectives.

Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
Arch Insurance GroupChartis Insurance
Chubb Group of Insurance CompaniesIronshore Insurance, Ltd.
Travelers Insurance CompanyU.S. Liability Insurance Company
Zurich North America
Non-Insurance Company Clients
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterCombined Coordinating Council, Inc.
Federation of Jewish Philanthophies Service Corp.Flushing Hospital Medical Center
HNTB CorporationJamaica Hospital Medical Center
MediSys Health NetworkThe Pay-O-Matic Corp.
Peninsula Hospital CenterRichardson Brands Company

Personnel Information
Partners
MICHAEL D. BROWN — Beloit College, B.A., 1967; New York University School of Law, J.D., 1970 — Admitted to Bar, 1971, New York; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit — Chairman of the Subcommittee on Insurance Demutualization, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Special Assistant Attorney General (New York), Deputy Bureau Chief and Senior Trial Attorney from 1973-1977 - E-Mail: michael.brown@oandb.com
MANFRED OHRENSTEIN — Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, B.A. (cum laude), 1948; Columbia Law School, J.D., 1951 — Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar — Admitted to Bar, 1951, New York; 1958, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1965, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit — New York State Senate, 1961-1994; Senate Minority Leader, 1975-1994; Vice-Chairman, New York Holocaust Museum; Member, Board of Directors of the Insurance Federation of New York - E-Mail: manfred.ohrenstein@oandb.com
Counsel
KIMBERLEE ABRAHAM — Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A., 1992; Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1995 — Admitted to Bar, 1996, New York; 1998, New Jersey; 2000, Pennsylvania; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit - E-Mail: kimberlee.abraham@oandb.com
MATTHEW BRYANT — University of Oregon, B.A. (cum laude), 1998; The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2002 — Admitted to Bar, 2003, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York - E-Mail: matthew.bryant@oandb.com
BRIAN M. GERSTEIN — University of Michigan, B.A., 1991; Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1994 — Admitted to Bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1996, New York - E-Mail: brian.gerstein@oandb.com
JOHN R. KLEIN — Georgetown University, B.A., 1989; Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1994 — Admitted to Bar, 1994, Nebraska - E-Mail: john.klein@oandb.com
LAUREN PAPE — State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A., 1997; University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2000 — Admitted to Bar, 2000, California; 2003, New York - E-Mail: lauren.pape@oandb.com
Associates
ROSARIO DEVITO — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S.Ch.E., 1999; Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2002 — Admitted to Bar, 2002, New Jersey; 2004, New York; 2003, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York - E-Mail: rosario.devito@oandb.com
LAURIE A. DIPRETA — State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1983; Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1986 — Admitted to Bar, 1987, New York; New Jersey - E-Mail: laurie.dipreta@oandb.com
PAUL KEMNITZER — State University of New York at Plattsburgh, B.S., 1988; New York Law School, J.D. (summa cum laude), 2002 — Admitted to Bar, 2003, New York; 2006, District of Columbia; 2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit - E-Mail: paul.kemnitzer@oandb.com

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